Antique to avail mega million pesos of irrigation projects
San Jose, Antique – For a province which rely heavily on rice production and with 20,884 hectares of potential irrigable areas this audacious project brings high anticipation among the Antiqueño farmers as well as with their leaders.
Governor Exequiel B. Javier said that this project will ultimately benefit the farmers in the province and assured the National Irrigation Administration that he will support it. In same light, Congressman Paolo S. Javier was also amenable with the project, particularly the development of communal irrigation systems in the municipalities all over the province.
Last July 29, National Irrigation Administration Region VI Acting Regional Manager Engr. Edilberto F. Lomigo presented the P650 million project proposal for the rehabilitation and construction of irrigation system in the province. The said project is part of the nationwide irrigation development of the National Irrigation Administration which will be funded though a loan from the Japanese Government.
Gov. Javier’s reforestation project kicks off in San Remigio
San Jose, Antique – The father and son duo, Governor Exequiel Javier and Antique Lone District Congressman Paolo Javier, spearheaded the Tree Planting Activity in Evelio B. Javier Memorial National High School, Tubudan, San Remigio last July 17 as a first wave of their provincewide reforestation project.
According to Gov. Javier the reforestation project is the realization of his martyred brother, former Gov. Evelio Javier, “dream for greener Antique”. He said that “Evelio loved the trees and the birds, the rivers and the seas.”
He further that his administration is serious in protecting the environment and that the people have the big role to play. He encouraged the barangay folks to plant seedlings of fruit bearing tress and other variety of trees such as narra and acacia, these seedlings will be bought by the provincial government instead of putting up nurseries in every barangay which is very expensive.
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