Antique Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan 2008-2013

Provincial Development & Physical Framework Plan, 2008-2013 Province Of Antique

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MESSAGE

Our province is now one of the fast growing provinces in Region VI with various investors who ventured their luck not only in San Jose de Buenavista, its capital town, but almost all throughout the province. I believe that we are now realizing our vision to make Antique: a haven of free, peaceful and environment-friendly communities engaged in world competitive enterprises and proud of its rich cultural heritage. These developments cannot be made possible without the ultimate support of multi-sectoral groups that had partnered for Antique’s development. Likewise, I am also blessed to have capable and very supportive executive staff as prime movers in achieving the major thrusts I committed to deliver for Antiqueños: education, health and nutrition, food security, tourism, culture, history and arts; and environmental management. As I finally step down as the 22nd Governor of this province, I would make sure that “a blue print” document in the form of the Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan (PDPFP) is formulated and approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. This is in compliance with Section 106 (a) of the local government code of 1991, requiring each local government units (LGUs), to have a comprehensive multi-sectoral development plan to be initiated by the Provincial Development Council and approve by its sanggunian. Similarly, to conform with the Joint Memorandum Order No. 1 Series of 2007, that LGUs are mandated in the case of the Provincial Government Unit to formulate the Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan to be assisted by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) adopting the new Provincial/Local Planning and Expenditure Management Guidelines. In order to effectively formulate this document the Provincial/Local Planning and Expenditure Management Core Team was created through an issuance of Executive Order No. 390, series of 2007 to spearhead the preparation of the said plan. ,

The Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan (PDPFP) link the networks of plans covering the national, regional, provincial and municipal levels. It contributes to the efficient allocation and utilization of land and other physical resources for maximum social and economic benefits. Its preparation is spearheaded by the Provincial/Local Planning and Expenditure Management (PLPEM) Team through the Provincial Planning and Development Office. It provides development strategies on settlement and infrastructure development, agricultural production, tourism, sustainable


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mining and environmental protection. Rural investment interventions like farm-to-market roads and income-enhancing activities are contained in the plan. The programs/projects/activities (PPAs) derived from the PDPFP are the basis for a multi-year Provincial Development Investment Program (PDIP) and the Annual Investment Program (AIP); the AIP is the basis for the allocations PPAs. A periodic review of the plan is necessary to find out the results and impact of its implementation. Lastly, the approved five-year PDPFP (2008-2013) shall be one of the gifts I will leave to the next administration and to the people of Antique. SALVACION Z. PEREZ Governor


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to Asian Development Bank

(ADB) through the National Economic and Development Authority Region VI (NEDA-RO-6) for the financial and technical support in the formulation of the Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan adopting the new Provincial/Local Planning and Expenditure Management (PLPEM).

Special gratitude is sincerely extended to the Provincial Development

Council (PDC) through Honorable Salvacion Z. Perez, Governor, Province of Antique and Chairperson of the PDC for her political will and valuable support in complying Section 106 (a) of the Local Government Code, citing that “all LGUs should formulate their Comprehensive Multi-sectoral Development Plan, initiated by the Provincial Development Council and approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan”.

Many thanks also to all members of the Provincial/Local Planning and

Expenditure Management (PLPEM) Core Team for their active participation and support most especially in providing data requirement during workshops and in the organization of the content of the plan.

We also acknowledge with great appreciation the untiring efforts and

dedication of Engr. Ron Dalumpines, Mr. Gertjan W. Geerling in sharing their expertise in the overlaying of maps and to the Provincial Information Office most especially to Fritz Enjhay Cepe who spent his precious time in the completion of different maps.

Lastly, for those who in one way or another contributed in making this

plan possible and to the Almighty to whom this plan is dedicated for the people of Antique.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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MESSAGE i - ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii - iv LIST OF ACRONYMS v – viii LIST OF TABLES ix - xii LIST OF FIGURES xiii LIST OF ANNEXES xiv - xv LIST OF MAPS xvi - xviii A. INTRODUCTION

1. Historical Background 1 2. Plan Objectives And Context 4 3. Coverage Of The Plan 5 4. Outline Of The Plan 6

B. VISION 6 C. PLANNING ENVIRONMENT

1. LOCATION, LAND AREA AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS 7 2. POPULATION AND SETTLEMENTS 11

Population Size, Density & Growth Rate 14 Density & Urbanization 18 Existing Settlement Patterns 27 Summary Of Overall Trends 31

3. PHYSICAL RESOURCES

GENERAL LAND AND WATER CHARACTERISTICS AND RESOURCES

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Topography And Slope 34 Land And Water Resources 37 Main Geological Features 38 Mineral Resources 42 Climate 44


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4. ECONOMY 60

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE External Context Of The Local Economy 60 Patterns Of Industry Concentration And Specialization 64 Highest Level Of Concentration 71 Potentials For Local Economic Growth 72 Economic Base Industries 73 Local Employment Growth 75 Local Factors 88 5. TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS AND CIRCULATION 93 External Linkages External Linkage Of The Province 93 Proposed New External Linkages 96

INTERNAL CIRCULATION 97 Priority Internal Routes And Linkages That Need To Be Improved

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6. INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, SERVICE ACCESS, AND

POVERTY 101

Employment And Unemployment 101 Family Income 103

SOCIAL SERVICES 105 Education 121 Housing 128 Security 133 Elderly 139 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) 139 Children In Conflict With The Law (CICL) 140 Violence Against Women & Children (VAW-C) 140 Day Care Service 141


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UTILITY/INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 153

Water And Sanitation 153 Power 157 Drainage/Flood Control 160 Solid Waste Management 162

POVERTY 165

7. LAND USE POTENTIALS AND CONSTRAINTS

46 Land Classification 46 Land Suitability 50 Protection Areas 54 Demand (A) 172 Integrate Demand With Supply (B) 175 Other Land Use Requirements ( C ) 178 Protection Framework Plan 182 Production Framework Plan 185 Transport And Infrastructure Framework Plan 189

D. DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, GOALS, OBJECTIVES/TARGETS 1. Development Issues and Problems 2. Development Goals, Objectives/Targets E. STRATEGIES, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES 1. Strategies, Programs, Projects and Activities 2. Summary of Strategies and PPAs

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS 241


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LIST OF ACRONYMS A & D Alienable and Disposable ADF Antique Development Foundation AFMA Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act AIP Annual Investment Program ANTECO Antique Electric Cooperative AO Administrative Order ARP Agrarian Reform Program ATO Air Transportation Office BAS Bureau of Agricultural Statistics BFAR Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources BJMP Bureau of Jail & Management Penology BSWM Bureau of Soils and Water Management CBFM Community-Based Forest Management CICL Children in Conflict with the Law CIS Communal Irrigation System CLUP Comprehensive Land Use Plan CSE Crime Solution Efficiency DA Department of Agriculture DAR Department of Agrarian Reform Dep Ed Department of Education DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources DILG Department of Interior and Local Government DOE Department of Energy DOH Department of Health DOJ Department of Justice DOST Department of Science and Technology DOT Department of Tourism DOTC Department of Transportation and Communication DPWH Department of Public Works and Highways DSWD Department of Social Welfare & Development DTI Department of Trade and Industry ECC Environmental Compliance Certificate EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ENRO Environment and Natural Resources Office EO Executive Order EP Exploration Permit EXPA Exploration Application FFS Farmer Field School FLA Fishpond Lease Agreement FMB Forest Management Bureau FMS Forest Management Service GAD Gender and Development GDP Gross Domestic Product


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GIS Geographic Information System GKP Gawad Kalinga Program

GTZ German Technical Cooperation HLURB Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board HSMEDP Harmonized Small and medium Enterprise Development Plan HUDCC Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council ICC Indigenous Cultural Communities ILHZ Inter-Local Health Zones IRA Internal Revenue Allotment IRR Implementing Rules and Regulations ISF Integrated Social Forestry LBP Land Bank of the Philippines LEP Land Evaluation Party LGC Local Government Code LGUs Local Government Units LIPASECU Libertad, Pandan, Sebaste and Culasi (LGU Alliance) LMB Land Management Bureau LOI Letter of Instruction LQ Location Quotient LSB Local School Board LWUA Local Water Utilities Administration MASC Municipal Association of Senior Citizens MDG Millennium Development Goals MFARMCs Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Councils MGB Mines and Geosciences Bureau M & E Monitoring and Evaluation MOA Memorandum of Agreement MPDC Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator MPDO Municipal Planning and Development Office MRFs Materials Recovery Facilities MSWDO Municipal Social Welfare & Development Office MSWMP Municipal Solid Waste Management Plan NAMRIA National Mapping and Resource Information Authority NAPOCOR National Power Corporation NAT National Achievement Test NEDA National Economic Development Authority NGCP National Grid Corporation of the Philippines NGO Non-government Organization NHA National Housing Authority NIA National Irrigation Administration NIPAS National Integrated Protection Areas System NIS National Irrigation System NLUC National Land Use Committee NPAAAD Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture & Agro- Industrial Development


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NPC National Power Corporation NPC-SPUG National Power Corporation Small Power Utility Group NSCB National Statistics Coordination Board NSO National Statistics Office OTOP One-Town-One-Product PAMB Protected Area Management Board PDC Provincial Development Council PDIP Provincial Development Investment Program PDPFP Provincial Development Physical Framework Plan PHILVOCS Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology PLPEM Provincial Local Planning and Expenditure Management PNPL Plant Now Pay Later PPDC Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator PPDO Provincial Planning & Development Office PO Provincial Ordinance PRIME Promoting Rural Industries and Market Enhancement PSWMB Provincial Solid Waste Management Board PTO Provincial Tourism Office PWCCC Provincial Women and Children Crisis Center PWSSSSP Provincial Water Supply Sewerage & Sanitation Sector Plan RDC Regional Development Council RLUC Regional Land Use Committee SAFDZ Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones SMC Semirara Mining Corporation SP Sangguniang Panlalawigan TEEP Third Elementary Education Program VAW-CC Violence Against Women and Children Center WPZ Waterways Protection Zone ZO Zoning Ordinance


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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE

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1 Land Area, Antique, by Municipality 11

2 Population, Annual Population Growth Rate, Density, Area, Philippines, Region VI, by Province

1995, 2000 & 2007

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3 Population, Annual Population Growth Rate,

Density, Area, Antique, by Municipality, 1995, 2000, 2007

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4 Population Shares, Antique, by Municipality, 1995, 2000,

2007 17

5 Estimated Population and Density, Antique, by

Municipality, 2013 26

6 Land Classification, Antique, by Municipality 48

7 Land Suitability, Antique, by Municipality 52

8 Protection Areas, Antique, by Municipality 58

9 Total Family Income (PMillion ) by Household Head,

by Kind of Business/Industry, 2000 62

10 Joint Probability: Shares of Family Income (%) by

Household Head, by Kind of Business/Industry, 2000 63

11 Concentration: Total Family Income (%) by Household

Head, by Kind of Business/Industry, 2000 65

12 Specialization: Total Family Income (%) by Household


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TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE

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13 Location Quotient: Total Family Income (%) by Household


14 Employment and Unemployment Rates, Province, Region

and Philippines, 2001, 2002, 2003 102

15 Average Family Income, by province, Region VI

1991, 1994, 1997, 2000 104

16 Hospital Bed-Population Ratio, Province of Antique, 2007 105

17 Doctor-Population Ratio, By Municipality, 2007 106

18 Low Birth Weight: 2006-2008 108

19 Ten (10) Leading Causes Of Morbidity

No. & Rate/100,000 Population Province of Antique

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20 Ten (10) Leading Causes of Mortality


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21 Estimated Infant Mortality Rate (Per 1000 Live Birth) 2007 112

22 Ranking of Municipalities on Malnutrition (Combined BNVL

& BNL) Province of Antique 2006 & 2007 115

23 Ten (10) Leading Causes of Maternal Deaths

No. & Rate/1,000 Livebirths, Province of Antique 117

24 Number of Day Care Centers, Workers & Pupils 141

25 Simple and Functional Literacy Rate by Sex,

By Province, 1994 144


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TABLE

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26 School Age Population (6-11 years old) and Enrolment

Province of Antique SY 2002-2003 to SY 2008-2009

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27 Elementary Level Participation Rate/Enrolment Rate in

Government Schools, By Province SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008

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28 Elementary Level Cohort Survival Rate, By Province

SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008 145

29 Public Elementary Level Cohort Survival Rate, Province of

Antique, By Municipality SY 2008-2009

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30 Public Elementary Level Drop Out Rate, By Province

SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008 147

31 Secondary Level Participation Rate/Enrolment Rate in

Government Schools, By Province SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008

147

32 Simple Dropout Rate, By Province

SY 2003-2004 to SY 2008-2009 148

33 Cohort Survival Rate, Province of Antique

SY 2002-2003 to SY 2008-2009 148

34 Cohort Survival Rate in Government Secondary Schools,

By Province SY 2002-2003 to SY 2007-2008

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35 Total Housing Units & Status, Province of Antique by

Municipality 150

36 Crime Rate by Type, Province of Antique

2007 - 2008 151


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TABLE

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37 Police to Population, Province of Antique, By

