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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

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday announced the rollout of the Rice for All program in four Kadiwa sites starting August 1. In an interview, DA Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said under the program, commercial well-milled rice shall be sold at PHP45 per kilogram at the Food Terminal Inc. in Taguig City; Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) in Manila, Potrero, Malabon; and Llano Road in Caloocan, which will operate every Thursday to Saturday. ‘Isa ito sa mga hakbangin ng ating pamahalaan na mapababa yung epekto ng food items sa inflation natin. So, mapababa yung mga presyo, and

ISTANBUL: The Palestinian resistance group Hamas announced early Wednesday that its political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his residence in the Iranian capital Tehran. “Hamas mourns to our great Palestinian people, to the Arab and Islamic nations, and to all the free people of the world, the martyr, the Mujahid Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the movement, who was killed in a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran after participating in the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president,” the Palestinian group said in a statement on Telegram. Iranian state television also

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

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