ILOILO CITY – Antique is under a state of calamity due to the rising number of the mosquito-borne disease dengue. The Antique Provincial Board approved the proposal of the Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (Antique PDRRMC) in a resolution passed Friday, July...
CADIAO (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – With the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic under way, Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao vowed to bring more infrastructure projects and social services in Antique. “On my last term as governor, I will endeavor to strengthen the legacy our administration will...
A piece of construction equipment saved the day for a couple whose once-in-a-lifetime event would have turned into disaster and a day they rather forget. With the help of a backhoe, couple Ivy Alentajan and Regie Sareno bypassed a rising body of water and made it to their wedding reception in...
OUTGOING Antique Rep. and incoming Sen. Loren Legarda (right) hugs her brother, incoming Rep. Antonio Agapito “AA” Legarda Jr., during the oathtaking ceremony in the provincial capital of San Jose de Buenavista Monday, June 27. (Tara Yap) SAN Jose de Buenavista, Antique – Incoming Sen. Loren...
ILOILO CITY – For the first time in over two years, Antique no longer has an active case of COVID-19. “This is a milestone for the provincial government, especially, for the health sector as COVID-free status is the ultimate goal ever since the pandemic started and cases started to increase,”...
ILOILO CITY -- Governor Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao and Vice Governor Edgar Denosta were reelected in Antique province. Cadiao and Denosta were formally proclaimed as winners by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, May 10. Cadiao won by a landslide with 217,254 votes. Her gubernatorial...
Senatorial candidate and House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda’s greenhouse project in San Remigio, Antique is seen to boost the provincial government’s anti-insurgency efforts, according to locals and agriculture officials in San Jose. 6 Legarda, who is seeking a Senate comeback in the upcoming...
A sample of the golden rice, which will be inbred with the local rice variety of PSB Rc 82. (Photo courtesy of DA-6) ILOILO CITY -- The cultivation of genetically-modified golden rice will be expanded in the provinces of Antique and Iloilo. The golden rice is said to be rich in Vitamin A and the...
Senatorial candidate and incumbent House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda said her long time advocacy of boosting the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the province of Antique has been one of her major priorities. Senator Loren Legarda shows off Antique's local products at the Antique...
Members of Partido Reporma in Aklan and Antique continue to support the electoral bids of independent presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and his vice presidential bet Senate President Vicente Sotto III, even after Lacson had left the party last March. Lacson met with members of his...
ILOILO CITY -- There’s an online petition calling to build a formal museum for Evelio Javier, the slain governor of Antique province and one of the key players who ignited the 1986 People Power and ended the Marcos regime. REMEMBERING A MARTYR—Bernie Salcedo (right) recalls the day Evelio...
ILOILO CITY—Discovery Channel Asia will air a documentary on the natural treasures of Antique province next week. The documentary Antique: Where the Mountains Meet the Sea will premiere on Discovery Channel Asia on March 23. (Photo courtesy of Studio H2O / MANILA BULLETIN) “Antique is a...