Municipality, 2008 151

38 Average Monthly Crime Rate, Province of Antique by

Municipality July 2007 to June 2008

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39 Existing Land Use Distribution, Antique,

Percentage Share 172

40 Existing and Proposed Land Use 174


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LIST OF FIGURES

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1 Existing Hierarchy of Settlements 30

2 Histogram 32

3-a Agriculture: Share of Family Income, Region 6 67

3-b Wholesale & Retail: Share of Family Income, Region 6 67

3-c Manufacturing: Share of Family Income, Region 6 68

3-d Community: Recreational & Personal Services: Share of Family Income, Region 6

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3-e Transportation, Storage & Communication Services: Share of Total Family Income, Region 6

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3-f Other Services Industries: Share of Total Family Income, Region 6

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3-g Not Defined: Share of Family Income, Region 6 70

3-h Specialization: Antique 70

4 Neonatal Deaths/1,000 Livebirths Province of Antique

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5 Vital Health Indices, 2008 118


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LIST OF ANNEXES

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A Comparative Palay Production In Region Vi 195

B Palay Production, Income And Employment 195

C Total Family Income Per Municipality Per Industry, 2007 196

D Employed Persons By Type Of Industry (In Thousands) 197

E Number Of Muscovado Sugar Mills, Sugarcane Farm Area Serviced, Average Area Covered Per Mill, And Number Of

Farmers, By Municipality, Antique, 2007

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F General Information On Fishery, Antique, 2007 199

G Fishery Production In Metric Tons By Sector By Year Calendar Year 2005-2006

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H Municipal Fisheries Annual Fish Production (Mt) By Municipality, Calendar Year 2007

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I Jobs Generated From Municipal Fishing Calendar Year 2005-2007

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J Income By Municipality For Fishery Industry, Cy 2007 Province Of Antique

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K Skilled Weavers 203

L Employment And Annual Income 203

M Poverty Incidence, Poverty Gap And Severity Of Poverty, By Municipality, Province Of Antique

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N Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold, Poverty Incidence Among Families, Philippines, Region Vi, 2000,

2003 And 2006

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ANNEX NO. TITLE PAGE

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O Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold, Poverty Incidence

Among Families, Philippines, Region VI, 2000, 2003 And 2006

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P Poverty Incidence, Poverty Gap And Severity Of Poverty, By Municipality, Province Of Antique

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Q Issues/Problems, Goals And Objectives/Targets

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R List Of Programs/Projects/Activities 235


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LIST OF MAPS

MAP NO. TITLE PAGE

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Map 1 Regional Location Map 9

Map 2 Province Map 10

Map 3a, 3b, 3c

Density Map, 1995, 2000, 2007 20

Map 4a, 4b

Annual Population Growth Rate, 1995-2000, 2000-2007 25

Map 5a Built-Up Areas 29

Map 5b Existing Hierarchy Of Settlements 33

Map 6 Slope Map 36

Map 7a Geologic Map 41

Map 7b Mineral Map 43

Map 8 Climate Map 45

Map 9 Land Classification Map 49

Map 10 Land Suitability Map 53

Map 11 Protection Areas Map 59

Map 12 Location Of Industries And Key Support Infra 91

Map 13 Industries With Best And Declining Potentials 92


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MAP NO. TITLE PAGE

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Map 14 External Linkages And Internal Circulation Routes (Existing And Proposed)

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Map 15 Location Of Health Facilities, Priority Areas And Proposed

Health-Related PPAs 120

Map 16 Location Of Education Facilities, Priority Areas And

Proposed Education- Related PPAs 127

Map 17 Location Of Housing Facilities, Priority Areas And Proposed

Housing-Related PPAs 132

Map 18 Location Of Security Facilities, Priority Areas And Proposed

Security-Related PPAs 138

Map 19 Location Of Water Facilities, Priority Areas And Proposed

Water And Sanitation-Related PPAs 156

Map 20 Location Of Power Facilities, Priority Areas And Proposed

Power-Related PPAs 159

Map 21 Location Of Drainage & Flood Control 161

Map 22 Location Of Solid Waste Facilities, Priority Areas And Proposed Solid Waste-Related PPAs

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Map 23 Poverty Map 168

Map 24 Existing Land Use Map 171

Map 25 Initial Settlement Growth 175

Map 26 Initial Settlement Growth And Protection Land Use 179

Map 27 Settlement Framework 183

Map 28 Protection Framework 186


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MAP NO. TITLE PAGE

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Map 29 Production Framework 190

Map 30 Transport/Infra Framework 192

Map 31 Overall Physical Framework 193

Map 32 Proposed Programs & Projects 194


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A. INTRODUCTION

I. Historical Background

According to the tales of Maragtas, Antique once enjoyed primacy

among the realms carved out in Panay by the ten Bornean datu (chieftains),

who fled from the tyranny of Sultan Makatunaw of Borneo. The Malayan datu

bought the island from King Marikudo, the chief of the Negritos and

established the sakups of Hamtic, Aklan and Irong-Irong. At the height of

Datu Sumakwel’s reign, Hamtic became Antique, Aklan became Capiz (which

was later divided into Aklan and Capiz) and Irong-Irong as Iloilo. Barangay

Malandog, Hamtic is said to be the landing site of the first Malayan settlers in

1300 A.D. where a marker is placed and the event is re-enacted in the

Binirayan (literally, “place where the boats landed”) Festival. Antique is a

hispanized name derived from the vernacular word “hantik” which means

black ants.

In Spanish times, Antique was administered from the nearby province

of Iloilo, and remained a backwater of the colony. When Miguel Lopez de

Legaspi transferred his headquarters from Cebu to Panay, his men came upon

the villages of Hamtic and Bugasong. Christianization of the province formally

started in 1581 when the Agustinian friars set up a mission in Hamtic thereby

establishing the first parish in Antique. In the 1660’s when Panay was divided

into two jurisdictions, Antique belonged to Ogtong, one of the two provinces

carved out from the island, the other being Panay. It became a politico-

military province with the town of Antique later named Hamtic, as capital. It


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was in 1802 through a Royal Decree that transferred the capital of Antique

from Hamtic to San Jose de Buenavista. As a province, its officials were

headed by the Spanish alcalde-mayor. Later in 1888, the Antiqueños revolted

against the abuses of the Spanish officials and the Agustinian clergies. It was

started by the Igbaong, a secret organization in San Remigio led by Gregorio

Peralta. When the Philippine Revolution broke out, its alcalde mayor was

Castro Verde. Upon the withdrawal of the Spaniards, Gen. Leandro Fullon

assumed the position and held it until the outbreak of the Filipino-American

War. With the succeeding establishment of the American colonial

administration, Gen. Fullon was re-appointed governor of the province.

Philippine Independence was realized through the Tydings-McDuffie Law

passed by United States Congress, which provided for a ten-year transition

period under the Commonwealth government. Hence, a constitutional

convention was called to draft the constitution of the Philippines. Antiqueños

elected Ramon Maza and Angel Salazar Sr. as their Con-con delegates in

1934.

During the Japanese invasion, an active anti-Japanese guerilla

campaign in Antique was led by Col. Macario Peralta and other officers of the

61st Infantry Division of the USAFFE (United States Armed Forces in the Far

East). The first submarine-borne supplies to the 6th Military District landed in

Libertad, then a barrio of Pandan. It was in December 1944 when the

guerilla forces equipped with arms supplied by the Americans fought a heroic

battle and wiped off the Japanese occupation forces. After the liberation,

provinces were rehabilitated and schools were re-opened.

When the Philippine Republic was established, Atty. Emigdio Nietes

was Antique’s first Congressman and followed by Tobias A. Fornier who held

the position of the Chairman of House Committee on Appropriations.


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During the Snap Elections of 1986, the group supportive of Mrs.

Corazon C. Aquino led by former Governor Evelio B. Javier conducted a

successful campaign against the well-entrenched group supportive of the

President, Javier was gunned down in broad daylight in San Jose de

Buenavista, Antique during the counting of ballots on February 11, 1986. The

assassination of Javier intensified the tension that culminated in the EDSA

Revolution eleven days after.

Initially, the province celebrates its foundation day every 10th of March

pursuant to Act No. 2711 otherwise known as the Administrative Code of the

Philippine Islands of 1917. This event transpired during the American Regime

when the Philippine Legislature created the Province of Antique on March 10,

1917. However, further research shows that the province was actually

created on April 13, 1901 by virtue of the Philippine Commission Act

No. 114. Thus, Provincial Ordinance No. 2006-07 dated March 23, 2006 was

passed providing for the celebration of the province’s foundation day every

April 13th.

1.2. Antique is composed of 18 municipalities with a total population of

515,265 as of 2007.


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2. Plan Objectives And Context

2.1. Objectives Of The PDPFP

The Provincial Development Physical Framework Plan is a document

that guides the policy makers, the decision makers and the stakeholders to

develop the province of Antique. Its specific objectives are the following:

a. Derive the overall vision of the province.

b. Provide the analytical basis for understanding existing conditions and

identifying key development issues, problems, opportunities, goals,

objectives and targets of the province of Antique.

c. Translate the vision into implementable strategies towards the

attainment of goals, objectives and targets.

d. Guided by the vision, identify programs, projects and activities

consistent with the proposed strategies.

2.2 Context Of The PDPFP

The PDPFP serves as the vertical link between provincial development

objectives, the regional and national priorities. The

programs/projects/activities derived from the PDPFP are the bases for a multi-

year investment program (PDIP – a prioritized list of PPAs with cost

estimates) and an annual investment program (AIP of the current year “slice”

of the PDIP). In turn the AIP serves as the basis for budgetary allocations for

PPAs.


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3. Coverage Of The Plan

3.1. Historical Coverage

The PDPFP is a five – year (2008-2013) medium-term development

plan guided by a long-term vision. Planning analysis, however, extend

beyond the medium-term to consider long-term trends. These are necessary

inputs to the identification of strategies and PPAs for the five-year plan

period.

3.2. Geographical Coverage

The political boundaries of the province define the primary level of

geographical analysis. Other provinces in the host region as well as the host

region itself and the country as a whole are also included as benchmarks in

some of the analyses.

3.3. Sectoral coverage

The planning environment of the PDPFP includes all major sectors

relevant to the development of the province. In order to establish

comparability and context, sectoral data are consistent with regional, national

and city/municipal data.


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4. Outline of the plan

The major contents of the rest of the plan include the following:

4.1. Vision: The provincial community’s long-term vision for the province

expressed through consultation with sectoral committee members and

approved by the Provincial Development Council.

4.2 Planning Environment: Descriptions and analyses of the social, economic,

and physical environment of the province that serve as basis for identifying

development challenges and issues and subsequent courses of action

(strategies, plans, programs and activities)

4.3. Development Issues/Problems, Goals, Objectives, and Targets: Issues,

challenges, and opportunities facing and accompanying the task of

accomplishing the identified development goals, objectives and targets.

4.4. Strategies, Plans, Programs, and Activities: Specific strategies, plans,

programs, and activities to address development issues and accomplish

objectives.

B. VISION

“Antique: Haven of free, peaceful and environment-friendly communities

engaged in world competitive enterprises and proud of its rich cultural

heritage.”


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C. THE PLANNING ENVIRONMENT

1. Location, Land Area And Political Subdivisions

1.1. The province of Antique is one of the six provinces comprising Western

Visayas or Region VI and one of the four provinces in the island of Panay.

1.2. It is an elongated stretch of land occupying the whole length of the

western side of the island. It is bounded by the rugged mountains of Panay,

composed of the provinces of Aklan in the northeast, Capiz on the east, Iloilo

in the southeast and a body of water called the Cuyo East Pass and part of

China Sea, on the west. Its geographic location is defined at grid coordinates

121 degrees 5 minutes west to 122 degrees 24 minutes thirty seven seconds

east longitude and 9 degrees 25 minutes south to 12 degrees 13 minutes

north latitude. Resembling a seahorse in shape it is 155 kilometers long and

35 kilometers at its widest point.

1.3. Antique is a lone congressional district and has 18 municipalities, 14 of

which are found along the coast, three are inland and one island municipality.

It is further subdivided into 590 barangays. The municipalities are grouped

into three areas according to their geographical location. The southern area

municipalities are: Anini-y, Tobias Fornier, Hamtic, San Jose, Sibalom and San

Remigio, with San Jose as the center point. The central municipalities are

Belison, Patnongon, Bugasong, Valderrama, Laua-an and Barbaza. Its central

point is Bugasong. The northern area towns are: Tibiao, Culasi, Sebaste,

Pandan, Libertad and Caluya with Culasi as the central point.


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1.4. The municipality of San Jose de Buenavista serves as the provincial

capital, the center of commerce and trade and the seat of the provincial

government and national government agencies.

