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ILOILO CITY: An association of handloom weavers in Iloilo will receive additional shared service facilities (SSF) project from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The DTI on Monday said that in addition to the anticipated completion of their two-story production and showroom, the Baraclayan Weavers Association (BWA) in the municipality of Miagao will receive this year PHP372,520 worth of SSF project. ‘BWA will receive its third SSF project, composed of industrial sewing machines, an embroidery machine, and additional handlooms,’ it said in a statement. The weavers received their first set of the SSF project in 2018, with six units

KUALA LUMPUR, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim congratulated national men’s singles badminton player Lee Zii Jia for winning the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics tonight. ‘Congratulations, Lee Zii Jia! Another stellar performance that brings home the second bronze medal for our nation!’ he posted on X tonight. This marks Malaysia’s second medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, following the success of men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, who also secured a bronze medal yesterday. World No 7 Zii Jia claimed the bronze with an impressive comeback against India’s Lakshya Sen, overcoming a first-set loss to win

KOTA KINABALU, Sabah’s rhythmic gymnastics squad is determined to put up a tough fight as they make their second Malaysia Games (SUKMA) appearance at the 21st SUKMA in Sarawak that begins on Aug 17. Team manager Jasmine Law Phaik Chuan said that the team of nine 13- to 15-year-olds were capable of winning at least three bronze medals, in the team event, as well as the group hoop and clubs events, based on their capabilities shown throughout a year of training, their track records and performance at the previous SUKMA in Kuala Lumpur two years ago. ‘We placed fifth in

ALOR SETAR, Kedah’s water resources will be at a critical stage only if the water capacity of Pedu Dam drops to 15 per cent. Muda Agricultural Development Agency (MADA) chairman Datuk Dr Ismail Salleh said that currently the dam was at 37.02 per cent and was categorised as normal and high. “I feel recently there seems to be a panic situation among the Kedah people when cloud seeding operations were conducted from July 29 to 31. They think that when there’s an operation, it means that water supply has nearly run out. “Actually, the situation is normal and has happened

PUTRAJAYA, A former deliveryman convicted of raping a Year Six student failed in his appeal for a lighter sentence when the Court of Appeal upheld the 18-year imprisonment and 10 strokes of the cane imposed by the Sessions Court two years ago. This followed a decision by a panel of three judges consisting of Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, Datuk Azman Abdullah and Datuk Azmi Ariffin who dismissed the appeal by Muhammad Nur Hidayat Md Selliman to reduce the punishment. In a written judgment dated last July 31 that was uploaded on the judicial website, Judge Azmi said Muhammad Nur Hidayat