ONE MORE YEAR. Antique Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) convenes for a meeting in the Municipality of Sebaste on Sept. 13, 2022. LnB president Pamela Socorro Azucena on Wednesday (Sept. 21) said their group support the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to next year so they could still realize their priority programs and projects.(Photo courtesy of Antique LnB) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Barangay captains from the 590 villages in Antique province support the move of the House of Representatives to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) president Pamela Socorro Azucena, in an interview Wednesday, said their group still has several stalled projects due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) surge. "Due to Covid-19, we had to realign some of our budget for our supposed priority projects in order to respond to the emergency health needs of the people," she said. She said that in Barangay Idio, Se
CLEANUP DRIVE.Residents of Barangay Idio, Sebaste conduct their cleanup drive against dengue on May 21, 2022. Liga ng mga Barangay president Pamela Socorro Azucena, who is also the barangay captain of Idio, Sebaste, on Thursday (July 28, 2022) urged her fellow barangay captains to exert their political will to sustain the cleanup drive or the "four o'clock habit" to get rid of dengue.(Photo courtesy of Liga ng mga Barangay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The head of the Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) in Antique has urged her peers to exert strong political will in carrying out the "four o'clock habit" to stop the threat of dengue. LnB president Pamela Socorro Azucena, in an interview Thursday, noted the need for her fellow barangay captains and other officials to lead in the daily implementation of the cleanup drive due to the increasing cases of mosquito-borne disease in the province. Antique has 590 barangays. The "four o'clock habit" is prima
The lapu-lapu was even longer than the armspan of an adult man.
A 187 kilogram lapu-lapu or grouper fish was caught in Barangay Idio, Sebaste, Antique. As seen in a viral video, local residents were surprised as a group of men hoisted the enormous fish from the shore. The fish was around two mete
CLEANUP. Barangay residents of Idio village in the municipality of Sebaste carry out the 4 o'clock habit of cleaning their surroundings in this undated photo. Idio Barangay Chairperson Pamela Socorro Azucena, the provincial Liga ng mga Barangay president, said on Friday (June 17, 2022) that village chiefs should rally their constituents to do a cleanup drive against dengue.(Photo courtesy of LnB Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Barangay officials in the province of Antique will be strengthening the implementation of the 4 o'clock habit in their areas to prevent the further rise of dengue cases. "There is a memorandum order already by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for us to implement the Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue that we need to strengthen the 4 o'clock habit of cleaning the surroundings," said Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) president Pamela Socorro Azucena on Friday. Azucena added that barangay chairpersons will have to rally
'RESBAKUNA KIDS'. Six-year-old Nina Alexia Panique gets her Covid-19 jab during the kick-off ceremony for "Resbakuna Kids" in Antique Tuesday (Feb. 15, 2022). Liga ng mga Barangays president Pamela Azucena Socorro said on Thursday that village leaders should assist in the Covid-19 vaccination for 5-11 years old.(File photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Village leaders (barangay captains) in Antique are urged to assist in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination for the 5 to 11 years old (Resbakuna Kids) as it kicks off in their respective municipalities. Liga ng mga Barangays (LNB) president Pamela Socorro Azucena said in an interview Thursday that she is urging the 590 barangay captains in the province to conduct home visitation among their constituents to spread words about the program for children. "The barangay captains should make it a point to discuss with their constituents the advantages of the Covid-19 vac