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AKTV | Sports

Ateneo shocks La Salle in UAAP women's volleyball finals opener

Ateneo engineered two come-from-behind set wins before pulling away in the fourth to beat previously undefeated La Salle, 23-25, 28-26, 25-23, 25-17, Wednesday in the UAAP women's volleyball finals at the Fil Oil-Flying V Arena in San Juan.
Sports | AKTV

Reyes, Uichico upbeat about SMART-Gilas

Chot Reyes has every reason to be optimistic in his second tour of duty as coach of the Philippine national men’s basketball team. Despite leading the Philippine team to a disappointing ninth-place finish in the 2007 edition of the Asian cage competition, he said he expects to do better next year.
Sports | AKTV

Rain or Shine happy to play back-to-back games as PBA invades Dubai anew

Dubai's winter breeze seems to have cooled down the usually fiery Yeng Guiao as he bantered with fellow coaches Junel Baculi and Siot Tanquincen minutes before the briefer to formally raise the curtain on the PBA's Middle East tour.
Sports | AKTV

Pinoy Fight Scribe: Pacquiao retirement after Bradley fight a good idea

Manny Pacquiao turns 34 this year. As a boxer, he has logged a lot of miles. Just recently, Pacquiao had hinted that he might walk away from the sport after his upcoming fight with Timothy Bradley on June 9.
AKTV | Sports

Perasol wants no more trades for Powerade

After the PBA vetoed a controversial trade that would have sent Powerade's Marcio Lassiter to Petron, Tigers coach Bo Perasol said that he doesn't want the team to pursue any more transactions involving the star rookie or any other player.
National | Economy

Mexico Coca-Cola bottler eyeing controlling stake in Philippine counterpart

The world's largest coke bottler, Coca-Cola FEMSA, on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) said it is considering buying a controlling stake in Coca-Cola Co's Philippine bottling operations.
Economy | National

Chevron hikes fuel prices

Chevron Phil. Inc. (formerly Caltex) increased fuel prices Wednesday morning.
National | Economy

PLDT Baguio offers free wi-fi during Panagbenga Flower Festival

The country’s leading telecom company will provide free wi-fi access in Baguio City during its Panagbenga Flower Festival.
Economy

Globe positions wi-fi service in 4 key airports, expands wireless landline

Globe Telecom Inc. has begun offering wireless fidelity or Wi-Fi access in the country'™s four key airports.
Economy

PSBank grows full-year profit by 12%

The thrift arm of the Metrobank group on Wednesday said it ended 2011 with a 12 percent increase in its profit, as its auto loans business grew despite a supply shock delivered by the flooding in Thailand.
National | Economy

15 companies keen on building classrooms through PPP

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday said 15 firms are vying for the contract to build 30,000 classrooms under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme.
Economy

RTB sale fetches P95 billion on first day

The government on Wednesday said it has raised P95 billion from the sale of retail Treasury bonds (RTBs) as of late Tuesday.
Infotech

CIA to software vendors: A revolution is coming

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency told software vendors on Tuesday that it plans to revolutionize the way it does business with them as part of a race to keep up with the blazing pace of technology advances.
National

Beyond 'gov't savings': 'Pagcor chief, wife, kids, nanny received pampering, shopping money'

According to reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, businessman Kazuo Okada, the subject of bribery charges by Wynn Resorts, had billeted PAGCOR chief Cristino Naguiat Jr., "his wife, their three children, and nanny," at company expense, in expensive suites at the Wynn Resorts Hotel that cost up to $6,000 a night.
National

Prosecution concludes presentation of evidence for Article 3

(UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.) The House prosecution panel on Wednesday concluded its presentation of evidence on Article 3 after it dropped two accusations in the same article of the verified complaint lodged against Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Special Features | National

THE DUTIFUL SON ALSO RISES

Twenty-six years after the People Power Revolution, Noynoy Aquino comes full circle as a son of EDSA.
National

