ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Antique led by Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao has disowned a toilet project without cubicles in a park in the provincial capital of San Jose de Buenavista.
THE controversial toilet project at the Evelio B. Javier Freedom Park in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique. (Antique PIO) “This is not a project of the provincial government of Antique,” the provincial government said in its official Facebook page after photos of a comfort room with four toilet bowls at the Evelio B. Javier Freedom Park went viral. Many netizens from the province pointed out the lack of privacy while blaming the Cadiao administration. These toilets are part of the P17.89-million plaza redevelopment project funded by the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), an attached agency of the Department of Tourism (DOT). The provincial government added it was not even turned over to the local government unit (LGU) of San Jose de Buenavista which is the development partner of TIEZA. The plaza redevelopment by contractor Aiden and Ayn Construction started on Jan. 6 and was reportedly used during the 2023 Tiringbanay Festival last April.
THE controversial toilet project at the Evelio B. Javier Freedom Park in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique. (Antique PIO) “This is not a project of the provincial government of Antique,” the provincial government said in its official Facebook page after photos of a comfort room with four toilet bowls at the Evelio B. Javier Freedom Park went viral. Many netizens from the province pointed out the lack of privacy while blaming the Cadiao administration. These toilets are part of the P17.89-million plaza redevelopment project funded by the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), an attached agency of the Department of Tourism (DOT). The provincial government added it was not even turned over to the local government unit (LGU) of San Jose de Buenavista which is the development partner of TIEZA. The plaza redevelopment by contractor Aiden and Ayn Construction started on Jan. 6 and was reportedly used during the 2023 Tiringbanay Festival last April.