GETTING READY. Fritz Enjhay Cepe, head of the Rotary Club of Antique, signs the commitment board to support the Department of Education (DepEd) "Brigada Eskwela" in preparation for the school opening on Aug. 22. Evelyn Remo, DepEd Antique Schools Governance and Operations chief, said on Friday (Aug. 12, 2022) there would be 603 schools that are scheduled to open.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -Around 168,000 learners are expected to go back to 603 public and private schools in Antique this coming Aug. 22 opening. Evelyn Remo, chief of the Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Governance and Operations Division of Antique, said in an interview Friday the 603 schools include 534 public schools, 67 private and two state universities and colleges would conduct face-to-face classes. On Thursday, DepEd held the provincial kick-off ceremony of the "Brigada Eskwela" at the Antique National School (ANS) in San Jose de Buenavist
BRIGADA ESKWELA.Parents support the Department of Education (DepEd) Division Antique Brigada Eskwela through cleaning the school premises of a public school in the Municipality of Patnongon on Monday (August 1, 2022). Evelyn Remo, DepEd Antique School Governance and Operations Division chief, said in an interview Monday that they are enlisting the assistance of the stakeholders to prepare the schools for the face-to-face classes.(Photo courtesy of DepEd Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Antique with 534 public schools under its helm joined the Brigada Eskwela that started simultaneously nationwide on Monday. DepEd Antique School Governance and Operations chief Evelyn Remo, in an interview Monday, said the Brigada Eskwela is conducted prior to the school opening to make sure that schools are prepared to welcome their learners. "The 45 schools that had been previously approved to have limited face-to-face classes will c
REGISTRATION. Registrants for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections wait for their turn outside the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office at the municipal hall of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique on July 14, 2022. Comelec assistant regional director Tomas Valera, who is the concurrent provincial election supervisor of Antique, said in an interview Friday (July 22, 2022) that voter's registration will only be until July 23. (PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Around 22,000 voters have already registered for the Dec. 5, 2022 synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections as of Friday, a day before the registration deadline. "We are reminding the voters that tomorrow, July 23, will already be the last day for the registration," said lawyer Tomas Valera, Commission on Elections (Comelec) assistant regional director and concurrent Antique provincial election supervisor, in an interview. Since the start
PRESENT. Learners of the Igsoro Integrated School in Bugasong attend their face-to-face classes on Jan. 5, 2022. Schools Division Office of Antique chief for School Governance and Operations Division Evelyn Remo said Tuesday (Feb. 22) nine more schools will also have their face-to-face classes starting February. 28.(Photo courtesy of DepEd Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Nine more schools under the Schools Division Office (SDO) of Antique will start with their limited face-to-face classes on February 28. SDO Antique School Governance and Operations Division chief Evelyn Remo said in an interview Tuesday eight secondary and one elementary schools will be joining the three other schools that were part of the pilot schools last year. "We will be inspecting the schools as to their compliance with the Covid-19 health protocol prior to Feb. 28 to find out their preparations," she said. The secondary schools are the Col. Ruperto Abellon National High School (NHS) in Laua-
NO IN-PERSON CLASSES. Antique National School (ANS) learners during their face-to-face classes on Jan. 3. Evelyn Remo, Department of Education Division of Antique School Governance and Operations chief, said on Thursday (Jan. 20, 2022) that face-to-face classes of ANS and the two other pilot public schools had been suspended effective Jan. 17 after Antique was placed under Alert Level 3 due to rising infections.(Photo courtesy of DepEd Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The implementation of the face-to-face classes in three pilot schools in Antique has been suspended effective Jan. 17 after the classification of the province was escalated to Alert Level 3. "With the province placed under Alert Level 3 due to the rising coronavirus disease 2019 (Covd-19), our DepEd School Superintendent Felisa Beriong gave instruction to temporarily suspend the face-to-face classes in the pilot schools for the safety of the learners," said Evelyn Remo, chief of the Antique Schools Div