One of the oldest historical landmarks in Antique is the old Hispano-

Filipino Church located in Poblacion, Anini-y. This massive coral building was

constructed by the Agustinian friars sometime in 1875-1880. It is the only

church of Spanish vintage which has survived earthquakes and time. Another

oldest landmark is the old Watchtower in Libertad which was used to warn

natives of approaching pirates. The tower is still intact. Malandog Marker is

found in the municipality of Hamtic, said to be the landing site of the first

Malayan settlers in 1299 A.D. The EBJ Freedom Park located in San Jose is

named after Antique’s hero, former Governor, Evelio B. Javier. The Sira-an

Hot Spring, claimed to be medicinal is in the municipality of Anini-y. Nogas

Island located in the same municipality is known for its white beaches and

beautiful coral reefs. The Malumpati Health Spring in Pandan has sparkling

cool water believed to have medicinal properties. Bugang River is also located

in Pandan considered as the cleanest body of water in the Philippines. Mt.

Madia-as in Culasi is 2,117 meters above sea level with beautiful mountain

scenery, different species of flora and fauna, rare orchids, wild deers and

boars, a lagoon and rain forest.


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Table 1 Land Area, Antique, by Municipality

Land Area Municipality (km2)

% Share

ANTIQUE 2,729.2 100 Anini-y 66.17 2.42 Barbaza 154.36 5.66 Belison 19.78 0.72 Bugasong 203.71 7.47 Caluya 132.13 4.84 Culasi 228.56 8.38 Hamtic 113.03 4.14 Laua-an 100.72 3.69 Libertad 97.00 3.55 Pandan 113.98 4.18 Patnongon 167.92 6.15 San Jose 48.56 1.78 San Remigio 406.98 14.91 Sebaste 111.64 4.09 Sibalom 201.30 7.38 Tibiao 177.42 6.5 Tobias Fornier 112.12 4.11 Valderrama 273.79 10.03 Source: Land Management Bureau

2. POPULATION AND SETTLEMENTS

2.1 Population: Regional And National Context

Based on the 2007 census of the region’s total population of

6,843,643, 7.53 percent or 515,265 come from Antique. This makes Antique

the fourth largest province in terms of population size in Region VI.

Among provinces in Region VI, Negros Occidental and Iloilo still have

the largest share of the region’s population at 41.93 and 30.84 percent,

respectively. The smallest province is Guimaras having a share of only 2.43

percent due to its small land area. Meanwhile, Antique’s population is 54th

highest in the country while Cavite has the highest at 2,856,765.


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Antique has an average density of 189 persons per km2 in 2007. There

is an increase of 16 persons from the 2000 density of 173 persons per km2.

It has the lowest density in the region. Although the provinces of Iloilo and

Negros Occidental are the two largest provinces in terms of land area, still

have the highest densities. The province of Iloilo has the highest density at

416 persons per km2 followed by Negros Occidental with 360 persons per

km2. Among provinces in the country, Antique’s population ranks 40th with

Rizal province as the most densely populated at 1,916 persons per km2.

Comparing the growth rates among provinces in the region, Antique is

fourth highest at 1.19 percent for the period 2000-2007 which is below the

regional and national averages of 1.35 and 2.04 percent, respectively. The

province of Iloilo has the highest at 1.57 percent and the lowest is Guimaras

at 0.93 percent. If the province’s population growth continues at the current

rate, its population will likely double in size in the next 58 years from 515,265

in 2007 to 1,030,530 by year 2066.


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Table 2

Population, Annual Population Growth Rate, Density, Area, Philippines, Region VI, by Province 1995, 2000 & 2007

Population Size APGR Pop. Density

1995 2000 2007

Pop.

2007 %

Share

1995-

2000

2000-

2007 1995 2000 2007

Land

Area

(km2)

Area

%

Philippines 68,431,213 76,504,077 88,574,614 2.36 2.04 229 255 295 300,000

Region VI 5,765,943 6,211,038 6,843,643 7.73 1.56 1.35 278 299 329 20,794.2 6.93

Antique 431,808 472,561 515,265 7.53 1.97 1.19 158 173 189 2,729.2 13.1

Aklan 410,539 451,314 495,122 7.24 2.05 1.29 225 248 272 1,821.4 8.8

Capiz 624,469 654,156 701,664 10.25 1.00 0.97 241 252 270 2,594.6 12.5

Iloilo 1,749,561 1,925,002 2,110,588 30.84 2.10 1.57 344 379 416 5,079.2 24.4

Negros Occ. 2,434,186 2,565,723 2,869,766 41.93 1.08 1.56 306 322 360 7,965.2 38.3

Guimaras 126,470 141,450 151,238 2.21 2.43 0.93 209 234 250 604.6 2.9

Source: National Statistics Office (NSO) & Land Management Bureau (LMB)


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2.2. Population Size, Density And Growth Rate

2.2.1. Size And Distribution

The largest municipality in Antique in terms of population is San Jose

which is the provincial capital, the center of commerce and trade and the seat

of the provincial government and offices of the national agencies. In 2007, it

has a population of 54,871, accounting for 10.65 percent of the total provincial

population while occupying only 1.78 percent of the provincial land area.

San Jose’s population is second to the lowest among the capital towns

and cities in the region. The highest is Bacolod City in Negros Occidental with

a population of 499,497 and the lowest is Jordan in Guimaras (32,524).

San Jose, Sibalom, Hamtic, Patnongon, Bugasong and Culasi are the six

largest settlements, accounting for almost half or 48.98 percent of the

provincial population. The rest of the population is distributed among the 12

municipalities with Belison having the smallest share of 12,467 or equivalent to

2.43 percent.

Nine out of 18 municipalities have increased their population shares for

the period 1995-2000. The highest increase is experienced by Culasi with a net

increase of 0.30 percent followed by Sebaste with 0.29 percent. In this period,

San Jose, Pandan, San Remigio, Laua-an, Tibiao, Caluya, and Valderrama have

also increased their population shares. Meanwhile, only five municipalities

experienced increase in population shares in 2000 to 2007 with Caluya having

the highest increase of 0.71 percent followed by San Jose with 0.44 percent.

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San Jose, Sibalom, Hamtic, Culasi, Patnongon and Bugasong are the six

largest municipalities in terms of population that account for almost 50 percent

(48.98%) of the additional population (2000-2007) in the entire province.

Sibalom and Hamtic which are located adjacent the capital town are the next

largest municipalities, will become part of the expansion area if the latter

continues to grow and expand its sphere of influence.

These population growth trends suggest that San Jose remains the

biggest driver of population growth especially in the southern part of Antique.

Culasi, being the secondary growth center in the northern part of the province

influences population growth in the neighboring towns of Pandan and Libertad.

Population growth in Libertad can also be attributed to the presence of its

municipal port.


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Table 3: Population, Annual Population Growth Rate, Density, Area, Antique, by Municipality, 1995, 2000, 2007

Population APGR Density

1995 2000 2007

1995-

2000

2000-

2007 1995 2000 2007

Land

Area (km2) Area %

ANTIQUE 431,793 472,822 515,265 1.97 1.19 158 173 189 2,729.2

San Jose 42,927 48,261 54,871 2.54 1.79 884 994 1,130 48.56 1.78

Sibalom 46,143 49,971 53,934 1.72 1.06 229 248 268 201.30 7.38

Hamtic 36,167 38,230 42,375 1.20 1.43 320 338 375 113.03 4.14

Culasi 30,431 34,732 37,100 2.87 0.91 133 152 162 228.56 8.38

Patnongon 29,235 31,555 33,694 1.65 0.91 174 188 200 167.92 6.15

Bugasong 26,721 28,294 30,394 1.23 0.99 131 139 149 203.71 7.46

Tobias Fornier 26,155 27,331 29,772 0.95 1.19 233 244 265 112.12 4.11

Pandan 24,978 27,647 29,518 2.20 0.91 219 243 265 113.98 4.18

San Remigio 22,869 26,079 28,401 2.85 1.18 56 64 69 406.98 14.91

Caluya 17,101 20,049 25,526 3.47 3.39 129 152 193 132.13 4.84

Laua-an 21,069 23,258 23,808 2.14 0.32 209 231 236 100.72 3.69

Tibiao 19,628 21,772 23,228 2.25 0.90 111 123 131 177.42 6.50

Barbaza 17,313 18,597 20,709 1.54 1.49 112 120 134 154.36 5.66

Anini-y 18,657 19,623 20,097 1.09 0.33 282 297 304 66.17 2.42

Valderrama 15,433 17,874 18,878 3.20 0.76 56 65 69 273.79 10.03

Sebaste 12,438 14,973 15,840 4.05 0.78 111 134 142 111.64 4.09

Libertad 13,274 12,955 14,653 (0.52) 1.71 137 134 151 97.00 3.55

Belison 11,174 11,621 12,467 0.84 0.97 565 588 630 19.78 0.72

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Table 4: Population Shares, Antique, by Municipality, 1995, 2000, 2007

Population shares (%) Cumulative Pop.Shares (%) % Change

1995 2000 2007 1995 2000 2007 2000-1995 2007-2000 ANTIQUE

San Jose 9.94 10.21 10.65 9.94 10.21 10.65 0.27 0.44

Sibalom 10.69 10.57 10.47 20.63 20.78 21.12 (0.12) (0.10)

Hamtic 8.38 8.09 8.22 29.01 28.87 29.34 5.40 10.84

Culasi 7.05 7.35 7.20 36.06 36.22 36.54 0.30 (0.15)

Patnongon 6.77 6.67 6.54 42.84 42.89 43.08 (0.10) (0.13)

Bugasong 6.19 5.98 5.90 49.03 48.87 48.98 (0.21) (0.08)

Pandan 5.78 5.85 5.73 54.81 54.72 54.71 0.07 (0.12)

Tobias Fornier 6.05 5.78 5.78 60.86 60.5 60.49 (0.27) 0.00

San Remigio 5.30 5.52 5.51 66.16 66.02 66.00 0.22 (0.01)

Laua-an 4.88 4.92 4.62 71.04 70.94 70.62 0.04 (0.30)

Tibiao 4.55 4.60 4.51 75.59 75.54 75.13 0.05 (0.09)

Caluya 3.97 4.24 4.95 79.55 79.78 80.08 0.27 0.71

Anini-y 4.32 4.15 3.90 83.87 83.93 83.98 (0.17) (0.25)

Barbaza 4.01 3.93 4.02 87.88 87.86 88.00 (0.08) 0.09

Valderrama 3.57 3.78 3.66 91.45 91.64 91.66 0.21 (0.12)

Sebaste 2.88 3.17 3.07 94.33 94.81 94.73 0.29 (0.10)

Libertad 3.07 2.74 2.84 97.40 97.55 97.57 (0.33) 0.10

Belison 2.59 2.45 2.43 100 100 100 (0.14) (0.02)

Source: National Statistics Office (NSO)


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2.2.2. Density And Urbanization

Antique has an average density of 189 persons per km2 in 2007. There

is an increase of 16 persons from the 2000 density of 173 persons per km2.

Within the province, San Jose has the highest population density

computed at 1,130 persons per km2 while both Valderrama and San Remigio

have the lowest at 69 persons per km2. San Jose’s population density is

higher compared to the provincial (189), regional (329) and national (295)

averages.

San Jose’s density is the fourth highest among capital towns and cities

in the region with Iloilo City having the highest at 7,477 persons per km2 and

Jordan the lowest at 258 persons per km2.

Belison is the second highest densely populated at 630 persons per

km2. The lowest share in the provincial land area of 0.72 percent or 19.76

km2 can explain for the high population density.

A comparison of the province population densities in 1995, 2000 and

2007 as reflected in the population density maps reveals that much of the

population are in the capital town of San Jose which is the major growth

center in the province. The adjacent municipalities of Belison and Hamtic are

also densely populated for the three census period. In 1995, higher

population densities are also quite noticeable in the coastal towns of Anini-y,

Tobias Fornier, Patnongon, Laua-an, Pandan, Culasi and the inland

municipality of Sibalom. The same municipalities with the addition of Caluya

have become densely populated in 2000 to 2007. Except for Culasi, their

densities in 2007 are substantially higher than the provincial average of 189

persons per km2. Although Culasi is considered the secondary growth center


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in the north, its density is slightly lower than the provincial average which can

be attributed to its bigger share in the provincial land area of 8.36 percent or

228.56 km2.

Meanwhile, the sparsely populated municipalities for the three census

period are the inland municipalities of Valderrama and San Remigio and the

coastal municipalities of Bugasong, Barbaza, Tibiao, Sebaste. Their

population densities are below the provincial average.


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2.2.3. Growth Rate

a. For the period 1995-2000, nine municipalities namely Sebaste,

Caluya, Valderrama, Culasi, San Remigio, San Jose, Tibiao, Laua-an and

Pandan exhibited fast growth than the province and the region having growth

rates ranging from 2.14 to 4.05 percent. In this period, Sebaste is growing

the fastest at 4.05 percent.

However, this pattern changed for the period 2000-2007. Except for

San Jose and Caluya, the rest of the municipalities with high growth rates

mentioned above, have remarkably lowered their growth with Laua-an

growing the slowest at the rate of 0.32 percent. The decline in growth rates

of these municipalities can be attributed to the migration situation of the

province where quite a number of the population work in other cities outside

the province and as overseas contract workers abroad, particularly in the

Middle East, Europe and the United States due to relatively harder living

condition in their areas and better economic opportunities offered abroad.

Many of the school age population also continue their tertiary education in

colleges and universities in other provinces. Hence, in this period only five

municipalities namely Caluya, San Jose, Libertad, Barbaza and Hamtic remain

to grow faster than the province (1.19%) and the region (1.35%) with Caluya

having the highest growth at 3.39 percent.

