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CASH-FOR-WORK. Coconut farmers receive their cash-for-work incentives from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) at the gymnasium of the Hamtic town on Sept. 21,2022. Dionelo Jamora-Ongga, PCA Antique senior agriculturist, said Thursday (Sept. 22) that PHP1, 250 was given to a farmer whose coconut trees are now in their fruit-bearing stage.(Photo courtesy of Vice Gov. Edgar Denosta) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Coconut farmers in the town of Hamtic received a total of PHP207,500 incentive under the cash-for-work program of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) on Wednesday. Each of the 166 coconut farmers received PHP1,250 for the 50 coconut seedlings that they planted four to six years ago and are now in their fruit-bearing stage. "The cash-for-work is a form of incentive for farmers that have now fruit-bearing trees," Dionelo Jamora-Ongga, PCA Antique senior agriculturist, said in an interview on Thursday. The cash-for-work is still part of the "Yolanda" Re
TECHNO-DEMO FARM.Portion of the six-hectare Palay Sikatan techno-demo farm in the capital town of San Jose de Buenavista that is expected to produce higher yield this cropping period wet season. Municipal Agriculture Officer Rene Barte, in an interview Monday (Sept. 12,2022), said they are expecting a yield of 130 cavans per hectare from the techno-demo farms. (PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -The Palay Sikatan Techno-Demo farms in the towns of Antique province are expecting higher yield this wet cropping season with the use of inbred seeds. Municipal Agriculture Officer (MAO) Rene Barte, in an interview on Monday here, said some six hectares farmlands tilled by six cooperators were identified as Palay Sikatan Techno-Demo farms. "Farmers are expecting to be able to harvest in the coming days 130 cavans of palay from their previously 110 cavans per hectare only," he said. Aside from the inbred palay seeds, he said the Department of A
SESSION. Antique Provincial Board Member Karmila Rose Dimamay (standing) speaks during the provincial board regular session Thursday (Sept. 8, 2022). Dimamay said they decided to refer a resolution urging to divide Antique province into two districts to the committee on laws, ordinances, and good governance to first get the public opinion.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Provincial Board will be holding public consultation meetings to get feedback on the proposed resolution to divide the province into two legislative districts. The Board during its regular session on Thursday decided that the en banc resolution calling legislators from Antique to enact the apportionment of the province of Antique into two congressional districts be referred to the committee on laws, ordinances, and good governance for proper consultation before its approval. The proposed resolution was supposed to be addressed to Senate President Pro-Tempore Lor
DIVIDE ANTIQUE. The Antique Provincial Board during its regular session on July 14, 2022. Antique Board Member Karmila Rose Dimamay said on Wednesday (Sept. 7, 2022) they will pass an en banc resolution on Sept. 8 for the province to be divided into two districts.(PNA file photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) ILOILO CITY - The Antique Provincial Board will try for the third time to call for the province to be divided into two districts with the expected approval of a resolution during its regular session on Thursday. The resolution will be addressed to Senator Loren Legarda, Antique Lone District Rep. Antonio Agapito "AA" Legarda, and Coop-NATCCO (Cooperative-National Confederation of Cooperatives) party-list Rep. Felimon Espares, who is also from Antique, said Board Member Karmila Rose Dimamay in an interview on Wednesday. "Through the en banc resolution, we hope we could express our strong sentiment for Antique to already be divided into two districts," Dimamay