(Photo courtesy of PNP) MANILA-The Philippine National Police (PNP) has successfully contained the usual outbreak of violence in Mindanao during the May 9 elections. PNP directorate for operations, Maj. Gen. Valeriano De Leon, in an interview Wednesday, attributed this to early security preparations and real-time adjustments on the ground. De Leon, concurrent commander of the PNP national and local election task force, said the good working relationship with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should also be credited since the poll body facilitated the movement of police personnel to areas with serious security concerns in Mindanao. "If you would compare the data of this year's elections and that of the past elections, you would notice a significant decrease of (election-related) incidents in Mindanao. It really went down," he said. The PNP has recorded 52 incidents on election day across the country, 21 of them were classified as serious, and almost all happened in Min
NEWLY ELECTED. Reelected San Remigio Municipal Mayor Margarito Mission Jr. (left) is joined by their elected vice mayor and town councilors during their proclamation at their municipal hall on Tuesday (May 10, 2022). Mission said tourism promotion will be a priority of his administration.(Photo courtesy of San Remigio LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Newly-elected mayors of the municipalities of Laua-an and San Remigio train their sights on the promotion of agri-tourism sites and delivery of basic services once they assume post noontime of June 30, 2022. Laua-an returning mayor Aser Baladjay, in an interview Wednesday, said he has plans to revive the agri-tourism industry in their municipality dubbed the "Muscovado Capital" of Antique when he was mayor in 2008. "Our municipality had been known for its muscovado or brown sugar production because during my term then as mayor we had several activities launched to promote the industry," he said. Several hectares o
VAX FOR SENIORS.A senior citizen avails of the Covid-19 vaccination at the Binirayan Gymnasium in San Jose de Buenavista on Jan. 27. Gov. Rhodora J. Cadiao said in an interview on Wednesday (March 23, 2022) that she has requested the 590 barangay captains in the province to help in the campaign for Covid-19 vaccination so Antique could be classified under Alert Level 1.(PNA photo courtesy of Antique IPHO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -Barangay (village) captains in the province of Antique will assist in the house-to-house campaign to encourage more senior citizens to avail of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine. Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao, in an interview Wednesday, said she had requested the help of Liga ng Barangay (LnB) president Pamela Socorro Azucena and the other barangay captains in the province to conduct house-to-house campaign for more seniors to get vaccinated. "The barangay captains know better the senior citizens in their barangays," she sa
MEETING.Provincial veterinarians from Iloilo and Capiz gather stakeholders for an emergency meeting on avian influenza concern in Iloilo City on March 8, 2022. Dr. Jonic Natividad, DA Region 6 regulatory division chief and Western Visayas Inter-Agency Taskforce for Animal Disease focal person, in an interview Wednesday (March 23), said they have already identified priority sites in the region for monitoring as precautionary measure.(Photo courtesy of Western Visayas Inter-Agency Taskforce for Animal Disease FB page) ILOILO CITY -The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas has identified priority sites in the region where a lot of migratory birds can be seen as a precautionary measure amid the reported bird flu outbreak in Luzon. The DA Region 6 regulatory division chief and Western Visayas Inter-Agency Taskforce for Animal Disease focal person Dr. Jonic Natividad, in an interview Wednesday, said these areas are in the municipalities of Sara, Dumangas, Ajuy and Concepcion in I
ROOFING MATERIALS. The Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) delivers galvanized iron (GI) sheets and plywood as shelter materials to a family in Barangay Boroc-boroc, Belison on Tuesday (March 1, 2022). PDRRMO chief Broderick Train said on Wednesday said PHP8 million was allocated from their Quick Response Fund this year to assist families whose houses were destroyed due to Typhoon Odette last December.(Photo courtesy of PIO Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The provincial government of Antique on Tuesday started to distribute shelter materials to families whose houses were destroyed by Typhoon Odette last December. The materials were purchased using the PHP8 million quick response fund (QRF) of the province's Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF). The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has recorded 2,392 families with totally damaged houses. The first recipient was a family from Baran