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In a bid to boost air travel, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) is investing P2.5 billion to upgrade three airports so that they can accommodate more flights and passengers, Makati City Representative Luis Campos Jr. said. Under the DOTr’s P2.5-billion Aviation Infrastructure Program in the 2023 national budget, Tacloban City Airport, also known as Daniel […]
The province of Antique needs to have a railway to cut the travel time from Iloilo province and entice more tourists and business investors. “I intend to submit a proposal to the Western Visayas Regional Development Council for Antique to be included in the Panay Railway System project, considering that the province is also part of […]
On her last day as Lone district Representative of Antique, Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda expressed her pleasure in serving the Filipino people as a member of the House of Representatives over the past three years. “I am grateful to have served the Filipino people, most especially my fellow Antiqueños, alongside my honorable and hardworking colleagues […]
The Antique provincial government is interested in hosting for the second time the Palarong Pambansa 2024 after its success in 2017. “I had already in fact initially discussed our plan to host the Palarong Pambansa with Vice President-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio during her visit to Antique on May 25,” Governor Rhodora Cadiao said. “Since the sports […]
Recognizing the significance of culture and tourism in empowering micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), showcasing local products, and promoting the province as a premier ecotourism destination, Antique Representative and Senator-elect Loren Legarda continues to invest invaluable support in culture-based livelihood and protection of natural wonders all over the province. Legarda’s longtime advocacy was top […]
The economy of Antique’s capital town San Jose de Buenavista is starting to pick up since its de-escalation to Alert Level 1 on April 1. San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Elmer Untaran said the downgrading by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF MEIDS) of their municipality has enabled the […]
Antique province is planning to have more schools adopt face-to-face (F2F) classes, once its implementation in two pilot schools starting November 15 proves to be successful. Schools Division of Antique Education Supervisor Curriculum Implementation Division officer in charge (OIC) Edward Bana said some schools have requested F2F classes. “The plan is to have a school […]
The fifth-class municipality of Libertad, Antique won the Business Empowerment Digital Governance Award 2021 in a ceremony held recently. Mayor Mary Jean Nicopior-Te said it is a big honor for their municipality to be recognized in a virtual ceremony. “Our innovation, the eWaterworks, using the digital system in the billing of the Libertad Waterworks, which […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the turnover ceremony of 2,603 completed housing units for beneficiaires in Bugasong, Antique last Friday, July 16, 2021 and assured residents that the Duterte administration was fully committed to developing communities in the Yolanda Permanent Housing sites.The 47th virtual ceremonial turnover of free houses covered the Bugasong Resettlement Project (91 […]
Seaweed cultivation remains one of the major sources of income on the island municipality of Caluya despite the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Mayor Rigil Kent Lim said. “We have 1,528 hectares of seaweed farm in our municipality,” Lim explained, adding the seaweed cultivation is year-round in their municipality with the local farmers harvesting every […]