ON THE RISE. Antique's Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has reported 49 cases of Covid-19 in the province as of July 4, 2022. IPHO Information Officer Irene Dulduco said on Tuesday (July 5, 2022) that with the rising number of cases, people should not be complacent in following the health protocols.(Photo courtesy of Antique IPHO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Antique's Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) on Tuesday reported rising cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the province "because the people no longer are conscious of the minimum health protocol." IPHO Information Officer Irene Dulduco said in an interview that as of July 4, a total of 49 cases were logged in 14 of the 18 towns in the province. Movement restriction was relaxed when the province was placed under Alert Level 2 beginning in April and people have become complacent, not following minimum public health protocols since the province recorded zero Covid-19 cases. An
UNITY. Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao and the elected municipal officials in the northern part of Antique are inducted into office by Senator-elect Loren Legarda in the Municipality of Culasi on Tuesday (June 28, 2022). Legarda called for unity among the local leaders for the development of their home province.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Senator-elect Loren Legarda has called on newly-inducted officials from five northern municipalities of Antique to work for unity as the province heads towards development. "I urge the mayors and other elected officials of the province to work for peace and unity," she said in her message during the ceremony held in the municipality of Culasi on Tuesday. Legarda officiated the oath-taking of incoming officials from the towns of Libertad, Pandan, Culasi, Tibiao, and Laua-an. She said she will be working closely for the good of the province, through her brother Congressman-elect Antonio Aga
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
OATHTAKING.Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao will take her oath for her second term on June 27. On Wednesday (June 22, 2022), Cadiao said the induction and oathtaking of the elected local officials will be simple yet meaningful to be held on June 27-28, 2022. (PNA file photo) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -The inauguration and oathtaking of Antique's elected local leaders that will be administered by province's outgoing congresswoman and now Senator-elect Loren Legarda will be simple yet meaningful. Governor Rhodora Cadiao said in an interview Wednesday officials will be wearing their Filipiniana attire with no ostentatious garment accessories. "I remind the newly elected officials to just wear their simple Filipiniana or Patadyong, which is Antique's famous handwoven fabric," she said. It would be fitting that the celebration is simple since the health pandemic has affected not just the province's economy but practically all Antiquenos, she added. The activit
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