On a chilly Friday night in the California desert, with the clock creeping toward midnight, Alex Eala delivered a debut worthy of the glare and grandeur of the BNP Paribas Open.
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.
“Yalla, Eala!” the signs screamed at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, and Alex Eala delivered on cue, as if the desert night had personally requested a show.
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines has cleared Ateneo de Manila University to compete in Season 89 despite the June 8 team-building tragedy in Dipaculao, Aurora that claimed the lives of student-athletes Rene Clert Baterbonia and Chukwuemeka Divine Adili, while imposing a lifetime ban on former Blue Eagles head coach Thomas Anthony Baldwin and suspending seven other members of the team’s coaching and support staff.
Accessibility is often measured in inches and angles, in ramps, elevators, doorways, and pathways. But its real measure is simpler. It is whether a place allows people to move through it with dignity, independence, and ease.
SMX Convention Centers is expanding its footprint as the Philippine business events industry gathers momentum, with visitor traffic rising 18 percent in the first half of 2026 and new venues in Cebu and Metro Manila set to add capacity.