Injured Beckham vows to play MLS Cup final
SEATTLE – England midfielder David Beckham has a bone bruise in his right ankle, but he still expects to play for his US club Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer championship match Sunday.
US sees fall in swine flu rate
WASHINGTON - US officials Friday said infections from A(H1N1) virus had slowed in the United States this week, raising hopes the early roll-out of vaccines may be bringing the disease under control.
Marikina City shuts down 25 unsafe junk shops
Twenty-five junk shops in Marikina City were ordered shut for failing to comply with zoning and sanitation requirements, officials said Thursday.
Newsbriefs
FOURTEEN elementary pupils were believed to have been poisoned after eating repacked biscuits in Barangay Lopez Jaena in the town of Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, health and police officials said Thursday.
Personalized nutrition’ wave of future, scientists say
THE modern world is spending a fortune just to keep its citizens out of sickbed. Around 80 percent of a country’s Gross National Product is spent just on treating chronic diseases, a figure not just representative of the United States but all other countries that follow Western lifestyles.




