ILOILO CITY The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) assured that it will continue serving micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) in Antique province despite a footbridge incident that injured its personnel and two interns. “This incident will not dampen our spirit to deliver DTI’s prog
CRUMBLED. The hanging footbridge in Barangay Latazon in Laua-an town, Antique province collapsed injuring one personnel of the Department of Trade and Industry provincial office and its two on-the-job trainees on Wednesday (June 15, 2022). The bridge collapsed due to overloading, according to Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Broderick Train.(Photo courtesy of Arlene Pedro) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - A personnel of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and its two on-the-job trainees (OJTs) were injured after a hanging bridge they were crossing collapsed in Barangay Latazon in the Municipality of Laua-an on Wednesday. Antique Trade and Industry development specialist Glen Fernando, in an interview on Thursday, identified the injured as information technology personnel John Michael Villabert and OJTs Arlene Bangcaya of Barangay Necesito and Allyn Joy Necor of Barangay Intao, all from the said municipality. Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Redu