INAUGURATION. Local officials of Antique pose with Senator-elect Loren Legarda (center) during their oath-taking and inauguration at Evelio B. Javier Freedom Park in San Jose de Buenavista town on Monday (June 27, 2022). Legarda assured her province mates, whom she served as congresswoman for the last three years, that she will continue to work for the development of the province. (PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Reelected Governor Rhodora Cadiao said Monday she will carry on the reforms of outgoing Representative Loren Legarda who will return to the Senate by June 30. Cadiao said with the support of Legarda, the province introduced social service programs such as a financial support initiative to help senior citizens. The state of Antiqueno sugar migrants in Negros Occidental also improved with the governor closely coordinating with her counterpart in Negros Occidental, providing assistance to workers with support from the Department of La
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
TREE PLANTING. Personnel of the various national government agencies in Antique join in the simultaneous nationwide tree planting activity in celebration of the Environment Month in Barangay Osorio, San Remigio on Wednesday (June 8, 2022). Antique Vice Governor Edgar Denosta said the tree planting activity would improve the vegetation in the province's tourism sites.(Photo courtesy of Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office of Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique provincial government has called on the people to protect the existing forests and regreen barren land through tree-planting. The call was made as the province marked Environment Month by planting endemic tree seedlings on Wednesday to improve the vegetation in Antique's tourist spots. Vice Governor Edgar Denosta, who joined the tree planting activity in Barangay Osorio 2 in San Remigio, said once these trees grow, they could improve the vegetation in the area to make it more attractive to
DEADLINE. The Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) with Commission on Elections (Comelec) Antique provincial supervisor Wil Arceno (center) as presiding officer during the May 9 elections. Arceno in an interview Tuesday (June 7, 2022) urged other local candidates to beat the June 8 deadline for the filing of their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures.(PNA file photo by Annabel Consuelo J Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is reminding local candidates in Antique during the May 9, 2022 elections to beat the June 8 deadline for the filing of their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). Antique Election Supervisor Wil Arceno, in an interview Tuesday, said SOCE is a requirement for the candidates to be submitted on time. "Hopefully, all local candidates could already file their SOCE tomorrow (June 8 since we had been informing them to do it right after the May 9 election," he said. The SOCE to be filed should co
WINNERS. Winning provincial candidates in the province of Antique do a thumbs up for "One Antique" before their proclamation at the Legislative Building in San Jose de Buenavista on Tuesday (May 10, 2022). Antique Provincial Board of Canvassers chairperson Provincial Election Supervisor Wil Arceno said they proclaimed the winners despite some glitches on the vote counting machines and difficulty in the transmission of results from far-flung areas in the province.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, ANTIQUE - Reelectionists Governor Rhodora Cadiao and Vice Governor Edgar Denosta received fresh mandates following their proclamation on Tuesday as winners of the May 9 polls. They were proclaimed together with Antonio Agapito Legarda, who replaced his sister Rep. Loren Legarda as the province's lone district representative in Congress. Antique Provincial Board of Canvassers chairperson Provincial Election Supervisor Wil Arceno said they proclaim