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ANTIQUE PENALIZES DISCRIMINATION VS FRONTLINERS – CADIAO

As the enforcement of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Antique to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has also been extended, the provincial government has also provided health care workers and other essential frontliners with protection against discrimination. Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao signed Executive Order No. 40 recently extending the ECQ until […]

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ANTIQUE’S ‘BAHAY NA BATO’ TO BE RESTORED – LEGARDA

Through the initiative of Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda, the only remaining “bahay na bato” in Antique will now be restored. As the former Senate Committee on Finance Chair, Legarda has allocated a P5 million budget under the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) for the year 2018 for the restoration of […]

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BRINGING HOME ‘JOHN DENVER TRENDING’ TO ANTIQUE IS AN HONOR – LEGARDA

Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda hosted the block screening and gala night of “John Denver Trending” recently at Robinson’s Place Antique, San Jose de Buenavista. “John Denver Trending,” directed by Pandananon Arden Rod Condez, was awarded the Best Film – Full Length Feature, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Music Score, and Network […]

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MAKE RIVERS IN ANTIQUE CLEAN, USEABLE – LEGARDA

Antique District Representative Loren Legarda said she is pushing to make the rivers in Antique “clean” and “useable.” “We want to make sure our rivers are clean and useable. Useable for tourism, (for) children to swim in,” Legarda said, adding that the province does not want “what had happened to Boracay” to be repeated in […]

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MAKE ANTIQUE A ROLE MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – LEGARDA

Senator Loren Legarda has ended the 32-year rule of the Javier dynasty in her home province of Antique with a promise to make the province a role model for sustainable development. Legarda was proclaimed the new representative of the lone district of Antique to the House of Representatives, sweeping all of the province’s 18 towns, […]

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HNP KICKS OFF PANAY CAMPAIGN CARAVAN IN ANTIQUE – SARA DUTERTE

Antiqueños threw a warm welcome for senatorial bets of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) as they kicked off their campaign caravan for Panay Island in the province of Antique. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, who led the HNP senatorial candidates in their grand rally at the jam-packed Binirayan Gymnasium, courted the support of Antiqueños for […]

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EMPOWER ANTIQUEÑO WOMEN – VILLAR

Senator Cynthia Villar has committed to provide more livelihood projects to economically empower Antiqueño women. Villar, guest speaker in the Women’s Month Celebration at the Binirayan Gymnasium, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, said that it is very important for women to have their own livelihood near their homes so they could also contribute to the […]

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COMELEC GREEN LIGHTS LEGARDA’S RUN AS ANTIQUE REPRESENTATIVE

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has paved the way for Senator Loren Legarda, who is running as Antique representative in the May elections, after dismissing the disqualification case filed against her. The Comelec’s Second Division dismissed the petitions filed by Robin P. Rubinos and former Antique Governor Exequiel B. Javier to deny due course or […]

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THE TOP 10 PASALUBONGS FROM THE VISAYAS TO THE WORLD

How many pounds, or kilograms for that matter, did you gain over the holidays? The holidays have just ended and most of us are still at our binge-eating sprees. We have grown accustomed to eating lots of yummy food over the season that it seems impossible to just stop. Now, of course, with us moving […]