ISTANBUL – With the field down to 16 teams, the knockout stage of the basketball world championship begins Saturday with two highly anticipated matchups.

A rural bank in Pila, Laguna has been shut down by the central bank after it failed to comply with capital requirements. Rafael Santos reports.

Raymart: “Kinakailangan ko na pong magsalita para suportahan at proteksyunan si Claudine.”

NEW YORK – Maria Sharapova's next match at the U.S. Open will come against yet another teenager who looks up to her – 18-year-old Beatrice Capra, the 371st-ranked American who, with a win in that third-round match, would be one step closer to becoming the 2010 version of Melanie Oudin.

MANILA, Philippines – Snipers were given the green light to take out hostage-taker Rodolfo Mendoza shortly before negotiations for the release of his victims collapsed on August 23, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim revealed Friday.

“Eat Bulaga!” unstoppable in the daytime race.

MANILA, Philippines – The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Friday that 154 out of 400 passed the Geodetic Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Geodetic Engineering in Manila this September 2010.

The former Miss Universe says she did not mean to put down Cebuanos.

Matapos ang mahabang panayam, napaamin din sa eksklusibong nakapanayam ng PEP
si Daniel Matsunaga tungkol sa tunay na estado ng relasyon nila ni Heart Evangelista.

Mark De Guzman and St. Benilde should be thankful for Arellano's Jerald Lapuz' missed free throws down the stretch as the Blazers escaped with a 71-69 victory over the Chiefs on Friday in the 86th NCAA men's basketball tournament at The Arena in San Juan City.