Day: July 31, 2024

LAOAG CITY: Some 100 selected stunted children from this city on Wednesday received nutribun and pasteurised milk while their parents underwent nutrition counselling and got food packs and kitchen garden kits. “For 120 days, these children aged 0-5 years old will be supplied with nutribun and pasteurised milk as part of the continuing supplementary feeding program of the provincial government,’ Provincial Nutrition Action Office head Elma Irapta said during the culmination activity of the 50th nutrition month celebration at the Laoag Centennial Arena. The provincial government partnered with a local enterprise being assisted by the Department of Science and Technology’s

MANILA: Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa on Wednesday said there is no bird flu outbreak in Tarlac. ‘Good news, negative po lahat ng samples (all of the samples are negative) from Tarlac,’ de Mesa said in a Viber message, dispelling fears of consumers and industry players of a bird flu outbreak. He said this is based on the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI)’s confirmatory tests following a supposed ‘bird flu outbreak’ in the province. Three farms from Tarlac have submitted blood samples to BAI, and tests showed samples weren’t infected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). In a

ILOILO CITY: This city will be conferred the first ASEAN Smoke-free Award (ASA) during the opening session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations health ministers meeting on Aug. 8 in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ICAST) Executive Director Iñigo Garingalao said the city is the only recipient of the gold award and also the only local government unit in the Philippines that will be conferred the highest recognition by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), a multi-sectoral alliance based in Thailand, helping ASEAN countries develop and put in place their tobacco control