ILOILO City is now in the Hall of Fame as it bags another award from the Department of Health for the city’s anti-smoking initiatives.
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, Councilor Joshua Alim, who is the chairman of the Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ICAST), and ICAST Executive Director Inigo Garingalao will receive the plaque of recognition in a ceremony at the SMX Convention Center in Metro Manila on Friday, February 20.
ICAST was organized in 2007 as a core group to lead in the anti-smoking program implemented in public places and buildings, parks and plazas, public and private vehicles, schools, restaurants and other areas congregated by many people.
Alim said the award recognizes the City Government’s innovations and initiatives against the use of tobacco and smoking in public.
Alim added that this is the third year that the city received recognition from the Health department as a livable and smoke-free city. (Lydia C. Pendon/Sunnex)