Category: General

KUALA NERUS,, The Turtles will focus on the players’ recovery in preparation for the FA Cup second semi-final match against Selangor FC this Saturday. Head coach Tomislav Steinbruckner said his men are now in a state of fatigue with a lack of fitness after going through a relatively busy schedule of matches recently. He said the situation was worsened by the injury problems that plagued some of the key players of the team. “For the coming Saturday match, we will focus more on recovery and how to prepare team because of players injury. Alif (Alif Zakaria) is out. I hope

MANILA: Senator Grace Poe said Wednesday she is waiting for the outcome of the San Juan City government’s action against their personnel responsible for the drowning of animals in the city pound during the onslaught of Typhoon Carina. In a statement, Poe said government-funded animal shelters should be a haven for animals and not “death traps.” “They should be lifesavers of abandoned animals that may have chances of getting rehomed and cared for,” she said. Poe recently filed Senate Bill 2458, seeking to strengthen the Animal Welfare Act by creating a Barangay Animal Welfare Task Force, which will capacitate local

MANILA: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States extended fresh humanitarian aid to the Philippines in response to the recent onslaught of super typhoon Carina and an intensified southwest monsoon (habagat). The UAE government turned over its donations in a ceremony at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 on July 30. The donation included 2,464 packs or bags of milk powder, wheat flour, tea powder, rice, cooking oil, red lentils, peas, dates, juice, oats, tomato paste, sugar, and salt. The UAE government also provided 4,928 packs and cans of pasta and other basic food items. Special Envoy

MALASIQUI: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has allocated PHP182.4 million for the 120-day supplementary feeding program of 101,374 children in the Ilocos Region starting September this year. The program will benefit learners aged three to five enrolled in the 125 local government units (LGUs) Child Development Centers or Day Care Centers or in supervised neighborhood play institutions in the region, DSWD-Ilocos Region social welfare officer Marjie Sab-it said in a phone interview on Wednesday. ‘This aims to improve the weight of the children especially the undernourished or maintain the weight of those who are at the normal

MANILA: The Philippines and the United States are working to conclude and sign a key military intelligence sharing deal by the end of the year, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III said Tuesday. Speaking after the 2+2 Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Austin said both nations are committed to making the defense alliance ‘even more secure through technology and security and cyber cooperation’. ‘We reiterated our shared intent to conclude a general security of military information agreement (GSOMIA) by the end of the year. Now, that’s crucial to our shared cybersecurity goals,’ he said.