SESSION. Antique Provincial Board Member Karmila Rose Dimamay (standing) speaks during the provincial board regular session Thursday (Sept. 8, 2022). Dimamay said they decided to refer a resolution urging to divide Antique province into two districts to the committee on laws, ordinances, and good governance to first get the public opinion.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Provincial Board will be holding public consultation meetings to get feedback on the proposed resolution to divide the province into two legislative districts. The Board during its regular session on Thursday decided that the en banc resolution calling legislators from Antique to enact the apportionment of the province of Antique into two congressional districts be referred to the committee on laws, ordinances, and good governance for proper consultation before its approval. The proposed resolution was supposed to be addressed to Senate President Pro-Tempore Lor
CAVE MONTH. The Kagang River Cave in the Municipality of Libertad is one of around 50 caves in the province of Antique. Antique launched on Friday (April 8, 2022) the Cave Month Celebration to bring awareness to the importance of conservation and protection of caves in the province.(Photo courtesy John Michael) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The province of Antique has called for the protection and preservation of caves as it highlights their potential to become tourist attractions. The provincial government launched the Cave Month celebration in Barangay Tinindugan, Libertad as mandated under Provincial Ordinance 2020-219 or the Provincial Caves and Cave Resources Management, Protection and Conservation Ordinance authored by Antique provincial Board Member Jessielito Pio Sumande on Friday. "I authored the ordinance to strengthen the cooperation and exchange of information between governmental authorities and people who utilize caves and cave resources," Sumande said in an