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KUCHING, The Federal Territories (FT) proved to be the dominant force in table tennis when they ended the competition at the 2024 Malaysia Games (SUKMA) by winning four of the six golds at stake. Im Li Ying captured the fourth and final gold for FT when she won the women’s singles final today, defeating Melaka’s Low Yu Xuan 11-6,11-6,11-9,11-8 at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (SJK), Chung Hua No.3 here. FT, coached by Muhamad Ashraf Haiqal Muhamad Rizal, had earlier won the mixed team, women’s doubles and men’s doubles gold medals. Their mixed team comprised Lim Jing Shuen, Lee Yee Jat, Gan

DUMAGUETE CITY: The Department of Health in Region 7 (DOH-7) or Central Visayas has allocated some PHP2 million worth of family planning commodities for Negros Oriental. Dr. Chona Salang, Family Health Medical Coordinator of DOH-7, told the Philippine News Agency on Friday that the family planning commodities they sent last month to the province include Progestin Sub-dermal Implant (PSI), a long-acting reversible contraceptive inserted in the inner aspect of the arm and could be effective for at least three years. Salang led a team from the DOH-7 regional office in Cebu City on Friday to attend the local Family Planning

MANILA: The governments of the Philippines and Brazil on Friday signed two deals to boost their exchanges on education and technical cooperation. Visiting Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo signed the agreements during a ceremony after capping a bilateral meeting at the Diamond Hotel, where they agreed to further deepen the Philippine-Brazil cooperation in other areas. Manalo expressed optimism the new agreements would steer the two states’ bilateral cooperation agenda toward the “achievement of shared development goals’. ‘This is the first visit by a Brazilian Foreign Minister to the Philippines, and we welcome Minister Vieira’s

DUMAGUETE CITY: The Department of Health in Region 7 (DOH-7) or Central Visayas has allocated some PHP2 million worth of family planning commodities for Negros Oriental. Dr. Chona Salang, Family Health Medical Coordinator of DOH-7, told the Philippine News Agency on Friday that the family planning commodities they sent last month to the province include Progestin Sub-dermal Implant (PSI), a long-acting reversible contraceptive inserted in the inner aspect of the arm and could be effective for at least three years. Salang led a team from the DOH-7 regional office in Cebu City on Friday to attend the local Family Planning

MANILA: The governments of the Philippines and Brazil on Friday signed two deals to boost their exchanges on education and technical cooperation. Visiting Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo signed the agreements during a ceremony after capping a bilateral meeting at the Diamond Hotel, where they agreed to further deepen the Philippine-Brazil cooperation in other areas. Manalo expressed optimism the new agreements would steer the two states’ bilateral cooperation agenda toward the “achievement of shared development goals’. ‘This is the first visit by a Brazilian Foreign Minister to the Philippines, and we welcome Minister Vieira’s