EMPLOYMENT. Students who were hired through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) and assigned to the local government unit of Valderrama. Donnabelle Baldonado, DOLE Antique information officer, said the SPES is being implemented in the province with 850 student beneficiaries.(Photo courtesy of DOLE Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - A total of 850 Antiqueno students have been hired under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of the labor department. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Antique provincial office information officer Donnabelle Baldonado said on Wednesday the program provides poor but deserving students the opportunity to work and earn while at the same time acquiring knowledge and developing their skills. "There are local government units (LGUs), schools, and private establishments that have partnered with DOLE for the SPES implementation," Baldonado said in an inter
ASSISTANCE. Food packs are being prepared for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Antique affected by Typhoon Odette in 2021. Edison Sta. Romana, Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) assistant head, in an interview Thursday (May 19, 2022) said the food packs and assistive devices from the Las Pinas PWD Federation, Inc. of Las Pinas City will be released to recipients on Friday (May 20).(Photo courtesy of Antique PDAO-PSWDO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - A total of 328 persons with disabilities (PWDs) affected by Typhoon Odette are recipients of either food packs or assistive devices from the Las Pinas PWD Federation, Inc. of Las Pinas City that will be distributed at the Provincial Disability Affairs Office this Friday. "The assistance is in the amount of PHP250,000 which was used to buy grocery items for the food packs and assistive devices," said Edison Sta. Romana, assistant head of the Provincial Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) under the Provincial Social Welfare and Dev
LAUA-AN, Antique In this rural town, the future shines bright for 21-year-old college student Marvie Ann Berdin. Only a few years away from attaining her dream of becoming a civil engineer, Berdin continues to brave through numerous hardships and financial difficulties, thanks to the support she receives from various government agencies. …
CANDIDATES FORUM. Antique candidates for vice governor Provincial Board Member Vincent Piccio III (left) and third termer Edgar Denosta during the Candidates' Forum on Tuesday (April 26, 2022) held at theBarbaza Cooperative Building in San Jose de Buenavista. Both Denosta and Piccio said that they will work to increase the educational assistance for poor students.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Two candidates for vice governor in Antique Province on Tuesday vowed to raise the budget for the educational assistance of poor students should they win the May 9, 2022 elections. Reelectionist Vice Governor Edgar Denosta, who is seeking his third and final term, said during the Candidates' Forum at theBarbaza Cooperative Building in San Jose de Buenavista that he will work to double the budget to help more students. "Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao (his running mate) and I had already discussed that we will work to double the budge
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao leads the release of educational assistance to students in the Municipality of Bugasong on March 17, 2022. Irish Manlapaz, officer-in-charge of the Antique Provincial Youth and Development Office (PYDO), on Monday (April 25, 2022) said they had already released a total of PHP109.3 million to 21,741 students prior to the March 25 election ban. (Photo courtesy of PYDO Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Provincial Youth and Development Office (PYDO) has assured the 528 remaining Antiqueno students that they could get their educational assistance once the Commission on Elections (Comelec) grants their request for exemption from the election ban. Irish Mae Manlapaz, PYDO officer-in-charge, said they have already released educational assistance to 21,741 undergrad and graduate students since February 14 amounting to PHP109.3 million prior to the March 25 election ban. "There were 22,395 students who had appli