Population growth in municipalities is determined not only by the

number of births but also by the number of migrants as well which is true to

municipalities with higher growth rates. The presence of a mall and large

business establishments has boost San Jose’s economic growth and

correspondingly opened employment opportunities that attracted migration

from other municipalities and even from other provinces. The long coastline

of Antique and its rich fishing grounds have also encouraged fishermen


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particularly from Cebu to settle not only in San Jose but also in other

municipalities like Hamtic and Barbaza. Most of them resided in the coastal

areas of these municipalities. Malandog River in Hamtic serves as the hiding

place of their boats especially during bad weather or typhoons. The presence

of the municipal seaport in Libertad has contributed to its high growth rate in

2007. Meanwhile, Caluya’s growth can be attributed to the presence of the

Caluya Port and the Semirara Mining Corporation where many migrant

workers are employed.

Among capital towns and cities in the region, San Jose ranks fourth

with Roxas City having the highest population growth rate of 2.18% percent

and Kalibo as the lowest with 1.53 percent.

B. Densities And Growth Rate

High density and fast-growing settlements: San Jose, Hamtic, Caluya

San Jose has the highest density among the fastest growing

settlements which is followed by Caluya and Hamtic. The presence of

shopping centers, mall and supermarkets in San Jose has opened

employment opportunities that attracted migration from other municipalities.

Hamtic, being adjacent to San Jose, is expected to grow given the continued

development of the capital town. Adding to its population are the fishermen

from Cebu who resided in its coastal barangays particularly in Malandog.

Although Caluya experienced decrease in population for the period 2000-

2007, its population growth is still the highest in the province. The presence

of the Semirara Mining Corporation encouraged residents from other

provinces like Mindoro and the mainland municipalities of Antique to migrate

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Low density and fast-growing settlements: Libertad and Barbaza

Libertad and Barbaza have low population densities but are fast-

growing settlements. Barbaza’s growth rate of 1.47 and Libertad of

1.71 is higher compared to the provincial average. Reasons for high

growth rates in these municipalities are stated above.

High density and slow-growing settlements: Anini-y, Tobias Fornier,

Belison, Patnongon, Laua-an and Pandan.

Among high density towns, Anini-y, Tobias Fornier, Belison,

Patnongon, Laua-an and Pandan show a slowing down of growth at

the rates ranging from 0.32 percent to 0.91 percent in 2000-2007.

This is below the provincial average of 1.19 percent. Their slow growth

is affected by the out-migration of their residents within and outside of

the province for better employment. It can also be attributed to the

collaborative efforts of the local health offices and other concerned

agencies that advocate for reproductive health related programs.

Low density and slow-growing settlements: Tibiao, Valderrama,

Sebaste and Bugasong

Tibiao, Valderrama, Sebaste and Bugasong are low in density

and are slow-growing. These municipalities are located farther away

from San Jose. Their slow growth can also be attributed to the

awareness of mothers to reproductive health related programs. The

out-migration of residents may have also contributed to their slow

growth. These municipalities have substantially high population

growth rate for the previous period (1995-2000) but turned to be slow-

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Given the current growth rate of the province, its projected total

population at the end of the planning period (2013) will be 554,099 or an

additional of 38,834 persons and its population density will be 203 persons

per km2.


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Table 5 Estimated Population and Density, Antique, by Municipality, 2013

Population

2000 2007

APGR

2000-2007

Land Area

(km2)

Population

Density

(2007)

Estimated

Population

(2013)

Estimated

Population

Density (2013)

Additional

Population

2008-2013

ANTIQUE

San Jose

Sibalom

Hamtic

Culasi

Patnongon

Bugasong

Tobias Fornier

Pandan

San Remigio

Caluya

Laua-an

Tibiao

Barbaza

Anini-y

Valderrama

Sebaste

Libertad

Belison

472,088

48,261

49,971

38,230

34,372

31,555

28,294

27,331

27,647

26,079

29,049

23,258

21,772

18,597

19,623

17,874

14,973

12,955

11,621

515,265

54,871

53,934

42,375

37,100

33,694

30,394

29,772

29,518

28,401

25,526

23,808

23,228

20,709

20,097

18,878

15,840

14,653

12,467

1.19

1.79

1.06

1.43

0.91

0.91

0.99

0.19

0.91

1.18

3.39

0.32

0.90

1.49

0.33

0.76

0.78

1.71

0.97

2,729.2

48.56

201.30

113.03

228.56

167.92

203.71

112.12

113.98

406.98

132.13

100.72

177.42

154.36

66.17

273.79

111.64

97.00

19.78

189

1,130

268

375

162

200

149

265

259

69

193

236

131

134

304

69

142

151

630

554,099

61,034

57,456

46,143

39,172

35,576

32,245

31,962

31,167

30,472

31,178

24,269

24,511

22,631

20,498

19,755

16,596

16,222

13,210

203

1,257

285

408

171

212

158

285

273

75

236

241

138

147

310

72

149

167

668

38,834

6,163

3,522

3,768

2,072

1,882

1,851

2,190

1,649

2,071

5,652

461

1,283

1,922

401

877

756

1,569

1,283

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2.3. Existing Settlement Patterns

The scalogram shows a pronounced hierarchy of settlements led by the

municipality of San Jose which contains most of the functions and where the

basic services and facilities are concentrated. As the provincial capital, it is

identified as the sub-regional center, provides supportive roles to Iloilo and

other capital towns and cities in the region. Located in San Jose are higher

level of services like the provincial hospital, tertiary schools, industries,

welfare services, tourist facilities and others. It also serves as the trading

center of other adjacent municipalities.

As reflected in the built-up areas map, most of the population is

concentrated in the capital town of San Jose, in the poblacion of each

municipality and along the national highway. Considering the varied roles of

San Jose, it might not be able to cope up the space requirement for urban

development. The establishment of alternative growth centers is encouraged

to support the roles of San Jose in the development of the province and the

region. Expansion area development is towards the municipality of Hamtic,

which is seven kilometers away from San Jose. It will cater to the possible

expansion of buit-ups such as industrial and commercial development during

the time when San Jose can no longer accommodate the space requirement

for its establishment. Culasi is the second growth center that will complement

San Jose in commerce and trade. The presence of its port could help in

promoting and enhancing inter and intra-regional linkages.

2.3.1. Large Towns: San Jose and Sibalom are large towns with a

population of 54,871 and 53,934, respectively. Sibalom is a large town

located adjacent to San Jose. Its potential for development is high especially

in agriculture. It complements the roles of San Jose by having the presence


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of vital infrastructure facilities like rural bank, district hospital, drugstore,

telecommunication services, secondary schools and college and others.

2.3.2. Medium Towns: Hamtic, Culasi, Patnongon, Bugasong, Tobias

Fornier, Pandan, San Remigio and Caluya are medium towns with a

population less than 50,000. These municipalities have the presence of

infrastructure facilities which are classified in the category of a medium town.

Culasi, being the secondary growth center of the province complements the

role of San Jose particularly on trade and commerce in the northern part of

Antique. It has strong inter-provincial linkages with Aklan and Capiz. On the

other hand, Hamtic which is close to San Jose is poised to become part of the

expansion area of the capital town as it continues to grow and expand its

direct sphere of influence. As a whole, this town has been growing faster

than the provincial average.

2.3.3. Small Towns: The remaining eight municipalities which are

Valderrama, Laua-an, Tibiao, Barbaza, Anini-y, Sebaste, Libertad and Belison

are classified as small towns with a population less than 25,000. These

municipalities have the presence of infrastructure facilities which are classified

in the category of a small town like groceries, rural banks, primary health

centers, eateries and entertainment bars.

The municipalities of Valderrama, Bugasong, Tibiao and Sebaste which

are located farther away from San Jose have lower densities and have

exhibited slower growth during the period 2000-2007.


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Figure 1. Existing Hierarchy of Settlements

Hierarchy of Settlements Municipalities Functions Population

Capital Town San Jose Seat of provincial administration and

offices of the national government agencies, center of commerce trade and industry, banks and financial

institutions, shopping centers/super-

markets, mall, tertiary education and health services (public and

private), large drugstores and quality

restaurants

50,000-100,000

Large Town Sibalom Rural bank, district/ community hospital,

drugstore, secondary/ technical school and college, telephone

service

50,000-100,000

Medium Town

Hamtic, Culasi, Patnongon, Bugasong,

Tobias Fornier, Pandan, San

Remigio, Caluya

Some district hospitals, commercial bank and rural banks, telephone

service, seaport, secondary/ technical

schools and colleges, drugstores

25,000-50,000

Small Town Laua-an, Tibiao, Barbaza, Anini-y,

Valderrama, Sebaste, Libertad, Belison

Groceries, consumer shops, rural banks,

primary health centers, telecommunication office, eateries and entertainment bars

2,000-25,000


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2.4. Summary

2.4.1. Antique has a population of 515,265 in 2007 and the fourth

largest province in terms of population in Region VI. Its population density of

189 persons per km2 is the lowest in the region. Likewise, its annual

population growth rate (2000-2007) of 1.19% is lower than the regional

average of 1.35 percent and the country’s overall growth rate at 2.04%.

Given its current growth rate, the population of Antique is expected to

grow to 554,099 by the end of the plan period (2013). This translates into an

additional population of 38,834 or an average increase of 3,236 persons every

year.

2.4.2. San Jose is the largest growing urban center in the province. It

has a population of 54,871 (2007) which accounts for 10.65 percent of the

provincial population. It is the provincial capital, a sub-regional center and

the secondary gateway to the neighboring provinces of Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo

and other places like Mindoro, Batangas and Metro Manila (through land and

sea).

2.4.3. With San Jose as the sub-regional center, it has strong

commerce and trade linkages with its adjacent provinces in Panay, with

Mindoro and Metro Manila.

2.4.4. Given current trends (described above) Antique will double its

population in 58 years from 515,265 in 2007 to 1,030,530 by year 2066 with

the expansion areas around San Jose accounting for almost half of the

provincial population.


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3. Physical Resources

3.1 General land and water characteristics and resources

3.1.1 Topography And Slope

Antique has a rugged terrain and narrow coastal plains. Its topography

is divided into three zones: upland, lowland and coastal. About 39 percent or

230 of the total barangays of the province are considered upland. San

Remigio, Libertad, Barbaza, Tobias Fornier Patnongon and Laua-an are the

municipalities which have more than 50 percent of their barangays classified

as upland.

The highest points in the province are along the mountain crest from

Valderrama to Culasi. The highest mountain is Madia-as in Culasi (2,117

meters above sea level), followed by Nangtud in Barbaza (2,060 meters) and

Baloy in Valderrama and Bugasong (1,900 maters). The elevation of other

mountains in the province generally ranges from 500 to 1,300 meters.

Majority or 74.93 percent of Antique’s land area are in the steep and

protection–oriented slope and only 25.07 percent are in relatively developable

range. As categorized, lands with a slope range greater than 50 percent are

very steep lands, which account for the biggest share of the total land area of

the province at 31.65 percent or 86,379 hectares. In this category,

Valderrama has the biggest share at 16.96 percent or 14,650 hectares while

San Jose, Belison and Caluya have no areas under this slope category. On

the other hand, the 30-50 percent slope range is described as steep lands,

which has the second highest share of the total land area of the province at

22.53 percent or 61,489 hectares. San Remigio has the highest share at

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Meanwhile, lands in the slope range of 18-30 percent characterized as

rolling to moderately steep occupy some 48,880 hectares while 29,394

hectares are in the slope range of 8-18 percent. Sibalom has the highest

share in both types of this slope range.

On the other hand, lands in the slope range 3-8 percent, are gently

sloping to undulating, occupy the smallest area with only 4.59 percent or

12,527 hectares. Caluya accounts for the biggest share of this slope class at

24.90 percent or 3,119 hectares. About 12.55 percent or 34,251 hectares are

with slope ranging from 0-3 percent (level to nearly level). In this slope class,

Sibalom still shares the biggest at 17.37 percent or 5,499 hectares.


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3.1.2. Land And Water Resources

The province of Antique has a total land area of 272,920 hectares

which constitutes 0.93 percent of the total land area of the country and 13.66

percent of Western Visayas.

Out of its total land area, about 74.93 percent is classified as upland

having a slope of more than eight percent while the narrow coastal and

interior plains account for the remaining 25.07 percent. The municipalities

with large lowland areas are Sibalom, San Remigio and Hamtic.

The province has a total coastline of 307.45 kilometers and traverses

along the Cuyo East Pass, a body of water which is considered a rich fishing

ground being one of the “tuna highways” of the Philippines. Other fishing

grounds in Antique are the municipal waters of the 14 coastal municipalities

and the island municipality of Caluya.

There are seven major rivers in the province which are the main

sources of water for domestic, industrial and irrigation purposes. These are

Cangaranan River, Paliwan River, Sibalom River, Dalanas River, Tibiao River,

Hamtic River and Bacong River. These rivers are also good sources of sand

and gravel for construction purposes. On the other hand, Paliwan, Tibiao and

Dalanas Rivers are potential sources of hydro-electricity while Sibalom River

abounds with gemstones and other semi-precious stones that can be

processed into jewelries and other gift items.