GMA convoy on way to Pasay for arraignment; media pool allowed in courtroom

(UPDATE - 8:23 a.m.) A convoy is on its way from the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City to Pasay City, where former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be arraigned in court on charges of electoral sabotage.
Entertainment

'Barong Legacy': In national attire (over cargo pants) Jeremy Renner visits Aquino

Actor Jeremy Renner, who plays plays the lead character in the reworked Bourne franchise, paid a courtesy call on President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday.
Special Features | National

It's Lent: online retreat and Visita Iglesia offered

Ash Wednesday has ushered in the 40-day Lent, and the CBCP is turning to the Internet to help the faithful working abroad, or homebound by disease, to do their Visita Iglesia, spiritual retreat and other rituals associated with the season.
National

Ramgen-Janelle sex video still being sold, seized by CIDG

Even while slay attempt survivor Janelle Manahan still has to pin down the culprit in the spread of a sex video showing her with her late boyfriend Ramgen Revilla, more pirated copies of the video are being sold.
Special Features | Opinion

The Edsa Legacy: A continuing challenge to end poverty and restore morality

'Edsa is just half the battle won. It is unfinished business. The point is for us to remain vigilant for the democracy we worked so hard to regain. The point is for us to make democracy more democratic by democratizing wealth.'
National

Dengue incidence drops by 60% -- DOH

The incidence of dengue has dropped by 60 percent in the period of Jan. 1 to Feb. 4 compared to the same period last year, the Department of Health said Wednesday.
National | World | Economy

Advocates urge Obama: Take tobacco out of free-trade talks

Tobacco control advocates in Southeast Asia, one of the largest markets for an international tobacco industry, urged US president Barrack Obama to 'carve out' tobacco from a free trade agreement being crafted for the Pacific region.
National

Fatal road crashes deeply impact on families left behind

Victims of fatal road crashes are not mere statistics, their deaths are deeply felt by the families they leave behind. Some of their stories here.





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Infotech

SPECIAL REPORT: After mega-merger, what lies ahead for PH online gaming industry?

The local online gaming community has undergone tectonic shifts recently following the merger of two of the fiercest rivals in the local online gaming scene: Level Up! Games and IP E-Games.
National

Enrile 'apologizes' to Tupas

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Wednesday apologized -- outside of the court -- to Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas for his temperament when he discharged two witnesses for Article 2, and lambasted the prosecution in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona last Tuesday.
Special Features

Quick, what's the most fun place in the Philippines?

Cast your vote and have your travel destination land on the list of the Top Seven Local Summer Wonders poll organized by a global sun-care brand with the DOT.
Tech and Science | Special Features

Japanese scientists confirm fat-burning protein

A team of researchers of Japan's Kyoto University has found a protein that helps the body burn fat following an intake of fatty meals, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Monday.
Entertainment

'Scream' painting expected to fetch $80M at auction

A version of "The Scream," one of the world's most famous paintings and an iconic image of despair, is expected to fetch at least $80 million when it goes on sale this May, Sotheby's auctioneers said Tuesday.
Entertainment

Oscars no longer 'live from the Kodak Theater'

Bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co is having its named yanked from Sunday's telecast of the Oscars, the president of the group that gives out the awards said on Wednesday.
Entertainment

Lindsay Lohan to host 'Saturday Night Live'

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has been tapped to host an episode of the popular US sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" next month -- a decision that has some up in arms.
National

Mandatory kindergarten for all pre-school kids start next school year

The full-blown implementation of mandatory kindergarten schooling will start next school year with the passage of the Kindergarten Education Act, education officials said.
Tech and Science | Special Features | World

Photos make slow way home in tsunami-hit Japan

In a large, bright room not far from the ocean that raged through this coastal Japanese city nearly a year ago, a handful of people with magnifying glasses pore over boxes of photographs of friends or loved ones.
Infotech | Tech and Science

PH Heart Center uses light technology to speed up recovery of patients

The prime hospital for cardiovascular care in the Philippines is pioneering a unique lighting technology, which has not been implemented anywhere else in Asia, that aims to speed up recovery time of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.