ILOILO CITY – At least 25 people were reportedly killed after a bus fell off a cliff in Hamtic town, Antique province on Tuesday, December 5. RECOVERED bodies of fatalities in a bus crash in Hamtic, Antique on Tuesday, December 5. (Community Digital Correspondents-Antique) Authorities have...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-6 (Western Visayas) to expedite the repair of the Paliwan Bridge in Antique province. PALIWAN Bridge (Photo via Tara Yap) Marcos told DPWH-6 officials that the bridge repair is a...
ILOILO CITY – The Sandiganbayan junked the graft case filed against Antique Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao and lifted her 90-day preventive suspension. CADIAO (Tara Yap) In a copy of the decision obtained by Manila Bulletin, the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division ruled that there is lack of...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Antique is eyeing to become a premier diving destination. To kickstart this goal, the Antique Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (APTCAO) is pushing for the creation of a diving organization. “We have very virginal dive locations. We don't have formal...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of incumbent and former officials of Patnongon town in Antique and a private individual in the irregular transfer of ownership of the municipality's P9.9 million rice mill in 2007 and 2008. Denied were the motions for reconsideration filed by...
ILOILO CITY – Antique Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao said politics is behind the 90-day preventive suspension imposed by the Sandiganbayan against her for allegedly violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. “My political detractors have concentrated their efforts and even resorted to...
The Sandiganbayan has ordered the 90-day preventive suspension of incumbent Antique Gov. Rhodora J. Cadiao on a graft charge filed against her involving the alleged illegal reassignment of a provincial employee and non-payment of the employee's salaries and allowances from 2016 to 2018....
ILOILO CITY – Calls are mounting for a high school principal in Laua-an, Antique to resign for alleged abuse of power and mismanagement. Students and the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of Laua-an National High School have continued their opposition that seeks the formal ouster of Venus Divinia...
Antique Gov. Rhodora J. Cadiao has failed to convince the Sandiganbayan to stop the proceedings on her suspension pending the resolution of the graft case filed against her. Cadiao was charged with graft for her alleged refusal to pay the salaries and representation and travel allowances...
ILOILO CITY – The University of the Philippines-Visayas recently opened an extension campus in Pandan, Antique. UP President Angelo Jimenez and UP Visayas Chancellor Clement Camposano led the opening of the P50-million extension campus, a project of Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda when...
ILOILO CITY – An endangered Visayan leopard cat was found dead in Antique province last week. Reymon S. Aguirre, an agriculturist known as the online blogger “Bisayang Mangunguma,” found the animal locally known as “maral” lifeless on a mountain road in Laua-an town. AGRICULTURIST Reymon...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) lauded the provincial government of Antique for pushing the protection of the endangered Rufous-headed Hornbill bird locally known as “Dulungan.” Every August, the Antique provincial government commemorates the Dulungan...
