FOR BETTER QUALITY. The shared service facilities (SSF) for the herbal processing and toll packaging center by the San Dionisio Iloilo Herbal Growers Economic Enterprise Association Inc (SaNdighheeia) in Barangay Bondulan, San Dionisio town in Iloilo province undergo a test run on Feb. 2, 2022. Trade and Industry Iloilo Director Felisa Judith Degala said on Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2022) the SSF project seeks to address the gap in the lack of tools and equipment of micro, small and medium entrepreneurs to improve production and quality.(Photo courtesy of DTI Iloilo FB page) ILOILO CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) continues to extend assistance to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Iloilo through its Shared Service Facilities (SSF) project. DTI Iloilo Director Felisa Judith Degala, in an interview Wednesday, said SSF, a flagship project of the department, seeks to address the gap in types of machinery necessary for MSMEs to improve the quality and productivity an
COVENANT SIGNING. Candidates vying for various posts in Iloilo City in the May 2022 elections commit to secure, accurate, free, and fair national and local elections during an interfaith prayer for peace and unity, caravan and covenant signing on Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2022). Election Assistant II Jonathan Sayno said joining the covenant signing is not mandatory yet but hoped that candidates will give importance to the event.(Photo courtesy of Jonathan Sayno/ Commission on Elections Iloilo City) ILOILO CITY - The majority of the 37 candidates running for various posts here have committed to a clean and honest 2022 elections as they joined Wednesday's interfaith prayer for peace and unity, caravan, and covenant signing. Election Assistant II Jonathan Sayno, in an interview Wednesday, said they hoped that candidates will take cognizance of the activity. The almost half-a-day activity was a combination of virtual and caravan events. It started with an interfaith prayer via zoom with the o
ASSISTANCE. Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao (third from left) receives PHP5 million cash assistance from National Housing Authority (NHA) District Manager Jesus Fantilaga (second from left) to help families whose houses had been damaged by Typhoon Odette. Eby Archangel Butiong, Antique provincial housing board secretary, said on Wednesday (Jan. 26, 2022) that each qualified recipient will be receiving P5, 000 as assistance to rebuild their houses.(Photo courtesy of Antique PIO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The National Housing Authority (NHA) has extended an initial PHP5 million cash assistance to families that were displaced by Typhoon Odette in Antique. Antique provincial housing board secretary Eby Archangel Butiong, in an interview Wednesday, said that NHA district manager Architect Jesus Fantilaga turned over the PHP5 million cash assistance for typhoon victims whose houses were either partially damaged or wrecked during its onslaught on Dec. 16, 2021. "The amount ext
CHILDREN'S MONTH. San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Elmer Untaran delivers his State of the Children's Address 2021 during the Children's Month celebration at Robinsons Mall Antique on Nov. 29, 2021. Untaran said the local government unit continuously implements policies, programs, projects, and activities that promote and protect children's rights.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, ANTIQUE - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Antique has extended assistance to 2,086 child laborers this year despite the restrictions due to the pandemic. DOLE Antique Labor and Employment Officer III Benjie Requintina, in an interview Wednesday, said the assistance received by the children range from school supplies, educational cash assistance, skills training, and hygiene kits, among others. Child laborers in the province are in the age group of 15 and below and mostly work as helpers in households, fishponds, and charcoal factories. DOLE is pa
BEST IN BUSINESS EMPOWERMENT. The Municipality of Libertad in the province of Antique wins in the Digital Governance Award 2021 Best in Business Empowerment for its eWaterworks digital billing system. The award was given in a virtual ceremony on Friday (Oct. 29, 2021).(Photo courtesy of Libertad LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The fifth class municipality of Libertad, Antique won the Business Empowerment Digital Governance Award 2021 in a ceremony held virtually on Oct. 29. Mayor Mary Jean Nicopior-Te, in an interview Wednesday, said it is a big honor for their municipality to be recognized in a virtual ceremony. "Our innovation, the eWaterworks, using the digital system in the billing of the Libertad Waterworks, which is owned by the local government unit (LGU), received the Digital Governance Award 2021," she said. The digital billing system was part of the package for the establishment of the Libertad Waterworks funded by the PHP12.726 million Aid to Municipalities