Former Rangers and Manchester City midfielder Claudio Reyna, who won 112 caps for the USA, was named the director of football for Major League Soccer's new New York City Football Club on Wednesday. More »Ex-Man City star Reyna named new NYCFC exec
Here we are again with our weekly startup list! Remember, for startup tips and story suggestions, feel free to email us . Alternatively, you can send tips here and/or tell us about your startup here . ... More »16 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye
LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Prince has signed a new deal with Kobalt Music Group to market and distribute his future work without giving up control over his rights, the company said on Monday. The singer-songwriter, who is famed for changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol in a wrangle over musical rights, will release his own work as well as a slate of new music by other artists that he produces, Kobalt said. ... More »Prince reigns over own music releases in new deal
Champions Celtic will wrap up their Scottish Premier League campaign on Sunday by looking to end a six-game run without an away league win. More »Champs Celtic aim to end with rare away win
Alexie Santos and Sebastian Mosqueda turned the Palawan Pawnshop age-group tennis circuit presented by Babolat into a veritable playground, winning two titles each yesterday at the Consolacion Tennis Courts in Cebu yesterday. More »Netters bag 2 titles each
Manila, Philippines -- In 2012, there were already plans to move the jam-packed Quezon City Jail (QCJ) to a more spacious site, and for a while, it seemed like their congestion problems would be a thing of the past. But for some reason, plans fizzled. More »QCJ plans
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - In the six hours from Wednesday's 1 a.m. joint conference between Foreign Minister David Lin and Philippine representative Antonio Basilio to the 7 a.m. convening of the national security meeting hosted by President Ma Ying-jeou, the government went from sounding like it had reached a tentative agreement to launching full-scale sanctions. More »EDITORIAL: Ma Ying-jeou shouldn't blame others for negotiation failings
I was with newscaster Karen Davila in Cebu as Habitat for Humanity, which she is an ambassador for, launched "I Build the Visayan Dream" at the chichi Shangrila Resort in Mactan. As I noticed that she is even thinner now than years ago when I first met her, she told me that diet really is the key. More »Diet Diva for a week
NEW YORK (AP) — An Edward Hopper painting of New York City's Roosevelt Island has sold for just over $19 million at auction. More »Edward Hopper painting of NY island sells for $19M
German-born designer Lydia Maurer has departed the French luxury house Paco Rabanne after two seasons at the helm. More »Lydia Maurer parts ways with Paco Rabanne
The Los Angeles Clippers, ousted in the first round of the NBA playoffs, said they won't bring back head coach Vinny Del Negro. More »Los Angeles Clippers part with coach Del Negro
Off-road event (motocross races) will start competition of motorcycle sports in the POC-PSC Philippine National Games this Saturday. More »Motorcyle races set at National Games
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The number of Americans who watched vocal powerhouse Candice Glover win the "American Idol" title sank to 14.2 million, a decline of 31 percent from last year's record low, according to ratings data on Friday. The singing competition, now in Season 12, was once a TV industry juggernaut for Fox that brought in more than 30 million viewers for its finale in the peak years of 2006 and 2007. On Thursday night, it was the second most-watched program on U.S. television, beat out by the season finale of CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory" with 14.8 million viewers. ... More »Fox's 'American Idol' brings in record low TV audience
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, two Korean companies that are leading the world's television market, appear to be in a forced race to churn out sets fitted with organic light emitting displays, but experts believe the competition will soon become meaningless. More »OLED TVs don't make economic sense: experts
By Mikha Flores and Melissa Luz Lopez, VERA Files The Commission on Elections proclaimed three more senators-elect on Friday amid snowballing protests against the premature announcement of winners based only on a fraction of the results, with one watchdog describing … Continue reading More »Comelec proclaims three more senators-elect amid protests
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Suze Orman, a two-time Emmy Award-winning television host, bestselling author and one of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women, according to Forbes Magazine, lives by simple rules: Live below your means but within your needs, and get as much joy out of saving as you do spending. More »Save more, Filipinos urged
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Malacanang on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that Filipino coast guards had intentionally killed a Taiwanese fisherman in waters off Balintang Island in northern Philippines last week, triggering a major diplomatic row between the two countries. More »Philippines rejects Taiwan allegation of murder
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - On May 3, South Korea delivered US$13 million in cash to North Korea and withdrew the last batch of seven South Koreans from the industrial complex in the North Korean border town of Gaeseong. The money was for back pay and severance pay to 53,000 North Koreans that had been withdrawn from the South Korean factories in the industrial complex at the height of inter-Korean tensions the previous month. More »EDITORIAL: No to dialogue
CAVITE CITY - President Benigno S. Aquino III yesterday said the Philippines is open to a fisheries agreement with its neighbors provided that the issue with Taiwan is resolved.Taiwan has been proposing a fisheries cooperation with the Philippines, especially after the incident in the Balintang Channel, which involved the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). More »Aquino open to fisheries accord
Manila, Philippines --- Malacañang yesterday appealed to private colleges and universities to ensure that tuition fee hikes for the coming school year would be reasonable. More »Make tuition increases reasonable — Palace
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