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
SEARCH AND RESCUE. Responders composed of various government agencies conduct search and rescue in Panit-an town after two motorized bancas with a total of 18 passengers capsized after being carried away by the strong water current on Wednesday (April 13, 2022). One of the missing passengers, Bianito Denosta, village councilor of Barangay Balatukan, Panit-an, is the brother of Antique Vice Governor Edgar Denosta.(Photo courtesy of Capiz Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office FB page) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The search and retrieval operation continues for five people after two motorized bancas capsized in the main Panay River in Panit-an, Capiz on Wednesday. Panit-an municipal disaster risk reduction and management officer Mark Jay Dumol, in a phone interview on Thursday, said 12 people were on board a motorized banca, including officials of Barangay Balatucan who collected relief goods from the municipal gymnasium for their residents affected by Tropical De
STORMY WEATHER. Flooding along Antique road due to heavy rainfall caused by Tropical Depression Agaton as of Tuesday (April 12,2022). Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Broderick Train said classes and government work were suspended due to the heavy rainfall and flooding.(Photo courtesy of Antique PIO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique provincial government has suspended classes at all levels and government work at the capitol due to heavy rains brought about by Tropical Depression Agaton. Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) chief Broderick Train said during a virtual press conference Tuesday the provincial government has issued an executive order. "Our Acting Governor Edgar Denosta has directed the suspension of classes and work at the provincial government because of the weather condition now," Train said. "There are no face-to-face classes and modular distribution today," said Antiqu
CASH ASSISTANCE. Farmer-beneficiaries from the Municipality of San Jose de Buenavista receive cash assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA) at the Delegate Angel Salazar, Jr. Memorial School in their municipality on March 14, 2022. Sonie Guanco, officer-in-charge of the Agricultural Program Coordinating Office (APCO), said on Tuesday (March 15) the DA aims to distribute cash assistance to 34,333 farmers in the province within this month.(Photo courtesy of APCO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Department of Agriculture has started giving PHP5,000 cash assistance to 34,333 rice farmers in Antique as provided for under Republic Act 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). "Farmer-beneficiaries of the cash assistance are those who own 2 hectares and below rice area as well as registered with Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBA)," Agricultural Program Coordinating Office (APCO) officer-in-charge Sonie Guanco said in an interview on Tuesday. The
NEW NBI DISTRICT OFFICE. Lone District Rep. Loren Legarda (center) cuts the ribbon during the inauguration of the PHP50 million new building of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Antique on Wednesday (March 9, 2022). Joining the Antique solon were (left to right) NBI OIC Director Eric Distor, Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao, San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Elmer Untaran, and NBI Assistant Director Medardo de Lemos.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Residents of Antique and its neighboring provinces could now avail of the services of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) with the opening of its PHP50 million permanent new office building at the San Jose de Buenavista on Wednesday. "If before the NBI in Antique only served as a satellite office, it will also now become a full district office," said NBI Assistant Director Medardo de Lemos, in his message during the blessing and inauguration of the three-story building. The new