Tibiao River and Bugang River in Pandan, together with Madia-as

mountain in Culasi have vast eco-tourism potentials. Bugang River is

considered the cleanest inland body of water in the country and has been

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3.1.3. Main Geological Features Of The Province

The geology of Antique is complex and mainly attributed to tectonic

actions generated from Cretaceous to Quaternary period. The high

mountains of the province formed by the oldest rocks, largely of volcanic

origin are completely folded and faulted assemblages of igneous and

metamorphic rocks. Overlying the basement complex is the Tertiary

sequence of volcanic and sedimentary rocks which forms the lower hills and

the rolling areas in the western-half part of the province. In general, the

structural trend of the province is attributed to steeply sloping terrains and

moderate to steep dips.

The rock units of the province are classified into three main groups

based on the geologic ages and these are: the miocene and older systems,

the plio-pleistocene series and recent deposits. Its geological features are as

follows:

1. Miocene and older systems

These rock systems are found in the western mountain ranges of the

province and at several islets in Cuyo East Pass. It is composed of

serpentine, basalt flows and metamorphic rocks, commonly fractures.

Groundwater is limited to fractured and weathered zones. Basement

complex in the northern part of the province represents the folded

metamorphosed rocks possibly sedimentary origin which forms the Buruanga

Peninsula. The early miocene which are basaltic lavas in intercalated volcanic

sediments overlying red mudstone form the Mt. Baloy volcanics of the middle

miocene which is dominantly found in the northern towns of Antique, starting

from Bugasong going north to Pandan.


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In the southern part of the province, the rock units of cretaceous

period to paleocene epoch are made up of metamorphosed basalt flows,

bedded chets and green clastics. The sedimentary rocks of early miocene

epoch are well exposed hanging in the wall side of Patnongon thrust fault as

narrow discontinuous patches resting directly on basalt and dipping steeply to

the east. The extrusive rock of the late miocene forms the Lagdo formation

which consists of thin to medium-bedded tuffaceous shale and sandstone with

conglomerate and coarse lithic crystals of tuffs. These are found in the

southern part of the province. The Lumbuyan formation of the late oligocene

considered as sedimentary rocks are found only in the mountain ranges of

Bugasong, Laua-an, Barbaza and Tibiao. It is red to purple mudstone with

minor greenish tuffs and turbidite wackes. The Semirara formation of the late

miocene is tuffaceous shale, sandstone, conglomerate and limestone.

2. Plio-pleistocene series

The sedimentary rock units of plio-pleistocene epochs have various

ranges of permeability which are extensively exposed on the western side of

the province. The Apdo formation of the early pliocene are found in the

mountains of Hamtic which are sedimentary rocks consist of gently to

moderate dipping conglomerate, calcareous mudstone-siltstone and shale and

coralline.

3. Recent deposits

Alluvium consists of loose coastal and river deposits of clay, silt, sand,

gravel and shells. These are the fragments weathered and eroded from the

pre-existing rocks and transformed by water into the river valleys, coastal

plains and beaches of the area. The most extensive plain in the province is

located in the southern basin formed by Sibalom River. The thickness of


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alluvial deposits ranges from 100 to 200 meters. In the upstream portion of

Sibalom River unconsolidated gravel deposits are found along the river,

extending northeast-southwest from Municipality of Sibalom to Barangay

Osorio of San Remigio for a stretch of about 30 kilometers.


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3.1.4. Mineral Resources

Antique has deposits of metallic and non-metallic mineral resources.

The metallic mineral resources include copper, gold, chromite, pyrite, iron,

manganese and ferro alloy and limestone. Copper deposits in Barbaza and

San Remigio are estimated to have a volume of 36,255 metric tons and

59,445 metric tons respectively. Pyrite deposits in Valderrama and Sibalom

are estimated at 120,000 metric tons while limestone deposits in Culasi are

estimated at 30 billion metric tons.

The Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB) confirms the presence of

gold in Mt. Dumara, Laua-an extending to as far as Lumboyan, Barbaza. An

analysis conducted in ore deposits indicated that 39.75 grams of gold can be

found in a metric ton of ore.

On the other hand, non-metallic deposits include sulfides, clay, sulfur,

oil and gemstones. Marble deposits are estimated at 1.8 billion metric tons

and 2.3 billion metric tons in Libertad and Pandan, respectively. Coal

reserves in Caluya are estimated to be 1.6 million metric tons.


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3.1.5 Climate

Antique has a tropical climate dominated by the rainy and dry seasons.

It has two types of climate, Type I and Type III. Type I is characterized by

two pronounced seasons, dry and wet, with maximum rain period from June

to September and a dry season which lasts from 3 to 6 months. Type III, on

the other hand, has no very pronounced maximum rain period with a short

dry season lasting from one to three months.

The dry season is from November to April and wet the rest of the year.

The maximum rainfall is from June to September, while February to April is

the driest.

December and January are the cool months while the hot months are

April and May. Mean temperature is 27 degrees centigrade while relative

humidity is high at all times. The north and northeast wind occur from

November to May and the southeast wind from June to October. On the

average, one tropical typhoon occurs once a year.


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3.2. Land Use Potentials And Constraints

3.2.1 Land Classification

Antique has a total land area of 252,200 hectares of which 47.04

percent or 118,634 hectares are classified as forest lands and 52.96 percent

or 133,566 hectares are alienable and disposable lands. These lands are

further classified according to its use either for production or protection.

3.2.1. a. Alienable and Disposable Lands.

Of the total alienable and disposable lands, Sibalom has the widest

area with 12 percent share followed by San Remigio with 9 percent. Belison

has the smallest at 1.5 percent.

Based on the existing land use, all of these lands are utilized for

production purposes. About 50 percent or 67,084 hectares of the total A and

D lands are generally used for the cultivation and production of crops,

livestock and poultry, 0.38 percent or 412 hectares for fishponds, 48.20

percent or 64,238.50 hectares for pasture land/open grasslands and other

mixed and miscellaneous uses comprise and the remaining 1.36 percent or

1,830 hectares is utilized for other uses such as built up.

Protection lands within A and D are for conservation, rehabilitation,

sustainable utilization and management. It is not restricted for cultivation and

production or other development but has to observe allowable extent of

development/utilization like areas prone to natural hazards termed as

environmentally critical areas. Likewise, for agricultural lands within A and D,

protection is on the aspect of not allowing the reclassification and conversion

of prime agricultural land to non-agricultural uses This includes areas which


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are declared as Network of Protected Areas for Agricultural and Agro-

Industrial Development (NPAAAD) pursuant to RA 8435.

3.2.1.b. Forest lands

Forestlands are those lands with slope 18 percent and above either

classified as public forest, permanent forest, forest reserves and forest

reservations. These are further categorized into production forest or

protection forest. Among the municipalities, Valderrama has the largest area

of forestlands while Tobias Fornier has the least. On the other hand, San

Jose and Belison have no forest areas.

A large percentage of forestlands are classified as protection forests

covering 59.29 percent or 70,338.52 hectares. A little more than 50 percent

(50.31 percent) of the total forestlands are vegetated with an area of

60,861.50 hectares. The municipalities of Culasi, San Remigio and Valderrama

registered the highest vegetative cover with an area of 13,005 hectares,

8637.50 hectares and 6,350 hectares respectively.

The remaining 40.71 percent or 48,296.48 hectares are classified as

production forests either tenured (with tenurial instruments e.g. Certificate of

Stewardship Agreement (CSC), Community-Based Forest Management

Agreement (CBFM) , Co-Management Agreement) or untenured. The largest

area is utilized for agro-forestry which shares 73.17 percent or 36,112.47

hectares. Others are shrubs/wooded grasslands and other cultivated areas.

The Municipality of Culasi registered the widest area of production forests

followed by Remigio and Valderrama.


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Table 6

Land Classification, Antique, by Municipality

Municipality Alienable and

Disposable (ha) Forest Land (ha) Area (ha)

Anini-y 4,658.50 292 4,950.50 Barbaza 4,660 8,519 13,179 Belison 2,850 - 2,850

Bugasong 10,650 9,624 20,274 Caluya 9,769 2,846 12,615 Culasi 3,948.50 14,829 18,778 Hamtic 11,780 2,180 13,960 Laua-an 5,593 3,845 9,438 Libertad 3,442 5,436 8,878 Pandan 6,839 6,861 13,700

Patnongon 7,591 5,019 12,610 San Jose 3,942 - 3,942

San Remigio 9,991 16,499 26,490 Sebaste 4,822 6,146 10,968 Sibalom 17,471 7,199 24,670 Tibiao 8,818 7,040 15,858

Tobias Fornier 9,607.50 92 9,699.50 Valderrama 7,133.50 22,206.5 29,340

TOTAL 133,566 118,634 252,200 Source: Land Evaluation Party, Forest Management Service, DENR VI


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3.2.2. Land Suitability

Given its physical setup, a large area of the province is suited for trees

and vine crops. No specific area has been identified for pastures. However,

lands cultivated with annual crops or perennial trees can be associated with

pasturelands.

Likewise, assessment of the existing land uses shows that there are

areas cultivated with annual crops that have the potential to be reached by

irrigation or suited for irrigated rice. This becomes a development opportunity

for irrigated rice once expansion of irrigation project will be implemented by

the National Irrigation Administration.

Portion of areas suited for trees and vine were cultivated with annual

crops. These become over-used lands and would later result in the

downgrading of the fertility level of the said land. This resource use conflict is

maybe brought about by the increasing economic demand of the growing

population specifically in the uplands. Occurrence of erosion and floods is

aggravated by these situations in the area.

Areas with sustainable use or those existing land uses that conforms to

its suitability are mostly irrigated lands and those which are under the

program of the DENR and the devolved environmental programs undertaken

by ENRO of the Provincial Government. There are portions of cultivated

annual crops found to be sustainable particularly those located within 0-8

percent slope.


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Meanwhile, Sibalom has the highest land area suitable for irrigated rice

or fishponds covering 3,063 hectares followed by Bugasong with 2,070

hectares, San Jose with 1,870 hectares and the lowest is Anini-y with only 40

hectares. Likewise, Sibalom has still the highest land area suitable for

cultivated annual crops with 7,740 hectares followed by Patnogon with 3,727

hectares, Valderrama with 2,700 hectares and the lowest is Sebaste with only

260 hectares. Likewise, the municipality with the highest land area suited for

perennial trees and vine crops is Valderrama with 25,733 hectares and the

lowest is San Jose with only 503 hectares.


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Table 7 Land Suitability, Antique, by Municipality

Stv Municipality

Scc (ha)

Sr (ha) A&D Forestland

Total Area of Sustainable Land Use

Anini-y 1,220 40 3,440 147 4,847

Barbaza 1,360 813 4,285 7,270 13,728

Belison 580 706 83 486 1,855

Bugasong 2,476 2,070 6,420 7,397 18,363

Caluya

Culasi 790 1,370 1,792 11,275 15,227

Hamtic 2,275 997 7,297 488 11,057

Laua-an 2,080 420 2,690 12,109 17,299

Libertad 370 150 955 5,355 6,830

Pandan 1,030 903 970 6,387 9,290

Patnongon 3,727 360 4,969 5,109 14,165

San Jose 1,092 1,780 503 - 3,375 San Remigio 2,173 427 5,207 16,172 23,979

Sebaste 260 642 2,508 6,104 9,514

Sibalom 7,740 3,063 8,447 3,430 22,680

Tibiao 1,150 900 2,100 9,504 13,654

Tobias 1,610 950 6,212 - 8,772

Valderrama 2,700 347 3,525 22,208 27,880 Source: Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA)

Sr-Suited for irrigated rice or fishponds Scc-Suited for cultivated annual crops Stv-Suitable for perennial tree and vine crops


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3.2.3 Protection Areas

a. National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS)

The province has two watersheds and two natural parks proclaimed as

NIPAS areas covering a total of 21,161.76 hectares.

The Mau-it Tipuluan Watershed Reservation in Sibalom and Dalanas

Forest Reservation covers an area of 7,737 and 8,558 hectares, respectively.

The Sibalom Natural Park, which forms part of the Mau-it Tipuluan Watershed

Reservation pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 282 on April 23, 2000,

has an area of 5,511.47 hectares. The other natural park is the Northwest

Panay Peninsula with an area of 12,009 hectares of which 7,009 hectares is

located in the Municipalities of Pandan and Libertad in Antique and three

municipalities in the Province of Aklan under Presidential Proclamation No.

186 dated April 25, 2002.

b. Non- NIPAS

The province recorded a total of 53,407.23 hectares of Non-NIPAS.

This includes mangrove forest, areas with closed and open forest formations

in the proposed Central Panay Mountain Ranges, bufferstrips, public

easements, wooded and natural grasslands and other forest areas with slope

greater than 50% and elevation of more than 1000 meters above sea level.

