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Philippine national men’s basketball coach Chot Reyes is worried about the squad’s possible stint in the William Jones Cup in Taipei amid rising tensions between Taiwan and the Philippines.

The SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team is the defending champion of the annual Taiwan tournament, which is crucial for the buildup for the FIBA Asia Championship in August.

Yahoo is the second most popular search engine on the web (according to Alexa.com) but has had issues in the last couple of years to stay relevant. 

Among its top problems is its aging demographic, which contributes to the company’s lack of coolness. Yahoo’s Chief Financial Officer Ken Goldman even admitted this, saying the company has to make itself cool again, something it “got away from for a couple of years”.

Vice Ganda made an “unkabogable” performance during his sold out concert titled “I-Vice Ganda Moko sa Araneta,” attended by some of the most popular stars in the Philippines.

Among stars who have special participation in the said concert are Ms. Dawn Zulueta, Regine Velasquez, Karylle, Enrique Gil, Daniel Padilla, Anne Curtis, Paulo Avelino, Ryan Bang and among others. One of the highlights of the night is Coco Martin who cleared out his busy schedule just to support his “bestfriend” and to reconcile the misunderstanding that they have encountered.

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The proclamation of 3 new senators completed the victory of the administration ticket on Saturday, May 18, in midterm elections seen as a referendum on the President and a preview of the 2016 presidential elections.

The national board of canvassers (NBOC) on Saturday proclaimed Cynthia Villar, JV Ejercito, and Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan as Philippine senators. Other senators-elect who attended the proclamation included Nancy Binay and Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III. Both were proclaimed earlier but held off attending their own proclamation ceremonies.

TV5 network is not poised to renew the contract of its talent, Willie Revilame. The network refused to give Mr. Revilame his demand of Php90Million talent fee per month for Wowowilie, TV5's noontime show that stars Revillame as host and producer. 

The talk was finalized last night at a meeting when a top TV5 executive told Mr. Revillame, "Sorry, we will not renew your contract. The show has terrible ratings."

The Alaska Aces took Barangay Ginebra San Miguel’s best punch before unleashing its own body blow in the second quarter to pull off 104-90 decision in Game Two of the Commissioner’s Cup finals Friday at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.

The scores:

ALASKA 104 – Thoss 16, Dozier 15, Abueva 15, Baguio 15, Hontiveros 15, Casio 13, Espinas 8, Jazul 4, Belasco 3, Dela Cruz 0.

GINEBRA 90 – Helterbrand 17, Tenorio 16, Baracael 11, Raymundo 10, Macklin 8, Ellis 8, Labgala 5, Urbiztondo 5, Mamaril 4, Hatfield 4, Caguioa 2, Maierhofer 0.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday night named 3 more winning senators in the mid-term polls.

Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV, Antonio Trillanes IV, and Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III ranked 7th to 9th in the Senate race, the Comelec said.