Sports & Entertainment

SM Prime Holdings is making a bold play to turn the Visayas into the country’s next marquee events corridor, banking on the SM Seaside Cebu Arena to draw global acts, foreign fans and fresh investment outside Metro Manila.

Publicly-listed PhilWeb Corp. has signed a strategic service agreement with FBM (Futebol Bem Melhor), a leading provider of electronic bingo, slot machines, and other gaming content. The partnership, formalized Monday with representatives from PhilWeb and FBM’s Philippine partner Memo Multinational Corp., aims to integrate online gaming capabilities directly into FBM’s existing physical venues and machines.

If tennis had a volume knob, Alex Eala just turned it all the way up in Dubai.

In a season when Filipino households squint at grocery receipts like they’re decoding ancient scripts, one retailer is cheerfully suggesting a different splurge: better lung capacity.

The “Yalla, Eala!” brigade showed up early, loud and proudly draped in Philippine flags at the Dubai Tennis Championships. Unfortunately for them, so did Coco Gauff—and she brought receipts.