The mangrove forest registered a total of 425 hectares located in the

municipality of Caluya. T here are also patches of natural mangrove stands in

the municipalities of Anini-y, Hamtic, Barabaza, Tibiao, Culasi, Sebaste,

Pandan and Libertad that are still subject to validation and mapping. PD 1067

or Water Code of the Philippines provides that banks of rivers and streams


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should have buffer strips. Twenty meters in agricultural and forty meters in

forest areas should be protected as buffer strips referred to as Waterways

Protection Zone with a total area of 919 hectares. The law provides that

these areas shall be protected with no settlements as much as possible.

c. Areas prone to natural hazards (typhoon, tsunami, volcanic, severe

flooding, active fault lines, coastal zones)

1. Flood Prone Areas

Flood-prone areas include the influence areas of the seven major rivers

namely: Paliwan, Cangaranan, Dalanas, Bacong, Cairawan, Tibiao and

Sibalom rivers. These areas have been the subject of seasonal destructive

flash flooding which caused substantial damage to agricultural land and crops,

infrastructure, dwelling and occasional loss of lives. The primary factors

which contribute to the occurrence of these hazards are the denudation of the

forest cover in the upper watershed areas and river tributaries. These

contribute to the heavy siltation resulting in the incapability of the river

waterways to handle heavy flash flood water flow from the rain catchment

areas.

Based on the MGB study conducted in 2008 covering all municipalities

except Caluya, all municipalities are susceptible to floods. Sibalom has the

highest number of barangays (48 barangays) susceptible to this natural

hazard and Belison has the least with 9 barangays.


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2. Areas prone to seismic hazards

Earthquake prone areas are usually those areas along tectonic plate

margins and active faults. Antique is affected by the existing active northern

and southern Panay east fault that traverses the whole stretch of the

province’s mountain range aside from the collision zone between Negros

trench and Mindoro trench along the Cuyo East Pass.

As of 2008, ten municipalities are affected by these fault lines. These

are Anini-y, Tobias Fornier, Hamtic, Sibalom, San Remigio, Patnongon,

Valderrama, Laua-an, Barbaza and Culasi. Tobias Fornier is the most prone

while the municipalities of Anini-y, Culasi and Barbaza are the least affected.

3. Landslide Areas

Associated landslides are very common that increase the risk

particularly to those people living in the hinterlands. Landslides are triggered

by combination of earthquakes and steep slopes. The 2008 study of MGB

showed that all municipalities are landslide prone areas. The municipality of

Tobias Fornier ranks number one in terms of number of landslide-prone

barangays with 37 barangays while Belison ranks lowest at two barangays.

4. Other Environmentally Constrained Areas

A. Severely Eroded Areas

Severely eroded areas or those prone to severe erosion are primarily

located in places where there are abrupt changes in elevation like in

mountainous areas particularly those that are denuded with forest cover. The

whole range of the mountainous areas of Antique fronting the coast are prone


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to severe erosion. As per record of the Bureau of Soils and Water

Management, about 146,514 hectares or 58.09 percent of the total land area

of the province is expecting various forms of erosion of which 39.12 percent

or 98,664 hectares are severely eroded.

5. Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones (SAFDZ)

As reported by NIA, potential irrigable area totaled to 20,884 hectares,

of which 15,311 hectares are already served by irrigation facilities with the

remaining 5,573 hectares yet to be served by irrigation. These areas are

strictly not for conversion as provided in Administrative Order No. 20 Series of

1992 in order to keep and preserve the highly suitable agricultural lands for

the long term food security of the nation.


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Table 8 Protection Areas, Antique, by Municipality

Municipality

National Integrated Protection

Areas (NIPAS)

Non-NIPAS

National Protected Agricultural Areas

(NPAA) Irrigated/Irrigable

Areas

Total

1.Anini-y 2.Barbaza 3.Belison 4.Bugasong 5.Caluya 6.CulasiI 7.Hamtic 8.Laua-an 9.Libertad 10.Pandan 11.Patnongon 12.San Jose 13.San Remigio 14.Sebaste 15.Sibalom 16.Tibiao 17. T. Fornier 18.Valderrama TOTAL

-

5,752 - - - - - -

4,186 2,906

- - - -

5,511.47 2,806

- -

21,161.47

-

1,698.24 -

7.984.87 1,375

13,438.48 530.31

1,283.35

673.32 146.98

8,192.92 2,021.04 1,362.53 3,087.31

- 14,331.54

48,141.02

456

1,198 551

1,625 286

2,024 1,308 1,001

350 1,232

996 1,448 1,084

747 3,766 1,510

591 711

20,884.00

456

8,648.24 551

9,609.87 1,661

13,438.48 1,838

2,284.35 4,536

4,811.32 1,142.98

1,448 9,276.92 2,768.04

10,640 7,403.31

591 15,042.54

95,556.05

Source: Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)


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4.1.3 Highest Level of Concentration

Antique concentrated in Agriculture especially in palay production and

exports either palay or rice to other provinces within and outside the region.

Tons of rice are exported to Palawan, Negros Occidental and other adjacent

places. The province is suited for palay production because of its vast

agricultural land and the presence of the seven major rivers as the source of

irrigation. Farmers in the uplands are adopting the Sloping Agricultural Land

Technology (SALT) in cultivating their lands to preserve and maintain their

upland areas. The non-irrigated areas are likewise planted with sugarcane

and other cash crops.

Aside from rice, Antique also exports muscovado sugar to Metro Manila

and other neighboring provinces.

The presence of seaport in Lipata, Culasi, the better external linkage to

other provinces, the high technology communication facilities and the Roll-On-

Roll-Off (RORO) facilities boast the agriculture because they provide easy

market of products to other regions. Other factors that complement

agriculture are functional irrigation facilities, pre and post harvest facilities,

farm-to-market roads, and financial institutions like banks and cooperatives.

Constraints in agriculture are inadequate irrigation facilities, inadequate

pre and post harvest facilities, high cost of agricultural inputs, low price of

palay during harvest time, inadequate farm-to-market roads and bad

condition of barangay roads especially during rainy season.


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The following are the priority infrastructure requirements of agriculture

industry to increase efficiency, production and market share: 1) improve

provincial external and internal linkage, 2) provide production and marketing

assistance, 3) provide more pre and post harvest facilities, construct more

irrigation facilities, repair the irrigation system damaged

by typhoon Frank and improve internal and inter-provincial transportation

security.

4.2 Potentials for Local Economic Growth

Agriculture has high potentials for contributing to local economic

growth of Antique due to wide tract of agricultural land, abundant supply of

water (seven major rivers), available market of palay and rice, and presence

of farmer organization willing to adopt new farming technologies.. Palay is

produced three times a year in the irrigated areas and once a year in the non-

irrigated areas. After palay harvest these areas are also planted to other

crops like vegetables, corn, peanuts, and legumes.

Sugarcane is also planted in non-irrigated areas. Since 1960s the

province has been recognized as the industry leader where it produced

majority (70%) of the country’s total production but due to problems like

limited assistance and investment on industry development, it became weak.

Low profitability led to conversion of sugar fields into rice areas and closure of

mills. Later, the Provincial Government and the municipalities of Laua-an and

Patnongon considered the muscovado industry as their focus under the OTOP

Program.


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4.2.1 Economic Base Industries

Every province in Region VI has a location quotient (LQ) substantially

higher than one in some industries. This means that these provinces are

providing more than their local requirements and are engaged in exports.

Antique is producing palay more than its local requirements and it is

exporting palay or rice to other provinces and regions.

Iloilo’s location quotient that is higher than one are 1) wholesale and

retail industry, 2) manufacturing industry, 3) transportation, storage and

communication services, 4) mining and quarrying industry, 5) construction

industry, and 6) not defined business or industry.

Aklan is exporting in the following areas: 1) wholesale and retail, 2)

manufacturing, 3) community, recreational and personal services, 4) other

service, and 5) not define. Capiz exports on the following industries 1)

agriculture, 2) community, recreational and personal services, 3)

transportation, storage and communication services, and 4) other service.

The province of Negros Occidental is exporting products in: 1)

agriculture, 2) community, recreational and personal services, and 3) other

services.

Guimaras exports products from wholesale and retail, other service,

and not define.


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Table 15 Location Quotient: Total Family Income (%) by Household Head, by Kind of Business/Industry, 2000

KIND OF BUSINESS/INDUSTRY

PROVINCE

AGRICUL- TURE

MANU- FACTU- RING

TRANS- PORTA- TION,

STORAGE & COMMU-NICATION SERVICES

MINING & QUAR- RYING

CONS- TRUC- TION

WHOLE- SALE

& RETAIL

COMMU- NITY,

RECREA- TIONAL

& PERSO-

NAL SER- VICES

OTHER SERVICE INDUS- TRIES

NOT DEFINED

Aklan 0.87 1.28 0.87 0.00 0.65 1.14 1.30 1.01 1.02

Antique 1.26 0.22 0.44 0.00 0.00 0.99 0.29 0.74 1.36

Capiz 1.17 0.59 1.61 0.00 0.00 0.67 1.04 1.07 0.85

Guimaras 0.47 0.47 0.98 0.00 0.97 1.49 0.00 1.16 1.11

Iloilo 0.65 1.28 1.24 2.02 1.78 1.18 0.90 0.96 1.19

Negros Occidental 1.28 0.97 0.75 0.74 0.79 0.87 1.21 1.06 0.78


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4.2.2 Local Employment Growth

Palay production generates local employment. Other agricultural crops

that provide local employment are sugarcane, corn, vegetables, legumes,

fishery, poultry and livestock and seaweeds. Tourism and cottage industry

contribute to local employment.

Palay

The province has a total land area of 2,729 km2 of which 16 percent is

devoted to palay production. This attributes to the palay physical land area of

16.97 km2 comprising 189.50 km2 irrigated and 228.14 km2 rainfed/upland

with 31,265 farmers, holding an average of 0.9 hectares per farmer.

In 2007, a total of 44,907 metric tons equivalent to 898,140 bags of 50

kg clean rice was recorded based on the overall palay gross production of

243,177 metric ton harvested from 7,287.20 km2, with an average production

of 3.34 metric tons per hectare across all ecosystems. The average cropping

intensity is 1.75 per year and the milling recovery of palay is 65 percent.

In terms of palay production, Antique ranks number four among the

provinces in the region and number 23 among other provinces in the country.

The province of Iloilo ranks number one and the last is Guimaras. Antique has

a rice sufficiency level of 178 percent and ranks the highest in Western

Visayas.

Sibalom is the number one palay producing municipality in the

province. It is considered the rice granary of Antique with the total

production of 42, 984 MT having a value of production of Php466 Million and

generated an employment of 12,562. The municipalities of Culasi, Bugasong

and Patnongon have the production of not less than 20,000 metric tons each,


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with the value of production of not less than Php 223,000,000 having an

employment of not less than 5,750 each.

The strengths of palay production in the province include: 1) presence

of communication facilities and nautical highway (RORO) facilities that

contribute easy access of palay produce to market, 2) subsidy program of

government and private sector on the skills training of farmers, 3) vast area

of agricultural land suited for palay production, 4) presence of irrigation

facilities, 5) available source of irrigation water coming from the seven major

rivers.

Although Antique is the highest in rice sufficiency level in the region,

still it suffers from the following weaknesses: 1) high cost of farm inputs, 2)

post harvest losses due to lack of post harvest facilities,3) insufficient supply

of quality seeds, 4) weak delivery of extension system, 5) low cost of palay

especially during harvest time because the traders control the purchasing

price of palay.

The following are the threats that hinder the development of palay

production in the province: 1) stringent requirements of government financial

institution for capital assistance, 2) limited funds for the construction, repair

and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities, 3) climate change and force majeure,

4) decreasing area for palay production due to land conversion, 5) weak

implementation of Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA), 6) vast

areas along river banks planted to palay and other crops destroyed by flood

every year.

Some opportunities that will improve palay production: 1) credit

assistance of lending institutions at low interest rate,2) enough funding the

construction, repair and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities, pre and post

harvest facilities and other infrastructure support facilities.


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Muscovado

Antique is strategically positioned as the growth center of muscovado

sugar industry. During the 18th century Antique has a surplus and exported

muscovado sugar when it was recognized as the industry leader producing

majority (70 percent) of the country’s total production.

On the later years muscovado sugar industry became weak due to

limited assistance and investments focusing on this industry.

From then on, muscovado’s quality suffered that hindered its chances

of entering the mainstream of market. Its pronounced image as “poor man’s

sugar believed to be of inferior quality than that of refined sugar, put off high

end markets and consumers from buying the product.

Low profitability led to conversion of sugar fields into rice areas and

closure of mills. The number of mills has gone down; farm productivity

remained low and even lower than the national average productivity for

sugarcane.

The resurgence of muscovado industry shines bright with the growth

of organic and natural products market. Market indicators show that

increasing demand outstrips supply, and growth is escalating at a fast phasing

rate of 25% every year, faster than any traditional crop.

Recognizing the importance of the muscovado sugar industry in the

province, the local government of Antique has recently taken a firm stand to

reclaim its position as the industry leader. The municipalities of Laua-an and

Patnongon considered muscovado as their focus under the One Town One

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Increasing farm production and productivity, mill improvements and

modernization, enhancing markets and trading relations emerged as major

areas of interventions as a result of the Muscovado Sugar Industry

Assessment Study undertaken jointly by PDAP, the Provincial Government of

Antique and the national government agencies. This is to make Antique

muscovado sugar industry competitive and profitable.

