SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique—The Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) approved a resolution recommending the state of calamity in Antique due to the El Niño.
Antique PDRRM Officer Broderick Train said the council made the recommendation following the declaration of a state of calamity in three municipalities in the province.
“The towns of Sibalom, Anini-y, and Laua-an have now come up with their own declarations of the state of calamity that is why the PDRRMC also had come up with a declaration for the province,” Train said.
Sibalom declared a state of calamity on March 13, Anini-y on March 27, and Laua-an on April 12.
“The PDRRMC will be submitting its recommendation for the provincial board to deliberate in next week’s regular session,” Train said.
The PDRRMC allocated an initial funding of P10 million from its Quick Response Fund (QRF).
“We will allocate P10 million to assist the affected families and individuals,” Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao said.
The governor said they need to distribute family food packs and aid to individuals in crisis situations (AICS).
“We also need to procure movable water tanks and their needed accessories for barangays suffering from water shortage,” Cadiao said.
Antique has P165.6 million recorded damage on rice crops as of April 11 because of the dry spell.