RELIEF. Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao distributes food packs to Typhoon Odette-affected families in the Municipality of Anini-y on Friday (Dec. 17, 2021). There were 142 barangays out of 150 in the 18 towns that had been affected by the typhoon.(Photo courtesy Province of Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Two towns in Antique will have to wait for a week before power can be restored after Typhoon Odette caused a total blackout in the province from the evening of Dec. 16 until the late afternoon of the following day. "Our ANTECO technicians were only able to restore the power in San Jose de Buenavista and the rest of the municipalities except in Anini-y and Tobias Fornier, Friday afternoon," said Ruth Ann Fadrigo, Antique Electric Cooperative (ANTECO) information officer, on Saturday. Antique has 18 municipalities. Fadrigo said residents of Anini-y and Tobias Fornier still have to wait for three days or a week, at the most, for their electric supply to be back. &quo
EMERGENCY MEETING. Sibalom Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer (MDRRMO) Joel Odango, on Thursday (Dec. 16, 2021) calls for an emergency meeting of the Antique MDRRM Council to ensure that they are prepared for Typhoon Odette. Sibalom, which is located in the southern portion of Antique is currently under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3.(Photo courtesy of Sibalom MDRRMO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Local government units (LGUs) in Capiz and Guimaras have preemptively evacuated a total of 1,539 families in preparation for Typhoon Odette on Thursday. Cindy Ferrer, information officer of the Office of Civil Defense Western Visayas (OCD6), said the evacuees composed of 4,718 individuals from 58 barangays are staying in gymnasiums, barangay halls, and health centers identified as evacuation centers by their respective villages. Data from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) showed that 230 of the 1,539 families were from Nueva Val
TRIPS CANCELED. The Philippine Coast Guard Station (CGS) Antique has cancelled trips of sea vessels from Semirara Island in Caluya to Mindoro as Tropical CycloneWind Signal No. 1 was raised over the province. Deputy Station Commander Felixberto Salibio, during a virtual press conference Monday (Oct. 4, 2021), advised fishermen to seek shelter so they will not get stranded at sea. (Photo courtesy of CGS Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Philippine Coast Guard Station (PCGS) in Antique on Monday canceled trips of sea vessels plying from the Semirara Island in Caluya town to Oriental Mindoro after Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 was raised in the province due to tropical depression Lannie. "Trips of sea vessel Argo from Semirara Island to (Oriental) Mindoro had been canceled effective Monday for the safety of their passengers and crew," said PCGS Antique Deputy Station Commander, Senior Chief Petty Officer Felixberto Salibio, during a virtual press confere
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