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UAAP: Tab Baldwin signs extension as Ateneo coach

Tab Baldwin has agreed to stay as coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles after signing a three-year contract hours before his team launched its UAAP Season 88 campaign. No less than school president Roberto Yap made the announcement on Saturday when a send-off mass was held at the campus’ Jesuit Residence Chapel. READ: Ateneo coach

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EJ Obiena lauds Mondo Duplantis after latest world record

MANILA, Philippines—EJ Obiena couldn’t help but marvel at Mondo Duplantis’ latest feat in pole vaulting. This weekend may be about Obiena and the sport’s spotlight in the Philippines, but even he had to acknowledge Duplantis’ latest accolade. “Mondo is really an amazing guy,” Obiena said just a day before the Atletang Ayala World Pole Vault

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Philippine debt draws more foreign cash

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign investors are stepping up purchases of Philippine government bonds. This is a shift buoyed by market-friendly reforms and declining inflation, with regulators signaling comfort about the growing foreign presence. Japanese investment bank Nomura, citing talks with Philippine officials, said policymakers may be comfortable with a gradual rise in foreign participation to