UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. Antique Provincial Board Member Pio Jessielito Sumande Sr. is the sponsor of a unanimously approved resolution declaring the province under a state of calamity during their regular session on Thursday (July 14, 2022). As of July 9, the province has reported a total of 1,575 dengue cases with six deaths.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Provincial Board on Thursday placed Antique under a state of calamity due to dengue cases reported in all of its 18 municipalities. The board, during its regular session, unanimously approved the resolution filed by its member Pio Jessielito Sumande Sr. for the province to be placed under a state of calamity, considering a total of 1,575 cases with six deaths reported from January to July 9. The figure is 556 percent higher than last year's 241 patients including two deaths for the same period. The resolution was approved upon the request made by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduc
STATE OF CALAMITY. Members of Antique's Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council hold a meeting at the Provincial Capitol in San Jose de Buenavista on July 12, 2022. Antique Provincial Board Member Pio Jessielito Sumande said on Wednesday (July 13, 2022) that he would be sponsoring the resolution for the province to be declared under a state of calamity due to the high number of dengue cases.(Photo courtesy of PIO Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has sought the declaration of a state of calamity due to the increasing number of dengue cases. Antique Provincial Board Member Pio Jessielito Sumande said in an interview on Wednesday that during their PDRRMC meeting on July 12, Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Ric Noel Naciongayo, requested that the province be declared under a state of calamity, considering a total of 1,405 cases of dengue with five deaths as of July 2. The figure is
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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
Senator Loren Legarda (File photo) MANILA - On her last day as Lone district Representative of Antique, Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda expressed her pleasure in serving the Filipino people as a member of the House of Representatives over the past three years. "I am grateful to have served the Filipino people, most especially my fellow Antiquenos, alongside my honorable and hardworking colleagues whose hearts I have witnessed to care for visions of the best for our countrymen and empowering our people," she said in a news release on Thursday. During her stint at the Lower House, Legarda has pushed for programs and services that brought progress in Antique and helped uplift the lives of thousands of Antiquenos. Through her unwavering efforts, 82 new classrooms in 12 elementary and high schools in the province were constructed through the Basic Education Facilities Fund, while 11 Department of Education schools were given the first batch of Information Technology packages. Free Wi