ILOILO CITY – The Department of Finance has announced that Antique will become a first-class province by January. DOF Secretary Ralph G. Recto recently signed Department Order No. 074, Series of 2024, formalizing the designation. “Amu dya ang resulta kang atun mayad nga pag dumara sa sulod kang...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) is constructing the first tourist rest area in Antique province. “The initiative stemmed from the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to elevate the global competitiveness of the Philippine tourism industry by taking care of our...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco leads the groundbreaking ceremony of the first Tourist Rest Area in Antique on Nov. 21, 2024. The facility will be built in Brgy. Aningalan, San Remigio town. (Photo: DOT) The Department of Tourism (DOT) has inaugurated Antique’s first...
ILOILO CITY – Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao filed her Certificate of Candidacy for representative of the lone district of Antique on Monday, October 7, under Partido Tumandok. GOV. Rhodora ‘Dodod’ Cadiao (center) files her COC for representative of the lone district of Antique under...
ANTIQUE – Sen. Loren Legarda backed the reelection bid of her brother Antique Rep. Antonio Agapito “AA” Legarda. SEN. Loren Legarda accompanies her brother Rep. AA Legarda of Antique province in filing his COC on Tuesday, October 1. (Tara Yap) “I am certain that with the...
ILOILO CITY – Three cars of suspended Tobias Fornier town, Antique province Mayor Ernesto “Toto” Tajanlangit III were set on fire before dawn on Sunday, September 22. Tajanlangit posted a Facebook a live video of the incident that occurred at past 1 a.m. at the parking garage of his house....
ILOILO CITY – Around 8,671 individuals from 2,641 families evacuated from their homes in Antique province as of Sunday, September 15, due to the impact of the ‘habagat’ or the southwest monsoon. The Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said heavy rainfall since...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-nine local government units in Antique and Iloilo suspended classes on Friday, September 13, due to heavy rains caused by the southwest monsoon or "habagat" and low-pressure area. A KNEE-deep flood was recorded in Hamtic town, Antique province on Thursday night due...
ILOILO CITY – Outgoing Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao is pushing the proposal for two congressional districts in Antique province anew. CADIAO (Tara Yap) “This has been proposed for a very long time and it’s about time there will be two districts,” Cadiao told Manila Bulletin in a phone...
ILOILO CITY – Nine of the 10 survivors of a deadly sea mishap have returned to the island town of Caluya in Antique. “They have been ferried back to Caluya,” said Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Western Visayas Regional Director Raul Fernandez on Friday, August 30. SURVIVORS of two boats that...
Photo: PCG The remains of the three passengers who died in a sea mishap in Caluya, Antique earlier this week have already been claimed by their relatives, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday, Aug. 30. The PCG said the families retrieved their departed loved ones’ bodies at the...
ILOILO CITY – Three persons died and seven remain missing after two boats bound for Caluya Island in Antique province capsized in the sea between Romblon and Boracay on Monday, August 26. THE body of a man who died after two boats bound for Antique sank on August 26 is recovered in Romblon....
