Category: Antique

Representatives from the Guizhou Vocational College of Foodstuff Engineering will be in Antique on Oct. 20-21 for exploratory talks about the on-the-job-training (OJT) program for their Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) students at the University of Antique (UA).

The town of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique is now experiencing scarcity in pork supply because of African swine fever (ASF).

The completion of the maiden voyage of M/V Maria Estrella del Mar, a commercial passenger-cargo vessel, has paved the way for the resumption of the Antique province to Cuyo, Palawan route.

Vegetables, fruits and other commodities sold at lower prices, including President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM) rice sold at P20 per kilo, are available in 16 Kadiwa trading stores in Antique.

The Antique Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) is implementing a 24/7 border checkpoint in the municipality of Pandan as a preventive measure against the entry of African swine fever (ASF).

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported that responders, volunteers and other stakeholders have so far cleaned-up around 75.72 percent of the oil spill affected coastlines in barangays Semirara, Tinogboc and Sibolo in Caluya, Antique.

The island municipality of Caluya in Antique is under a state of calamity due to an oil spill that has affected its municipal waters, particularly the shorelines of its three barangays.

The oil spill suspected from a sunken vessel off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro is a threat to the seaweed industry in Caluya Island in Antique valued at P79 million and providing livelihood to 99 percent of the more or less 11,000 fisherfolk in the area.

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has welcomed the approval of the P500-million fund for the Antique Airport upgrade and runway extension and took note of its potential to boost the economy and tourism in Western Visayas region.

The Antique airport will soon be improved as the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has assured a P500-million budget allocation.