Message of Senator Loren Legarda
Tiringbanay Festival 2019
22 April 2019 |San Jose, Antique
Mayad nga aga ka ninyo nga tanan!
Binabati ko ang mga opisyal ng bayan ng San Jose de Buenavista at ang mga punong-abala sa pagdaraos ng Tiringbanay Festival 2019, sa pangunguna ni Municipal Mayor Elmer Untaran, at ang ating mga kasimanwa na nandito upang makiisa sa selebrasyon ng mayamang tradisyon at kultura ng San Jose de Buenavista.
Ako ay nagagalak na masaksihan at maging bahagi ng isang mahalagang pagtitipon […]
Senator Loren Legarda today said that Philippine Airlines (PAL) will fly three times a week from Clark International Airport to Antique airport, and vice versa, starting April 25, 2019.
Legarda, who is running for Congresswoman of Antique and fondly called “Inday Loren” by Antiqueños, said that the increased direct flights to the province is a good sign of progress.
Senator “Inday Loren” Legarda today said she wants Antique’s tourism to flourish like its sister provinces in Western Visayas and believes that this is possible through environmental protection and arts and culture promotion.
Legarda noted that Antique is the province in Western Visayas with the second lowest number of tourist arrivals in 2017 and the lowest in 2018. According to data from the Department of Tourism (DOT) Region VI, in 2017, there were only 162,925 domestic and international tourists who visited Antique out of the 5.8 million total tourist arrivals in Western Visayas Region. In 2018, Antique only had 108,220 out of the region’s 4.9 million tourist arrivals.
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Tuesday visited Antique to check on the implementation of its various programs in the province and told Antiqueños to thank Senator Inday Loren Legarda for bringing these services to her kasimanwas.
Bello acknowledged Legarda’s efforts to bring DOLE’s programs, such as Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers Program or TUPAD Program, closer to the people, including Antiqueños.
