ON THE RISE. Antique's Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has reported 49 cases of Covid-19 in the province as of July 4, 2022. IPHO Information Officer Irene Dulduco said on Tuesday (July 5, 2022) that with the rising number of cases, people should not be complacent in following the health protocols.(Photo courtesy of Antique IPHO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Antique's Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) on Tuesday reported rising cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the province "because the people no longer are conscious of the minimum health protocol." IPHO Information Officer Irene Dulduco said in an interview that as of July 4, a total of 49 cases were logged in 14 of the 18 towns in the province. Movement restriction was relaxed when the province was placed under Alert Level 2 beginning in April and people have become complacent, not following minimum public health protocols since the province recorded zero Covid-19 cases. An
MISSING. Search continues for the missing person who went to check his fish trap at the Cagarangan River in Bugasong, Antique on June 26, 2022. Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management head Broderick Train said on Wednesday (June 29) that the missing person, Ariel Solis, could have been carried by the gushing waters while checking on the trap.(Photo courtesy of Antique PDRRMO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Search and rescue operations continue for a man who went missing after checking his installed fish trap at the Cangaranan River in Bugasong, Antique on June 26, 2022. The missing person was identified as Ariel Solis, 55, of Barangay Zaragosa, Bugasong. "Solis left their home on June 26 at around 3 o'clock in the morning and until now is still missing," Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office(PDRRMO) head Broderick Train, leading the operations in coordination with their municipal counterpart in Bugasong, said on Wednesday. A
INDIVIDUAL EFFORT. Antique Integrated Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ric Noel Naciongayo (center) with Nurse 4 Sheree Vego (left) and Dr. Ellen Grace Balinas (right) during a press conference on dengue on Thursday (June 23, 2022). Naciongayo said individual efforts should be done to clean households as the province recorded 979 dengue cases as of June 19, which is 355 percent higher than the 215 cases recorded during the same period in 2021.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique provincial government is urging residents to exert more effort in cleaning their surroundings to get rid of the common breeding sites of mosquitoes as dengue cases continue to rise in the province. Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) chief, Dr. Ric Noel Naciongayo, during a press conference Thursday, said that based on their data as of June 19, there are 979 cases of dengue, which is 355 percent higher than the 215 cases recorded during the same period i
OATHTAKING.Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao will take her oath for her second term on June 27. On Wednesday (June 22, 2022), Cadiao said the induction and oathtaking of the elected local officials will be simple yet meaningful to be held on June 27-28, 2022. (PNA file photo) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -The inauguration and oathtaking of Antique's elected local leaders that will be administered by province's outgoing congresswoman and now Senator-elect Loren Legarda will be simple yet meaningful. Governor Rhodora Cadiao said in an interview Wednesday officials will be wearing their Filipiniana attire with no ostentatious garment accessories. "I remind the newly elected officials to just wear their simple Filipiniana or Patadyong, which is Antique's famous handwoven fabric," she said. It would be fitting that the celebration is simple since the health pandemic has affected not just the province's economy but practically all Antiquenos, she added. The activit
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