ILOILO CITY – The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR)-Region 6 (Western Visayas) has established water sampling stations in areas hit by the oil slick from a sunken oil tanker in Caluya town, Antique province. WEARING PPEs, a...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Monday, Feb. 20, welcomed the additional P500 million fund earmarked by the Congress for the upgrade and runway extension of the Antique Airport to boost Western Visayas’ tourism, at the same time, lower airfares. Under the 2023 General Appropriations...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Antique commemorated on Saturday, Feb. 11, the 37th anniversary of the assassination of Gov. Evelio Javier. THE people of Antique marked the 37th anniversary of the assassination of Gov. Evelio Javier on Saturday, Feb. 11. (Antique PIO) A simple wreath-laying...
ILOILO CITY -- The provincial government of Antique has won its second Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG). “This award recognizes the provincial government’s hard work in improving the lives of Antiqueños through our different government programs and services,” Governor Rhodora ‘Dodod’...
ILOILO CITY -- The University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) played a key role in the book Dunâ, Kinaíya Kag Paranúbliùn: A Cultural Inventory of the Province of Antique. The book is a collaborative effort of the Department of Education (DepEd–Antique), the National Commission for...
ILOILO CITY – Two policemen were wounded in an encounter with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in San Remegio town, Antique province on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 11. The Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) identified the wounded on Monday, Dec. 12, as Corporal Jomer Yamuyam and Patrolman...
Local government units (LGUs) have begun preparing for possible flooding and landslides on Sunday, Dec. 11, due to Tropical Depression “Rosal.” Tropical Depression Rosal (Courtesy of DOST-Pagasa / Facebook) The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said pre-emptive...
ILOILO CITY -- Senator Imee Marcos visited Antique and gave away cash donations amounting to P10 million almost a month after the province was battered by tropical storm Paeng. Senator Imee Marcos and Antique Governor Governor Rhodora ‘Dodod’ Cadiao give out aid to those affected by tropical...
ILOILO CITY -- The Western Visayas regional office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-6) has lauded Senator Loren Legarda for her initiative to secure funding for a new bridge in Antique province after its old one collapsed during the onslaught of Tropical Storm Paeng last...
ILOILO CITY – A Catholic church was damaged in a magnitude-4.8 earthquake that rocked Anini-y, Antique on Friday, Nov. 11. FAITHFUL attend Sunday Mass outside the San Juan de Nepomuceno Church in Anini-y, Antique damaged by an earthquake last week. (Re Gin/FB) Faithful had to hear Mass outside...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded a 5.1-magnitude earthquake in Antique province on Saturday noon, Aug. 13. It was initially measured as a magnitude 4.8 quake but Phivolcs later revised it to magnitude 5.1. Phivolcs said the quake struck 20...
MALACAD mugshot. (Caluya police) ILOILO CITY – Police arrested the No. 1 most wanted person in Western Visayas in Caluya, Antique Thursday, August 4. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 identified the suspect as Dennis Salvoza Malacad. The PRO-6 Regional Intelligence Unit, Antique Police...
