RURAL CREDIT. Antique Provincial Board Member Rony Molina sponsors a resolution seeking rural credit to marginalized farmers and fisherfolk in Antique during the Provincial Board's second regular session on Monday (Jan. 16, 2023). Molina said farmers and fishermen in Antique hardly avail of bank loans because they lack the required collateral. (PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique provincial board on Monday approved a resolution seeking rural credit grants to marginalized farmers and fisherfolk to enhance productivity. The board would seek the support of the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Support Service Unit (DA-ASSU) to provide rural credit to marginalized farmers and fishermen in the province of Antique, who are getting a hard time availing loans from the banks as they require collateral. "The farmers and fisherfolks, because of their lack of the required collateral could not be given priority in a bank cred
WINNERS. Winning provincial candidates in the province of Antique do a thumbs up for "One Antique" before their proclamation at the Legislative Building in San Jose de Buenavista on Tuesday (May 10, 2022). Antique Provincial Board of Canvassers chairperson Provincial Election Supervisor Wil Arceno said they proclaimed the winners despite some glitches on the vote counting machines and difficulty in the transmission of results from far-flung areas in the province.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, ANTIQUE - Reelectionists Governor Rhodora Cadiao and Vice Governor Edgar Denosta received fresh mandates following their proclamation on Tuesday as winners of the May 9 polls. They were proclaimed together with Antonio Agapito Legarda, who replaced his sister Rep. Loren Legarda as the province's lone district representative in Congress. Antique Provincial Board of Canvassers chairperson Provincial Election Supervisor Wil Arceno said they proclaim