SPLIT. Vice Governor Edgar Denosta presides over a session of the Antique Provincial Board during their regular session on Thursday (Sept. 22, 2022). Denosta said on Friday (Sept. 23) he is optimistic about the division of Antique into two legislative districts.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -Vice Governor Edgar Denosta has expressed optimism that the division of Antique into two legislative districts will hasten the development of the province. In an interview Friday, Denosta, author of two previous resolutions and currently one of the members of the provincial board en banc pushing for the division of the province, said he is confident their proposal could finally be realized. "I was the author of the first resolution for the division of Antique in 2016 and then I again passed another resolution with the same tenor in 2019," he said. He added that the first resolution approved by the provincial board was submitted to the Office
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao hands the PHP5, 000 aid to a person deprived of liberty (PDL) during the turnover ceremony at the Antique Rehabilitation Center (ARC) in San Jose de Buenavista on Monday (Sept. 19, 2022). Cadiao said ithe AICS from the Department of Social Welfare and Development is intended to help the PDLs and their families meet their basic needs. (PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), released on Monday over PHP930,000 aid to 186 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) held at the Antique Rehabilitation Center (ARC). The distribution led by Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao and Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) team leader Melrose Amaran was in response to the request of the PDLs for financial assistance that they can use to buy hygiene kits and to be shared with their families outsi
FARM INPUT SUPPORT. A rice field in the municipality of Sibalom, considered the rice granary of Antique. Sonie Guanco of the Department of Agriculture 6 (Western Visayas) said on Friday (July 22, 2022) that 17,044 farmers in the province would be receiving fertilizer discount vouchers.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - About 17,044 rice farmers in Antique province are expected to benefit from the fertilizer discount vouchers (FDV) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) as farm input support. DA Agricultural Program Coordinating Office (APCO) officer in charge Sonie Guanco, in an interview on Friday, said the municipal agriculture officers (MAOs) have been instructed to validate the master list of the recipient- farmers. "The FDV will be a big help for the farmers because they could already avail of the discount for their fertilizer input," Guanco said. Each farmer registered with the Registry System for the Basic Sectors in Agricultu
ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS. Indigent students in the Municipality of Culasi received their educational assistance for the last school year on March 17, 2022. Irish Manlapaz, head of the Antique Provincial Youth Development Office (PYDO), said on Tuesday (July 19) they will be providing an initial 100 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in each of the 18 municipalities of the province with educational assistance this coming school year.(Photo courtesy of Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique provincial government will provide an initial 100 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in each of its 18 municipalities with educational assistance for the 2022-2023 school year. Vice Governor Edgar Denosta said Tuesday that he would be working to provide more PWDs with the educational aid of PHP5,000 for college students and PHP6,000 for graduate students every semester. The giving of assistance is part of the 44th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR)
UNITY. Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao and the elected municipal officials in the northern part of Antique are inducted into office by Senator-elect Loren Legarda in the Municipality of Culasi on Tuesday (June 28, 2022). Legarda called for unity among the local leaders for the development of their home province.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Senator-elect Loren Legarda has called on newly-inducted officials from five northern municipalities of Antique to work for unity as the province heads towards development. "I urge the mayors and other elected officials of the province to work for peace and unity," she said in her message during the ceremony held in the municipality of Culasi on Tuesday. Legarda officiated the oath-taking of incoming officials from the towns of Libertad, Pandan, Culasi, Tibiao, and Laua-an. She said she will be working closely for the good of the province, through her brother Congressman-elect Antonio Aga