Despite emerging challengers, DigiPlus Interactive Corp. is seen remaining as the biggest online gambling operator in the country over the next two years on the back of good products and effective user engagement, S&P Global Ratings said.

The Gilas women stamped their ticket to the quarterfinal round of the Asian Games women’s basketball division after blasting Hong Kong, 90-73, Sunday morning at the Aichi International Arena in Japan.  MANILA, Philippines -- The Gilas women stamped their ticket to the quarterfinal round of the Asian Games women’s basketball division after blasting Hong Kong, 90-73, Sunday morning at the Aichi International Arena in Japan.  Gilas remained unscathed through two games after back-to-back huge wins. The squad first defeated Kazakhstan, 86-58, before the huge win over Hong Kong.  Stefanie Berberabe paced the Filipina dribblers with 21 points, five rebounds and two assists. Afril Bernardino added 17 markers, 11 boards and four dimes, while Jhaz Joson had 15 points.  The two teams were kept in a close game through the midway point of the third quarter, with a triple by Tsz Kwan Li making it a 59-57 lead by the Philippines.  But Gilas stepped on the gas and left Hong Kong on the rear-view mirror with a backbreaking 16-3 run capped by a deuce by Afril Bernardino to push the Philippines ahead, 76-60, with 7:37 remaining.  Li and Tong tried to rally Hong Kong back into the game, but Bernardino, Joson, Camille Malagar and Berberabe put the finishing touches in the dominant win.  Malagar tallied 14 points for the winning team, while Elizabeth Means chipped in 11.  Li carried the offense for Hong Kong with 30 points, five rebounds and three assists, while Tan Fung Ma had 15 markers.  The Philippines will take on Japan in their final Group B play on Tuesday. The home team is also holding a 1-0 record thus far, before facing Kazakhstan Sunday afternoon.

Global investment giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has divested its entire stake in Lopez-led First Gen Corp. for P25.77 billion, just weeks after its bid to raise its ownership in the power firm was rejected.

Just two weeks after the Department of Education conducted a National Simultaneous School Safety Drill in both private and public elementary and high schools, at least three Grade 8 students were killed and six wounded in yet another shooting incident yesterday afternoon, this time in South Cotabato.

A male Grade 5 pupil drowned while three of his companions are still missing after they were swept away by rampaging floodwaters while fishing at one side of the Pulangi River in Kabacan, Cotabato, on Thursday afternoon, September 17.