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
DIVIDE ANTIQUE. The Antique Provincial Board during its regular session on July 14, 2022. Antique Board Member Karmila Rose Dimamay said on Wednesday (Sept. 7, 2022) they will pass an en banc resolution on Sept. 8 for the province to be divided into two districts.(PNA file photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) ILOILO CITY - The Antique Provincial Board will try for the third time to call for the province to be divided into two districts with the expected approval of a resolution during its regular session on Thursday. The resolution will be addressed to Senator Loren Legarda, Antique Lone District Rep. Antonio Agapito "AA" Legarda, and Coop-NATCCO (Cooperative-National Confederation of Cooperatives) party-list Rep. Felimon Espares, who is also from Antique, said Board Member Karmila Rose Dimamay in an interview on Wednesday. "Through the en banc resolution, we hope we could express our strong sentiment for Antique to already be divided into two districts," Dimamay
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
DORM FOR STUDENTS. The Eastern Laua-an National High School in Barangay Maria in the Municipality of Laua-an will soon have a female dormitory for students living in remote villages. Antique Provincial Board Member Karmila Rose Dimamay on Friday (June 24, 2022) said a resolution was already approved requesting the provincial government to provide PHP500,000 financial assistance to put up a dormitory.(Photo courtesy of Eastern Laua-an National High School) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - A female dormitory will soon be established in a secondary school in the Municipality of Laua-an that will house students from remote villages, mostly from indigenous peoples (IP) communities, to prevent them from dropping out of school. Antique Provincial Board Member Karmila Rose Dimamay, on their last regular session on Thursday, sponsored the approved resolution seeking a PHP500,000 fund for the "Balay Darayunan" or the dormitory that will be constructed within the premises of the Easter
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