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
RETURNING RESIDENTS. Returning residents of Antique arrive on board the Philippine Airlines flight in Oct. 2020. San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Elmer Untaran said on Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2022) the lifting of the negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test requirement enabled more Antiquenos to come home.(Photo courtesy of Antique PIO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Mayor Elmer Untaran is urging returning residents here to self-isolate upon arrival as a precautionary measure now that the provincial government has lifted the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test requirement for those fully vaccinated. The RT-PCR requirement was lifted as per Executive Order 004-A issued by Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao on Feb. 3, 2022. Untaran said returning residents may self-isolate even just for three days, particularly if they have symptoms, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to family members and other people. Before,
COVENANT SIGNING. Local candidates in San Jose de Buenavista town on Jan. 18, 2022 sign the covenant to show their commitment to hold safe, peaceful, and orderly 2022 elections. Lawyer Wil Arceno, the provincial election supervisor, said on Wednesday (February 2) San Jose de Buenavista is the first town in Antique to hold a covenant signing.(Photo courtesy of Antique Comelec) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Local candidates in Antique are encouraged to participate in the covenant signing to show their commitment to a safe, peaceful, and orderly May 2022 elections. On Wednesday, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Antique Provincial Election Supervisor Wil Arceno said the Antique Provincial Police Office (APPO) is now coordinating with the Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to be permitted to hold a covenant signing for provincial and municipal candidates. "So far only San Jose de Buenavista has held a covenant signing (on Jan. 18, 2022),&quo
IN-PERSON CLASSES. The Province of Antique as of Wednesday (Jan. 12, 2022) has 212 Covid-19 active cases of which 106 are from San Jose de Buenavista. Mayor Elmer Untaran said the face-to-face classes of the Antique National School (ANS) will continue despite the increasing cases of Covid-19.(Photo courtesy of Antique IPHO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The biggest secondary school in the province of Antique will continue its face-to-face classes here for its senior high school taking up Technical-Vocational Livelihood (TVL) track amid a rise in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. Mayor Elmer Untaran said in a virtual press conference Wednesday that he assured Antique National School (ANS) principal Roger Jomolo that the face-to-face classes would continue even if it is an indoor activity. "We are allowing indoor meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) to continue," Untaran said. He added that the face-to-face classes will continue provided tha
RECLASSIFIED. Antique Gov. Rhodora Cadiao on Thursday (Jan. 13, 2022) urges the public to avoid social gatherings because of the rise in Covid-19 cases. The rise in cases led to Antique's reclassification under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 14.(File photo courtesy of Antique PIO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The increasing cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the province of Antique have escalated its classification by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) from the current Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 3 effective Friday. Antique Provincial IATF on Covid-19 secretary Margie Gadian said with the reclassification, Antiquenos shall expect stricter policies. "The Provincial IATF will be meeting Friday in order to come up with new policies that will take effect immediately also," she said in an interview Thursday. Gadian said they are advised to stay at home if possible and strictly observe the minimum health pr