Burger King used a hot start and a steady finish to trounce Barako Bull, 102-86, Friday night and notch a second straight victory in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup eliminations at the Araneta Coliseum.

IN THE AGE OF FACEBOOK, Twitter, and Plurk, where social networking sites and microblogs are as common as the hairs on your head, there really is no reason to sign up for another one of those microblogs or social networking sites … or is there?

WASHINGTON – Google, in a significant development for the deaf, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube.

The camp of former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada now believes he won’t be disqualified from running for president next year following recent statements by Malacañang which apparently wants him to run to further divide the opposition.

WASHINGTON – (UPDATE) US President Barack Obama on Thursday named two ambassadors to Southeast Asia, tapping a close political ally as envoy to Singapore and nominating a career diplomat to the Philippines.

FOR SHEER size and resources, no party comes even close to the administration’s Lakas-Kampi-CMD. As President Macapagal-Arroyo told party leaders during its convention Thursday, three out of every four elected officials belong to the party.

TYCOON Andrew Tan’s holding firm Alliance Global Group Inc. grew its nine-month consolidated net income by 16 percent to P4.7 billion from a year ago on higher profit from its property and consumer businesses.

Recently, we saw two engaging indies that have won acclaim at the film festival circuit here and abroad: In “Little Ashes,” Robert Pattinson’s tween following will likely see red when they see the dashing heartthrob go pink in director Paul Morrison’s riveting depiction of friendship and homosexual love.