IMAGES OF THE CHILD JESUS. Various images of the Sto. Nino on display at the old Antique capitol building in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique province from Jan. 16 to 31, 2023. Juan Carlos Perlas, Provincial Tourism Officer, said on Wednesday (Jan. 25) the exhibit has been put up to lure devotees and tourists in promoting religious tourism.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Religious devotees are welcome to visit the province of Antique to pray and reflect before the various images of the Sto. Nino in the exhibit dubbed "Ang Balaan Nga Bata," or The Holy Child, at the old Antique capitol building in this capital town. Antique Provincial Tourism Officer (APTO) Juan Carlos Perlas, in an interview Wednesday, said that for the first time some 27 collections of the different images of the Sto. Nino are on display from Jan. 16 until the end of the month as part of the promotion of religious tourism. "We encourage devotees and tourists
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
ONE MORE YEAR. Antique Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) convenes for a meeting in the Municipality of Sebaste on Sept. 13, 2022. LnB president Pamela Socorro Azucena on Wednesday (Sept. 21) said their group support the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to next year so they could still realize their priority programs and projects.(Photo courtesy of Antique LnB) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Barangay captains from the 590 villages in Antique province support the move of the House of Representatives to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) president Pamela Socorro Azucena, in an interview Wednesday, said their group still has several stalled projects due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) surge. "Due to Covid-19, we had to realign some of our budget for our supposed priority projects in order to respond to the emergency health needs of the people," she said. She said that in Barangay Idio, Se
DISPERSAL. A farmer from San Remigio town in Antique province receives a caracow from the Department of Agriculture regional office through its dispersal program on June 9, 2022. As of Wednesday (Aug. 17), a total of 70 caracows were dispersed to farmer-beneficiaries in San Remigio and Valderrama towns.(Photo courtesy of Agricultural Program Coordinating Office Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Farmers in the municipalities of San Remigio and Valderrama are recipients of 70 caracows to be used for breeding and farming activities. Agricultural Program Coordinating Office (APCO) Assistant Provincial Coordinator Dovie Brasileno, in an interview Wednesday, said 70 heads of caracows worth PHP2.8 million were dispersed to 70 farmer-beneficiaries under the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) during the two separate dispersal programs. "Thirty-five caracows were first dispersed to the farmer-beneficiaries in the Municipality of San Remigio on June 9 and then today an
NEARING COMPLETION. Residents of Barangay Bulan-bulan in San Remigio, Antique pass by the remaining uncemented portion of the four-kilometer road from Barangay Aningalan on Wednesday (June 8, 2022). The road concreting project is now 70 percent completed.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The ongoing road concreting project covering a two-kilometer stretch of road connecting Barangays Aningalan and Bulan-bulan in the municipality of San Remigio in Antique is welcomed by residents of the remote villages. The PHP20-million project, already 70 percent completed, is funded under the Barangay Development Program (BDP) a flagship initiative of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that is implemented in villages that have been cleared from the insurgency. Barangay Bulan-bulan resident El Terania, in an interview Wednesday, said once the project is completed, they would be spared from hauling heavy sack loads of t