Category: General

PUTRAJAYA,, Featuring 15 patriotic songs at the Parade Ceremony for the 2024 Warriors’ Day Celebration, the combined band of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) successfully stirred a sense of patriotism among the security forces and guests present. The band, comprising 120 personnel from MAF and PDRM, began enlivening the patriotic spirit at Dataran Pahlawan here as early as 7.30 am, playing different songs during the arrival of distinguished and royal guests. Music and Arts director for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), Lt Col Mohd Rizal Mohd Noor told Bernama that each guest’s arrival

PUTRAJAYA,, Featuring 15 patriotic songs at the Parade Ceremony for the 2024 Warriors’ Day Celebration, the combined band of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) successfully stirred a sense of patriotism among the security forces and guests present. The band, comprising 120 personnel from MAF and PDRM, began enlivening the patriotic spirit at Dataran Pahlawan here as early as 7.30 am, playing different songs during the arrival of distinguished and royal guests. Music and Arts director for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), Lt Col Mohd Rizal Mohd Noor told Bernama that each guest’s arrival

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

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