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STAFF BOX Editor-in-Chief EDITORIAL Junlee M. Saylo Associate Editor These past two months proved the resiliency of the Antiquenos. Danny C. Atienza While the province and the rest of the country is still struggling with the pandemic, earthquakes shook and typhoons inundated many places in the Philippines, and some parts of Antique were also affected. Photo Editor Ike Decena Nonetheless, no worst scenario was recorded. Staff Writers In these unseemly malevolent manifestations of nature, humanity Andrei Anthony Aganio find ways to adjust and go on with what it considers as the normal way Arnie Barcebal of life. Scientific studies tells how man wielded his mental power to create Kathy Lavega technology and harness the things he found in his environment to make his Irish Manlapaz life easy and things to go as he wills. To increase his food supply he made Macky Torrechilla irrigation, to travel farther and easier he made cars and planes, to protect AJ Patrick Gaan himself from the elements he made houses and clothing, to protect himself from predators and his fellow he made armors and weapons, and so on. Photographers Man always find ways to survive and to, eventually, thrive. Janrey Dungganon Felizardo Dismondo Garfield Heñosa This is true to every Antiqueno, we don’t cower, we press on no matter how difficult the situation maybe. Our tenacity in the face of peril is our heritage form our noble lineage. We are the Lay-out Artists offsprings of brave datus and noble atis. Though the pandemic has Ken Estares pushed us back in our quest for progress and development, we Jeron Nietes refused to hide. We together went on to fight many battles and won. Totzi Tumapang Many more trials and tribulations will come to test us. Yet we rest our confidence that all these experiences have formed us into better people. Administrave Officer Norma E. Atienza Administrative Staff Ma.DouvilElanga, Merle Sison ABOUT THE COVER Debbie Millondaga Alfred Sasi The Ber months in Antique this 2020 is a mixture of challenges and opportunities. Because, despite the Circulation Manager pandemic and disasters that came Orfel Santillan our way, the resiliency, unity, and love Support Staff prevails in every corner of the province Ahl Zafra paving an avenue of continuous growth SJ Ortinez and development that you will see in this Jorgen Español paper. The Official Publication of the Antique Provincial Government through the Provincial Information Office, New Capitol, San Jose, Antique Cellphone No. 095342971253 Email: [email protected] Rapit run lang Being on the lead, it is my goal to protect ang selebrasyon every one of you. But of course, I need your support kang Paskwa kag and cooperation as I cannot do this alone. Let us sa tunga kang dya make the world a better and friendly place for us nga pandemya, and the next generation by planting more trees. padayon kita nga Let our lives be sustainable by planting maga-selebrar vegetables and fruits in our backyards. At the time of a kang kasadyahan pandemic, having your source of food just around your kang pagbun- home is truly an advantage. Also, studies had shown ag kay Hesus. that people who spend time cultivating plants have As an Antiqueño, less stress in their lives. Because it provides a positive I always believe in way for people to channel stress into nurturing. Giving our resiliency and you a more relax and positive outlook in life. That is positivity towards why here in Antique we are cultivating more landscape every struggle that areas just like our newest project in Aningalan, San comes our way. Remigio, the Happy Farm, a series of greenhouses This attitude with its own postharvest facilities, to attract more always inspires me business and to sustain growth in the community. to serve every one But of course, I know that it is best to discover of you as much as these new must-see places with someone dear to your I can. And so, let heart such as your loved ones. And so, we are still me invite you to our opening our doors to everyone, especially to the LSI’s who wants to go back to the province. You are always upcoming Binirayan Festival this year with a little twist welcome in Antique, with or without COVID-19. Let this to still follow health guidelines against COVID-19. be a place for you to heal and to get back at your feet Bilang Nanay kang dya nga probinsya, akun gid again. Let me be with you, to guide you, and to fight kalipayan nga matugruan man kamo kang kalipayan. with you. Because as your nanay, there’s nothing more Bukut man parehas kang kauna ang beautiful for me to see, than all of your faces smiling atun selebrasyon kang Paskwa kag Binirayan with hope and positivity and of course being with your Festival, ako kag ang akun administrasyon family. I also wish the same for our brothers and sisters, nagtinguha