Sugarcane Areas and farm Sizes

In the whole country, Antique has the most number of sugarcane

cultivators with 1,160 farmers (40 percent), followed by Negros Occidental

with 500 farmers (18 percent), Tarlac with 399 (14 percent), Pangasinan with

335 farmers (12 percent) and Sultan Kudarat with 299 farmers (8 percent).

The remaining eight percent are distributed among the provinces of Abra,

Batangas, Bukidnon, Davao del Norte and North Cotabato.

Although Antique has the most number of farmers, but has limited

area for sugarcane and the area of farm plots are small. Majority or 70

percent of its sugarcane farmers have below a hectare, with land area

ranging from 0.38 – 0.80 hectare. The actual number of farmers with less

than a hectare is 1,961. Sultan Kudarat, North Cotabato and Negros

Occidental had an average landholding of over a hectare. This accounts for

thirty percent (30 percent) of the number of muscovado sugar or 839

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Farmers Income

Income level is largely dependent on productivity levels cost of

production and tenurial arrangements.

With low productivity at 40 ton-cane per hectare under the tenancy

arrangement, farmer’s net income averages from Php 10,530 per hectare

(PDAP, 2005). Since sugarcane production is an annual crop, a typical farmer

in Antique, with an average landholding of 0.6 hectare, is estimated to be

earning Php 6,318 per year. This is very small compared to the national

average household income of Php148,616, and that of Region VI at

Php112,593 (NSCB, 2005).

Marketing Channels and Marketing Outlets

Ninety percent (90%) of the millers and farmers sell their produce in

the local markets and local traders while the remaining is sold to other

provinces in Region VI and in Metro Manila.

The total demand is 1,185.96 metric tons annually or 118.83 metric

tons per month. With 149 mills in Antique, the aggregate capacity of about

586 metric tons (under optimum level) could readily serve the market given

that staple supply of raw materials and product safety and quality are

assured. According to PDAP study in 2007, the prevailing price in Iloilo is

62.50 per kilogram.

Market Share

In the 1960s, 70 percent of the country’s muscovado came from

Antique, however in the succeeding years it declined until it dropped up to

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Credit Assistance

In 2000 – 2001 the provincial government extended loan assistance to

11 producer-millers for the upgrading of their sugar mills to produce sediment

free sugar that caused higher demand.

In 2007, PDAP through the Promoting Rural Industries and Market

Enhancement (PRIME) program provided loan to qualified local market

consolidators for the procurement and consolidation of muscovado from small

farmers and millers in the area.

Ethanol as the bi-product of muscovado sugar processing that can be

processed again into a bio gas. This is one of the potential industries that the

province should look into.

Fishery

Fishing is the major source of livelihood of the households in the 15

coastal municipalities. The rich fishing grounds of the Cuyo East Pass, Sulu

Sea and the vast municipal waters along the coastline that is around 296.80

kilometers makes fishing a promising venture. The fishing season is whole

year round and peaks during December to June. A total of 17,437 households

are directly dependent and 39,055 households are indirectly dependent on

fishing.

The presence of financial institutions, five ice plants and cold storage,

three fishing ports and 20 landing centers, 25 markets and fish processors are

the factors that boast fishing in the province.


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In 2005, the province ranked third among the provinces in the region

and number 18 in the whole country in terms of fishery production for

aquaculture, commercial and municipal fishing.

There was a decrease in production in 2006 by 1.70 percent and

increase in 2007 by 8.63 percent. The decrease was caused by unfavorable

climatic condition and the increase was attributed to increase in area and

harvest for seaweeds.

The top five municipalities for municipal fisheries annual fish

production for 2007 with the production of not less than 2,149 metric tons are

Patnongon, Barbaza, Tibiao, Culasi and Anini-y.

The support facilities that boast the fishery production are good

condition of the arterial route going to Aklan and Iloilo, the Lipata Port in

Culasi and the San Jose Port in San Jose. The estuary port in Malandog River

in the municipality of Hamtic serves as the hiding place of boats during bad

weather/typhoon but can only accommodate limited number of fishing

vessels. The post harvest facilities that prolong the shelf life of fish and fish

products are the mini ice plant in Patnongon, large scale ice plant and cold

storage in Semirara, Caluya, large ice plant in Maybato Sur, San Jose and cold

storage facility in San Jose Tradetown, San Jose.

Antique’s strengths for fishing includes 1) existence of 3,205 aqua farm

operators; 646 fishpond operators and 2,559 seaweeds operators, 2)

presence of landing area in 14 coastal municipalities, 3) available market

outlet of fish products in the municipal market and in some barangays with

talipapa, 4) presence of fishing port in Lipata, Culasi and Caluya and fish

landing area in Malandog River, 5) established 29 marine sanctuaries, 6) wide

range of rich fishing grounds, 7) organized fisher folks, cooperatives,


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Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (MFARMC’s),

Barangay Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (BFARMC’s)

and local government unit (LGU) alliances, 8) functional bantay dagat, 9)

presence of municipal fishery ordinances, 10) strong technical and financial

support of LGU for fishery sector, 11) large volume of fish catch during peak

season,. 12) high demands of fishery products like tilapia, milkfish and

seaweeds. 13) available fishery technology, and 14)good transportation and

communication facilities.

The weaknesses of fishing industry include: 1) inadequate storage

facilities, 2) inadequate post harvest facilities, 3) unsustained supply of fish

for processing due to seasonality of fish catch, 4) lack of political will by some

LGUs in the implementation of fishery laws and ordinances, 5) deputization of

bantay dagat/fish warden is co-terminus with the term of the chief

executives, 6) lack of legal support to apprehending officers, 7) no regular

PNP/MARITIME personnel designated for fishery law enforcement, an 8)

overfishing.

The threats are: 1) natural calamities, 2) high cost of inputs, 3)

encroachment of commercial fishing vessels in the municipal waters (within

10 kms from the shoreline), 4) destructive fishing practices, 5) habitat

destruction (mangroves, coral reefs, marine sanctuaries).

High demand of fishery products like tuna and tuna like species,

grouper, (blue marlin) and seaweeds in the external market as well as the

opening of RORO facility in Culasi, Antique are considered the fishery

opportunities.


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Fishery production improves the provincial economy by increasing

household income and revenues of LGUs, provides job opportunities for fisher

folks. Starting 2005-2007, total yearly jobs generated from municipal fishing

were 14,305, 17,283 and 17,173 respectively. The job in fishing by mothers

and children is buying and selling of fish while the father goes off shore for

fishing.

The primary market of fish products are Iloilo and Metro Manila while

the secondary market is barangay satellite markets. San Jose Trade Town is

the main market outlet in the central and southern towns of the province.

The total income of the province from fishery for 2007 is Php

3,700,488.00 wherein Php 3,682,800.00 is derived from marine fishing while

Php 18,690,698.00 is from aquaculture. The municipality of San Jose is

highest in terms of income from this industry in the amount of Php

2,805,904,000.00. It is followed by Culasi and Tibiao having an income of

Php 199,536,000.00 and 180,722,610.00 respectively.

Micro-Cottage Weavers

Currently, a total of 855 families are engaged in

buri/bariw/nito/abaca/pina/handloom weaving and bamboo craft making in 10

municipalities assisted by the Antique Development Foundation (ADF), Inc.

Most of the weavers who are members of the cooperatives come from the

municipalities of Pandan, Libertad, Tobias Fornier and Anini-y. Bugasong is

noted for its handloom weaving the “Bagtason Patadyong” with 65 skilled

women weavers. Sibalom has a group of gift item makers made of gemstone.

San Jose, Patnongon, Barbaza, Tobias Fornier and Sibalom are noted for

bamboo craft, and wood/furniture making.


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The local factors that enhance the competiveness of the handicraft are

1) availability of skilled and adaptable human resources, 2) access to

technologies on which products and processes are based, 3) strong support of

LGU’s to the One Town One Product (OTOP) Program, 4) active and

supportive Non Government Organizations (NGO’s) to industry development,

and 5) abundant supply of raw materials in the locality.

The industry contributes to the local employment generation that

includes the following: 1) handloom weaving – 47 weavers, 2) buri handicraft

– 30 handicraft weavers for hats, gift bags and placemats, 3) 238 bariw

weavers for mats, bags and gift items.

Local Government Units (LGU’s) and NGO’s provide technical and

financial assistance to the producers. National Government Agencies (NGA’s)

(DTI, DA, DAR), The Provincial Government, Antique Development

Foundation, TRIAS and Insol Development Foundation also collaborate to

respond to the technology and technical support to the industry. Continuous

marketing support is extended to the producers by the LGU’s, NGA’s, NGO’s.

There is a decrease in sales of the products due to the reduction in the

number of buyers and the lack of demand in the domestic market.

Tourism

Tourism services contribute to the local economy of Antique. The

province has many tourist attractions, activities, points of interest, facilities

and services to offer. There are tourism areas that are developing and many

are still to be developed. Tourists from Iloilo going to Baracay can pass by

Antique’s tourism areas. The whole stretch of coastal areas in Antique is

suited for scuba diving. Starting from the southern town of Antique tourists


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can drop by Sira-an Hot Spring – claimed to be a medical spring. The next

destination is the capital town San Jose de Buenavista passing by Malandog

Marker, where the first Malayan Settlement happened. Tourism amenities like

restaurant, shopping malls, pasalubong centers, accommodation facilities and

beach resorts are present. We can find Rafflesia in Sibalom National Park.

Rafflesia is the biggest flower in the world. In the municipalities of

Patnongon and Laua-an we can find the traditional mucovado mills, where we

can enjoy looking how the muscovado sugar is being processed. Muscovado

sugar bi-products are also available. Laua-an is noted for its biggest and

longest butong-butong . Tibiao has the Bugtong Bato Falls and the Fish SPA.

We can see the Mount Madia-as in Culasi – the Mount Olympus of Antique.

Sebaste has the Igpasungaw Falls, the Sebaste Inland Resort and the most

visited Saint Blaise Church – where devotees of St. Blaise go on a pilgrimage

every year during the annual fiesta. St. Blaise miracles happened in this

church. Pandan has Malumpati Health Spring, Bugang River – declared as the

cleanest body of water in the whole country, where rafting and river boating

can be experienced. This is the most developed tourism area with functional

tour package. Libertad is famous for its bariw mat and bags weaving. Then

the tourist can now go to Boracay after dropping by in these tourism areas.

Employment and Income

The industry can provide jobs through employment in the malls,

restaurants, resorts and other accommodation facilities. Organized

communities in some tourism areas are managing their tourism industry with

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Based on random sampling of 70 tourism related facilities in the

province (resorts, inns, lodges, restaurants, shops) there was an average of

five persons (employees and owners) in the operation of these facilities. This

means that 350 persons were employed in these facilities only.

The average expenditure of a tourist per day was P2,918. In 2006

there were 43,480 tourists who visited Antique. This means that the province

has generated a gross income of Php 126,874,640.

OTHER POTENTIAL INDUSTRIES:

Gemstones Processing

Antique has plenty of gemstones in the municipalities of Sibalom and

San Remigio. Boulder of gemstones can be seen in the rivers of these two

municipalities. Gemstone processors were organized by the local government

units through the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office,

Department of Science and Technology, and Department of Trade and

Industry. Their assistance includes the provision of processing machine, skills

training and product marketing. The finished products are gemstone tiles,

rosary beads, cabochon and other souvenir items. The industry can generate

employment of the people living in these two municipalities. The problems

encountered by the processors are: 1) they were not able to sustain the

project because of limited management skills and low educational attainment

and 2) lack of working capital.


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Fish Canning

Fish canning is a good venture for the province to look into. Fish

production in the province is seasonal. During peak season the supply of fish

is very high that resulted to very low price of fish. The industry can provide

employment for canning factory workers.

Twenty five years ago there was an investor who invested in fish

canning but it did not prosper due the following reasons: 1) the canning raw

materials are ordered from Manila or Cebu and it incurred bigger expense in

reaching the province, 2) the power price in the province is very high. During

that year the Antique School of Fisheries (now Polytechnic State College of

Antique, Tibiao Campus) went into fish canning and the same problems were

encountered. Due to these factors the price of canned fish in the province is

higher compared to those coming from Metro Manila or Cebu.

The implementation of Villasiga Hydro Power Project can provide

cheaper power rates that can motivate investors to invest in the province.

Silica, Marble and Calcium Carbonate Quarrying

Marble and Calcium Carbonate are the mineral resources found in the

municipalities of Pandan and Libertad. Quarrying of these deposits is on-

going but on a small scale basis. There are big investors willing to invest

marble quarry and calcium carbonate on a large scale basis but many

environmentalists and some barangays opposed. Studies conducted showed

that marble quarrying will last for more than 100 years and it is of high grade

quality. Quarrying of these mineral deposits can generate employment in the

province.


