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The fifth-class municipality of Libertad, Antique won the Business Empowerment Digital Governance Award 2021 in a ceremony held recently. Mayor Mary Jean Nicopior-Te said it is a big honor for their municipality to be recognized in a virtual ceremony. “Our innovation, the eWaterworks, using the digital system in the billing of the Libertad Waterworks, which […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the turnover ceremony of 2,603 completed housing units for beneficiaires in Bugasong, Antique last Friday, July 16, 2021 and assured residents that the Duterte administration was fully committed to developing communities in the Yolanda Permanent Housing sites.The 47th virtual ceremonial turnover of free houses covered the Bugasong Resettlement Project (91 […]
Seaweed cultivation remains one of the major sources of income on the island municipality of Caluya despite the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Mayor Rigil Kent Lim said. “We have 1,528 hectares of seaweed farm in our municipality,” Lim explained, adding the seaweed cultivation is year-round in their municipality with the local farmers harvesting every […]
Antique province’s sole sanitary landfill in San Jose de Buenavista is already fully operational, in time for the order of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to close all open dumpsites this month. “We have already closed our open dumpsite in Barangay Pantao,” Mayor Elmer Untaran said, adding that since last January they have […]
Greenhouses worth P19 million will be constructed in Barangay Aningalan in the municipality of San Remigio, Antique for the cultivation of high value crops and cut flowers. San Remigio Mayor Margarito Mission Jr. said the seven greenhouses will be constructed in a one-hectare lot of the village. The project is funded by the Department of […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the turnover ceremony of 1,000 completed housing units to beneficiaries in Antique last February 26, 2021, as part of the Duterte administration’s efforts to complete its commitments to Typhoon Yolanda victims. The turnover was made in coordination with Task Force Yolanda, the National Housing Authority and LGU officials. Nograles heads […]
A free trip await Antiqueños in Metro Manila who will take the maiden voyage of the roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel owned by Starlite Ferries, Inc. from Batangas to Antique on February 2. “Starlite will be providing a free trip for Antiqueños who had been displaced from their work in Metro Manila due to the coronavirus disease […]
The Antique provincial government has turned over P70 million worth of equipment to the Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital (ASMGH) to improve its health facilities. In her message, Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao, who led the turnover of the various equipment, said the ASMGH previously lacked the needed equipment for patients. “Before, the equipment like the […]
The Antique provincial government has allocated P10 million for the purchase of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. Antique’s provincial planning and development officer, Juliana Cepe, said Governor Rhodora Cadiao had requested the inclusion of the P10 million for the purchase of the COVID-19 vaccines in the 2021 annual budget. Cepe said the appropriation for the […]
The municipality of San Remigio in Antique has reopened its premier tourism destinations to local tourists. Mayor Margarito Mission Jr. said their resorts and other tourism spots in Barangay Aningalan as well as in Tubudan and La Union are ready to welcome visitors after they were closed on Dec. 21 due to the reported two […]