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CAVED IN. The approach of the Sumakwel Bridge in Barangay Malandog, Hamtic, Antique that collapsed on Jan. 17, 2023. Antique Provincial Engineer Inocencio Dajao said in an interview Wednesday (Jan. 18) the bridge collapsed due to the softening of the soil as an effect of the Severe Tropical Storm Paeng last year.(Photo courtesy of Galileo Magbanua) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique- The approach of Sumakwel Bridge in Barangay Malandog, Hamtic town collapsed on Tuesday due to scouring when Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Paeng hit last year. Antique Provincial Engineer Inocencio Dajao, in an interview Wednesday, said the approach of the bridge finally gave way, resulting in a three-meter wide and two- to three-meter deep gap, because of the softening of the soil as an effect of the bad weather. The structure that linked Sitio Sumakwel to the village proper was built by the provincial engineering office sometime in 2001 with funding from the Department of the Interior and Local Government. &qu
COLLAPSED.Part of the Latazon hanging bridge that collapsed and injured three persons on June 15, 2022. Laua-an Mayor-elect Aser Baladjay said in an interview Wednesday (June 22, 2022) that he will be seeking fund to construct a concrete bridge in Barangay Latazon in his municipality. (Photo courtesy of Arlene Pedro) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique-The mayor-elect of the Municipality of Laua-an is seeking funding for the construction of a new concrete bridge to replace the old hanging bridge that collapsed on June 15, 2022 and injured three persons. Mayor-elect Aser Baladjay said in an interview Wednesday that he will ask the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) if the proposed concrete bridge will be provided with funding since Barangay Latazon was once a rebel infested area. "We had presence of the New People's Army (NPA) as well as sympathizers before in Barangay Latazon and in about 14 more barangays in the municipality," he said. He a
GROUNDBREAKING.San Remigio Municipal Mayor Margarito Mission, Jr. (left) and Antique Board Member Fernando Corvera, Sr.(right) grace the groundbreaking of the road funded by the Local Government Support Fund-Support to Barangay Development Project (LGSF-SBDP) on December 15, 2021. Antique Provincial Engineer Inocencio Dajao said on Friday (Jan. 21, 2022) that the local access road projects in San Remigio and Sibalom towns, which had been identified as National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict priority areas, would be finished by April 2022.(Photo courtesy of San Remigio LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -The construction of local access road projects funded under the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in two municipalities of Antique is underway. The BDP is a flagship program of the NTF-ELCAC with the end goal of bringing development to former conflict-prone communities. Antique Provincial E