SLOPING AREA. A landslide in Sitio Sadsadan in Barangay Maybunga, Laua-an in Antique. Laua-an Mayor Aser Baladjay on Wednesday (Sept. 14, 2022) urged residents to evacuate because of the danger.(Photo courtesy of Antique PIO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The mayor of the northern municipality of Laua-an in Antique province has asked residents in a landslide-affected sitio (hamlet) to evacuate due to the danger of another soil erosion due to recurring rains. Mayor Aser Baladjay said on Wednesday that when they visited Sitio Sadsadan in Barangay Maybunga together with personnel from the Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) on Tuesday, they found out that the ongoing landslide has already affected almost 2.7 hectares of sloping area. "The landslide was first reported on Sept. 11 to the mayor's office right after it happened," Baladjay
COLLAPSED.Part of the Latazon hanging bridge that collapsed and injured three persons on June 15, 2022. Laua-an Mayor-elect Aser Baladjay said in an interview Wednesday (June 22, 2022) that he will be seeking fund to construct a concrete bridge in Barangay Latazon in his municipality. (Photo courtesy of Arlene Pedro) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique-The mayor-elect of the Municipality of Laua-an is seeking funding for the construction of a new concrete bridge to replace the old hanging bridge that collapsed on June 15, 2022 and injured three persons. Mayor-elect Aser Baladjay said in an interview Wednesday that he will ask the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) if the proposed concrete bridge will be provided with funding since Barangay Latazon was once a rebel infested area. "We had presence of the New People's Army (NPA) as well as sympathizers before in Barangay Latazon and in about 14 more barangays in the municipality," he said. He a
NEWLY ELECTED. Reelected San Remigio Municipal Mayor Margarito Mission Jr. (left) is joined by their elected vice mayor and town councilors during their proclamation at their municipal hall on Tuesday (May 10, 2022). Mission said tourism promotion will be a priority of his administration.(Photo courtesy of San Remigio LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Newly-elected mayors of the municipalities of Laua-an and San Remigio train their sights on the promotion of agri-tourism sites and delivery of basic services once they assume post noontime of June 30, 2022. Laua-an returning mayor Aser Baladjay, in an interview Wednesday, said he has plans to revive the agri-tourism industry in their municipality dubbed the "Muscovado Capital" of Antique when he was mayor in 2008. "Our municipality had been known for its muscovado or brown sugar production because during my term then as mayor we had several activities launched to promote the industry," he said. Several hectares o
PEACEFUL. Personnel of the Antique Provincial Police during their deployment for peaceful and orderly elections on May 5, 2022. Antique Provincial Police Office information officer Staff Sgt. John Mark Gonzaga said on Monday (May 9, 2022) no election-related incident has been monitored.(PNA file photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Policemen on poll duties will have to secure the vote counting machines until these are returned to the warehouses, an official of the Antique Provincial Police Office (APPO) said on Monday. "We assure that the police will be securing the polling precincts until it closes," APPO information officer John Mark Gonzaga said in an interview. Gonzaga said 75 percent of the registered voters were able to cast their votes as of noontime but the police would have to secure the VCMs until the last voter at 7 p.m. and until the machines are returned to the warehouses. The APPO added that they did not monitor any election-