ALLAN THE MAN

Three days before anti-pork barrel rallies planned in key cities nationwide – the first major demonstration during his administration that has been anchored on an anti-corruption slogan – President Benigno Aquino III announced that it is time to abolish the lawmakers' Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

Media reports and a special state audit have found billions in senators' and congressmen's PDAF going to dubious non-governmental organizations, which in turn reported ghost projects and beneficiaries.

Being one of seven teams that has already qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the Gilas Pilipinas is all geared up for Spain. We look ahead to our competition and (as a basketball-crazy nation) who we're excited to see our players matchup with.

Teams at the world stage pride themselves of a team-first mentality, and as such, there aren't too many players who really stand out. We know some of them though as they have shown their skills in other more popular venues, like the NBA and even the Spanish league.

The 2013 US Open Men’s Singles Draw was made known on Thursday, August 22, 2013 with interesting match-ups projected in the latter stages of the tournament.

There will be no repeat of the 2012 US Open final as top seed Novak Djokovic and defending champion Andy Murray have been drawn in the top half of the 128-man draw. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are both in the bottom half of the draw and could meet in a blockbuster quarter-final clash.

The United States Open Tennis Championships (US OPEN) is a hard court tennis tournament which is chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year.

2013 US Open Tennis will be held on August 26 - September 9, 2013 in Flushing Meadows, New York. World no.3 Andy Murray is the defending champion while Novak Djokovic is the runner-up last year.

Men's Singles DRAW -  [LIVE STREAM #1]
Women's Singles DRAW -  [LIVE STREAM #2] 

Tropical Depression ‘Napoles’?

As Tropical Storm Maring exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Wednesday and a new low pressure area is spotted by the state weather bureau on Thursday, is it possible to name the next typhoon-which will carry the initial ‘N’- after businesswoman and alleged P10 billion pork scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles?

After a twinbill postponed by inclement weather last Wednesday, the PBA Governors’ Cup gets back into gear with scheduled games on Friday at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.

Commissioner’s Cup champion Alaska finally gets to make its tournament debut against GlobalPort in the opening match at 5:15 p.m. before unbeaten defending champion Rain or Shine battle Petron at 7:30 p.m.

The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup is more than a year away, but Philippine national men’s basketball coach Chot Reyes has already begun doing his homework.

The brains behind Gilas Pilipinas will embark on a trip to the FIBA AfroBasket 2013 tournament currently ongoing in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan after receiving his travel documents on Thursday.