REIGNING MVP Ange Kouame of Ateneo paces the league in rebounds and blocks while La Salle gunner Schonny Winston is the No. 1 scorer so far after an intriguing first round in the UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball tournament.

WITH three leg wins under its belt, TNT clinched the top seeding coming into the PBA 3x3 Season 2 First Conference Grand Finals on Sunday at Robinsons Novaliches.

NEW YORK — Yordan Alvarez hit a game-tying single in the seventh inning and Alex Bregman followed with a go-ahead single as the visiting Houston Astros advanced to their fourth World Series in six seasons with a 6-5 victory over the New York Yankees Sunday night to complete a sweep of their best-of-seven American League Championship Series (ALCS).

ADVOCATES ON Monday renewed their call for the government to issue clear ventilation guidelines for schools and public transportation before full face-to-face classes start next month amid a coronavirus pandemic.

KOREA AIR on Monday said no one died or got hurt after one of its jets overshot the runaway at the Cebu International Airport on Sunday evening.

THE PHILIPPINES should negotiate the delivery of one Russian military helicopter in exchange for its P1.9-billion downpayment for the canceled order for 16 units, according to a congressman.

THE Swiss chamber of commerce said it expects areas of cooperation with the Philippines to center on innovation, but called on the government to simplify its trade processes and benchmark against regional power and labor costs to allow investors to scale up.

THE SENATE is confident of passing its version of the proposed P5.268-trillion budget for 2023 by the third week of November, with the conclusion of budget hearings as scheduled.

THE GOVERNMENT will support new modes of deploying workers as the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry transitions to a new regulator which will be more permissive of work-from-home (WFH) arrangements, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said.

PHILIPPINE SHARES inched up on Monday to track Wall Street’s rebound amid dovish comments from a US Federal Reserve official.

THE SUPREME COURT (SC) has cleared former officials of the central bank and its policy-setting Monetary Board (MB) of graft charges filed by executives of the defunct Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank (BFSMB) over its closure.

TOKYO — Japanese policy makers on Monday continued efforts to tame sharp yen falls, including through two straight market days of suspected intervention, but ultimately failed to prop up the currency against persistent dollar strength.