Former Corazon Aquino’s condition is now being closely monitored, her family said Tuesday afternoon.

Done and dusted. Four days of mass hysteria and raging Red passion, Liverpool’s stay in Singapore is finally over. And the Reds fans must feel satiated. Or are they?

“At the end of this speech I shall step down from this stage…but not from the Presidency. There is much to do as head of state–to the very last day,” said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, as she delivered her last State of the Nation Address during a joint session at the House of Representatives.

The spokesperson of former President Corazon Aquino has denied reports the former leader has succumbed to colon cancer. “It’s not true,” said Deedee Siytangco, former President Corazon Aquino’s spokesperson in a telephone interview with Yahoo! Philippines when asked about the report. “If there’s anything to be announced, it would be them who will do so,” she said.

From left: Torres, Benitez and Benayoun upon the team’s arrival in Singapore.

First Kobe. Now Liverpool. It’s been a good week for sports fans in Singapore. And it’s only going to get even better this weekend.
Close to 9,000 raucous fans packed the Indoor Stadium for NBA superstar Kobe Bryant on Tuesday. It’ll be 6 times that many as Liverpool take on the Singapore Lions at the National Stadium on Sunday at 7 pm.
Don’t believe reports the reception for the Reds has been somewhat muted compared with their last visit here in 2001. There was no Steven Gerrard then or now, and he is …

A text message claiming that former President Corazon Aquino is dead is a hoax. A report quoting a staff member of Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, said that the former president was alive but in “critical condition.” Aquino’s supporters had been tying yellow ribbons in Makati City and Manila to show their continued support for the ailing leader.

We asked. You answered. In a really big way. More than 510 of you from the Yahoo! SEA Answers community took part in our “Ask Kobe a question” contest over four days last week.
After hours of sifting through the pages of questions (510 is a lot!), we finally picked two that were unique, thoughtful and, well, different. And the least we could do was ask the four-time NBA champ himself for his answer when we met him today during his 2009 Kobe Asia Tour.
Question 1: What is the biggest life lesson you’ve learned …

Nature helped stir a media frenzy today, giving thousands of people across Asia a chance to witness the longest total solar eclipse of this century. Whether you believe in the Sun-eating dragon (as some Chinese do), or the two demons Rahu and Ketu (in Hindu mythology), we’d love to hear of your dark morning.

Michael Jackson — the child star who rose to become the ‘King of Pop’ — has passed away, leaving thousands of fans in disbelief.
As the world comes to terms with the death of a pop culture icon, many of us cannot help but look back at his life and say he may have died before his time was over.
But to be able to understand just what kind of an impact Michael Jackson had on the world, we would have to go all back to the 1980s.
Michael Jackson was the first …