gid nga butaun ang dya nga tyempo that long have been fighting in the uplands for their kang pagpalangga – kag kang pagkaun, tungud rights and beliefs. We can work together to achieve sa atun pagahiwatun nga Kapitolyo Market. a common goal of development and a good future for Atun run man ginsindihan ang mga manami nga your family. Come back home. There are livelihood sulo sa atun EBJ Plaza. Ang simple nga paglantaw programs, education, and security assurance that sa dya nga mga dekorasyon gatugro kanakun kang awaits your return. Let us promote a more peaceful paglaum nga ang dya nga pandemya, matapos gid. and progressive Antique for the young generation. The flow of events for the past weeks may be daunting. Wara pa natapos ang tuig kag ang gobyerno We experienced typhoon after typhoon. probinsyal natun padayon nga nagaubra para sa The impacts and effects of those presented in the duro pa nga mga proyekto rugya sa Antique. Kag dya news are truly heartbreaking. We may not stop nga mga pagbag-o kag ikamayad malab-ot gid natun those natural disasters to come, but here in Antique kon kita padayon bilang sangka pamilya. Kruuhay! we are doing the best that we can to be ready. Kag duro gid nga salamat kaninyo nga tanan. 1 Guv distributes 849 sacks of rice to frontliners by: Agripino John Patrick M. Ga-an Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao distributes Capitol, was attended by the heads of hospitals. a total of eight hundred forty-nine (849) sacks of “In behalf sa Angel Salazar Memorial rice to the frontliners in the province.This is one General Hospital, daku gid pasalamat namon way of recognizing the contribution of frontliners kay Gov sa pagpatigayon sini nga paghatag sa in the province’s COVID-19 fight, especially the amon kang 450 nga sacks of rice nga turung-on allied health professionals employed in different sa amon mga empleyado sa hospital. Gani, dako hospitals of the province and other frontliners like the gid pasalamat namon sa aton nga Gobernadora,” Philippine National Police and the Provincial Disaster Jose Lyndion Perez, Medical Officer, ASMGH. Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO). Based on the recent count, as of November 16, Four hundred fifty (450)sacks will go to Angel Salazar of the Antique Provincial Health Office (APHO), there Memorial General Hospital (ASMGH), 70 sacks to are 80 cumulative COVID-19 cases in the province Culasi District Hospital (CDH), 70 sacks to Ramon and only six (6) of these are active cases, and only Maza, Sr. Memorial District Hospital (RMSMDH), 45 one (1) recorded death in the province. THis makes to President Diosdado Macapagal District Hospital Antique as the province with the lowest number of (PDMDH), 45 to Bugasong Medicare Community confirmed COVID 19 cases in Western Visayas. Hospital (BMCH), 35 to Justice Calixto O. Zaldivar “Nagtawag gid man ang opisina kang Civil Memorial Hospital (JCOZMH), 30 to Pedro L. Gindap Defense para i-congratulate ang Antique kag Memorial Hospital (PLGMH), 30 to Valderrama Municipal nagapamangkot kun ano ang aton ginahimo rugya. “Our Hospital (VMH), 25 to PDRRMO and 49 to those who best practices” daw, i-report ko daw, pero sabi ko, sa are being deployed at the borders of the province. mga doctor ko na itanong yun”, Governor Cadiao said.# The said distribution at the Provincial 2 Tourist arrivals drop in 2020 due to COVID-19; Tourism Office continues support to accredit establishment for operations Data from the Antique Provincial nanda nga naga-observe ang mga establishment Tourism Office (APTO) revealed that the nga dya kang proper health protocols, “ said Abiera. province of Antique has around 180,724 domestic However, the Provincial Government of Antique, same-day tourist arrivals and 1,633 overnight headed by Governor Rhodora Cadiao, through tourists from January to September 2020. APTO, continues to work with accommodation and This includes tourists from the first quarter tourism-related establishments for their accreditation of the year when the province was still open in order to get back the tourism industry to its feet. to tourists from outside Antique and Panay. “Gina-inform natun ang tanan nga This is relatively lower compared establishment nga need gid nga ipa-acredit ang to last year’s 1,317,475 same-day anda establishment kay kon indi tana makapa- visitors and 69,041 overnight tourists. acredit, indi sanda maka operate gid,” added Abiera. According to Arjan Fritz A. Abiera, in-charge of The total accredited establishments for 2020 the Statistics and Accreditation of the Provincial increased, from 36 last year to 78 in 2020, Tourism Office, this decrease in number is highly including 46 Mabuhay Accommodations because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the or our accommodation establishments.

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