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4.3 Local Factors

Physical Resources

Antique has a vast agricultural lands, 28 percent of its total land area is

classified as lowland for crops production. Sixteen percent of the lowland

areas are devoted to palay production and the rest is planted with muscovado

sugar, vegetables and other high value crops. The seven major rivers are the

source of irrigation water. Raw materials for buri/bariw weaving, bamboo

craft, furniture making, and gemstone are abundant in the locality. The

seawaters of Antique are considered rich fishing ground. Mineral deposits are

available.

Human Resources

Majority of the households in the lowland and coastal areas are

farmers and fishermen. There are skilled and adaptable human resources for

the cottage industry. Agricultural technicians are available to technically assist

the farmers and fishermen. There are available skilled sugarcane farmers and

mucovado sugar processor. Tourists guide in some tourism areas are already

trained. Some gemstone processors were already but they need skills

upgrading.

Knowledge Resources

Internet cafés are available in some municipalities. All banks are

offering on-line services. Telephone services like ISLACOM and PLDT in the

southern and PANTELCO in the northern part of the province as well as

telecommunications facilities like GLOBE, SMART and SUNCELLULAR provide

local and international communication access. The tertiary schools like Saint


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Anthony,s College and the Polytechnic State College of Antique (PSCA) offer

academic and vocational courses. PSCA-Hamtic Campus offers courses related

to agriculture and the PSCA-Tibiao Campus offers courses related to fisheries.

The technical/vocational schools namely: Advance Central College, STI,

Computer College in the Visayas and TESDA Training Centers offer courses

like information technology, computer hardware and servicing, programming,

commercial cooking, food and beverage, barista, health care and caregiving,

dressmaking, welding, electricity and automotive.

Infrastructure

Antique is linked by paved/asphalt arterial road going to the province

of Iloilo passing southern route and to the province of Aklan in the northern

route. Almost all bridges along the arterial road are concreted and widened

into two lanes. The RORO buses going to Manila via Caticlan provide access

to businessmen, and commuters in going to Manila via Caticlan. The flight of

commercial planes at the EBJ airport stopped but there is a need to resume it

as soon as possible. There is a need to fast tract the implementation of the

Villasiga Hydro Power Plant to have a cheaper and reliable power supply to

attract investors.

Internal linkages need improvement. The farm-to-market roads

connecting the barangays to poblacion including bridges along these roads

should be improved to provide better access in bringing products to the

market and to motivate farmers to produce more.


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4. ECONOMY

4.1 Economic Structure

Antique is an agricultural province that produces crops like palay,

sugarcane, corn, legumes, vegetables and other cash crops. The province

focuses more on palay production because of its vast irrigable lands and

available source of irrigation water. Its production likewise supports the rice

self-sufficiency program of the government.

Antique also supports and adopts the One-Town-One Product (OTOP)

Concept of the government that aims to promote and create jobs for

Antiqueňos. This strategy assists the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises

(MSMEs) to manufacture, offer and market distinctive products or services

through the use of indigenous raw materials and local skills and talents. As a

recipient of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) assistance in the

formulation of a Harmonized Small and Medium Enterprise Development Plan

for Western Visayas, the “blue print” document will pave Antique’s take off for

forward economic growth.

The economic structures of the province as regards to production,

income and employment, agriculture and other service industries have a

dominant share towards economic growth.

4.1.1External Context of Local Economy

The total family income by household head by kind of

business/industry of Antique is P8,381 Million, lower compared to the

regional data that is P 114,428 Million and ranked fourth compared to the


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provinces in the region. Negros Occidental has the highest share of P43,

604.17 Million while Guimaras is the lowest that is only P2, 086.98 Million.

The larger share of Antique’s income came from not defined services

or industries, other services and agriculture.

Over-all, Antique accounts for 7.32 percent of the economy of Western

Visayas Region. Negross Occidental accounts the biggest share of 38.11

percent while Guimaras accounts for the smallest share of 1.82 percent.

Antique’s share from the total regional family income by household

head, by business/industry is 7.32 percent. Negros Occidental has the

highest share of 38.11 percent and the lowest is Guimaras of 1.82 percent.

Out of 7.32 percent Antique’s share in the total regional family income,

the biggest share comes from the not defined services or industries (2.79 %),

followed by other service industries (2.13 %) and agriculture (1.71 %).

In terms of specialization, only Antique got a high percentage

(38.13%) in the not defined business or industry and the rest of the provinces

in the region specializes in other service industries.


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Table 11 Total Family Income (PMillion ) by Household Head,

by Kind of Business/Industry, 2000 KIND OF BUSINESS/INDUSTRY, 2000

PROVINCE AGRICUL-

TURE

MANU- FACTU- RING

TRANS- PORTA- TION,


MINING &

QUAR- RYING

CONS- TRUC- TION

WHOLE- SALE

& RETAIL

COMMU- NITY,

RECREA- TIONAL

& PERSO- NAL SER-

VICES


NOT DEFINED TOTAL

AKLAN 1,336.50 155.11 181.1 _ 22.88 697.15 251.87 3,271.08 2,350.21 8,265.90

ANTIQUE 1,959.12 26.95 94.32 _ _ 614.04 57.66 2,432.98 3,196.19 8,381.26

CAPIZ 2,491.26 99.14 468.2 _ _ 574.94 279.43 4,856.99 2,719.22 11,489.18

GUIMARAS 182.85 14.25 51.83 _ 8.69 231.06 _ 950.73 647.57 2,086.98

ILOILO 4,894.56 759.43 1,276.66 26.73 309.85 3,563.46 852.17 15,375.35 13,542.68 40,600.89

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

10,284.99 622.2 822.81 10.53 148.23 2,811.34 1,239.92 18,135.43 9,528.72 43,604.17

REGION VI 21,149.28 1,677.08 2,894.92 37.26 498.65 8,491.99 2,681.05 489.65 31,984.59 114,428.38


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Table 12 Joint Probability: Shares of Family Income (%) by Household Head, by Kind of Business/Industry, 2000


PROVINCE

AGRICUL- TURE

MANU- FACTU- RING

TRANS- PORTA- TION,

STORAGE &

COMMU-NICATION SERVICES

MINING &

QUAR- RYING

CONS- TRUC- TION

WHOLE- SALE

& RETAIL

COMMU- NITY,

RECREA- TIONAL

& PERSO-

NAL SER-

VICES


NOT DEFINED TOTAL

AKLAN 1.17 0.14 0.16 0.00 0.02 .0.61 0.22 2.86 2.05 7.22

ANTIQUE 1.71 0.02 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.05 2.13 2.79 7.32

CAPIZ 2.18 0.09 0.41 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.24 4.24 2.38 10.04

GUIMARAS 0.16 0.01 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.20 0.00 0.83 0.57 1.82

ILOILO 4.28 0.66 1.12 0.02 0.27 3.11 0.74 13.44 11.84 35.48

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 8.99 0.54 0.72 0.01 0.13 2.46 1.08 15.85 8.33 38.11

REGION VI 18.48 1.46 2.53 0.03 0.43 7.42 2.34 39.35 27.95 100.00


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4.1.2 Industry Concentration and Specialization

Antique’s income is concentrated in agriculture that has a share of 9.26

percent of the total regional income in agriculture. It ranked fourth compared

to other provinces in the region. The highest share goes to Negros Occidental

(48.53%) and Guimaras has the lowest (0.86%).

In wholesale and retail, the province has only 7.23 percent and ranked

fifth among the provinces in the region. The highest is Iloilo (41.95 %) and

the lowest is Guimaras 2.72%).

Antique ranked fifth in manufacturing having 1.61 percent share, Iloilo

is the highest with 45.28 percent and Guimaras, is the lowest and has a share

of .85 percent.

In terms of community, recreational and personal services, the

province is the lowest having a share of 2.15 percent and the highest is

Negros Occidental (46.25%).

The province is still the lowest (3.26%), in transportation, storage and

communication services while the highest is Iloilo (44.10%).

In other service industries, Antique is in the fifth rank (5.40%), Negros

is in the first rank (40.28%) and the lowest is Guimaras (2.11%).

Antique ranked third in not defined services (9.99%), the highest is

Iloilo (42.34 %) and the lowest is Guimaras (2.02 %).


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Table 13 Concentration: Total Family Income (%) by Household Head, by Kind of Business/Industry, 2000


PROVINCE AGRICUL-

TURE

MANU- FACTU- RING

TRANS- PORTA- TION,


MINING & QUAR- RYING

CONS- TRUC- TION

WHOLE- SALE

& RETAIL

COMMU- NITY,

RECREA- TIONAL

& PERSO- NAL SER-

VICES


NOT DEFINED

AKLAN 6.32 9.25 6.26 0.00 4.67 8.21 9.39 7.27 7.35

ANTIQUE 9.26 1.61 3.26 0.00 0.00 7.23 2.15 5.40 9.99

CAPIZ 11.78 5.91 16.17 0.00 0.00 6.77 10.42 10.79 8.50

GUIMARAS 0.86 0.85 1.79 0.00 1.77 2.72 0.00 2.11 2.02

ILOILO 23.14 45.28 44.10 71.74 63.28 41.96 31.78 34.15 42.34

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 48.63 37.10 28.42 28.26 30.27 33.11 46.25 40.28 29.79

REGION VI 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00


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Table 14

Specialization: Total Family Income (%) by Household Head, by Kind of Business/Industry, 2000 KIND OF BUSINESS/INDUSTRY

PROVINCE

AGRICUL-

TURE

MANU- FACTU- RING

TRANS- PORTA- TION,

STORAGE &

COMMU-NICATION SERVICES

MINING &

QUAR- RYING

CONS- TRUC- TION

WHOLE- SALE

& RETAIL

COMMU- NITY,

RECREA- TIONAL

& PERSO-

NAL SER-

VICES


NOT DEFINED TOTAL

Aklan 16.17 1.88 2.19 0.00 0.28 8.43 3.05 39.57 28.42 100.00

Antique 23.38 0.32 1.13 0.00 0.00 7.33 0.69 29.03 38.13 100.00

Capiz 21.68 0.86 4.08 0.00 0.00 5.00 2.43 42.27 23.67 100.00

Guimaras 8.76 0.68 2.48 0.00 0.42 11.07 0.00 45.56 31.03 100.00

Iloilo 12.06 1.87 3.14 0.07 0.76 8.78 2.10 37.87 33.36 100.00

Negros Occidental 23.59 1.43 1.89 0.02 0.34 6.45 2.84 41.59 21.85 100.00


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Figure 3 a

Figure 3b Concentration

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

Aklan

Antique

Capiz

Guimaras

Iloilo

Negros Occidental

Wholesale & Retail :Share of Total Family Income, Region 6

Concentration

6.32

9.26

11.7 8

0.86

23.14

48. 63

A klan

Antique

Capiz

Gui mara s

Il oi lo

Ne gros Occi de ntal

A gr icultur e :Share of Total F amily Inc om e, Region 6


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Figure 3c Concentration

Figure 3d Concentration

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

A kl an

A ntique

Capiz

Gui maras

Il oilo

Community, Recreational & Personal Services :Share of Total Family Income, Region 6

0 5 10 15 2 0 25 30 35 40 45 5 0

Ak l an

A nt ique

Ca pi z

G uim ar as

Il o ilo

Ne gro s O cc identa l

M an ufac turin g :Sh are of Total Family In com e, Region 6


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Figure 3e Concentration

Figure 3f Concentration

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Aklan

A ntique

Capiz

Guimaras

Iloilo

Negros Occ idental

Transportation, Storage & Communication Services :Share of Total Family Income, Region 6

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

A klan

A ntique

Capiz

Guimaras

Iloilo

Negros Occ identa l

Other Service Industries: Share of Total Family Income, Region 6


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Capital (Financial Or Investment Resources)

Government and private banks, cooperatives, local government units

and other funding institutions are available to provide capital assistance to

farmers, fishermen and other project beneficiaries. There are two government

banks in the province, one semi-government bank and 8 commercial banks.

Every municipality has an existing and functional credit/multi-purpose

cooperative. Lending institutions are also available.

4.4 Summary

Concentration and Specialization

The province concentrated in agriculture especially palay production

and provide bigger contribution to the region in terms of production value,

employment and income.

Potential Industries

The potential industries in the province includes: 1) tourism industry,

2) Silica, Marble and Calcium Carbonate Quarrying, 4) Fish Processing and

Canning, and 5) Gemstone Processing


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5. Transportation, Access And Circulation

5.1. External Linkages

5.1.1 Description Of External Linkages Of The Province

Land

On the northern part, Antique is accessible by land through the Nabas

- Pandan National Road connecting to Province of Aklan and the major tourist

destination of Boracay. From Pandan to Caticlan the gateway to Boracay is

less than an hour ride.

At the southern part, Antique is accessible from the regional capital of

Iloilo City through Iloilo-Asluman national road. Travel from capital town of

San Jose to Iloilo City will take about two hours.

Except Aureliana and Patnongon Bridges almost all of the bridges along

the main arterial roads within the jurisdiction of DPWH-Antique Engineering

District have already been concreted and widened into two lanes.

Almost the whole stretch of the main arterial road from Iloilo City

going to Nabas, the 157.645 km road from Iloilo - Antique Boundary to

Antique - Aklan Boundary, is overlaid with asphalt and paved with concrete.

With the operation of RORO facilities at Caticlan Port in Aklan, as part of

Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH), the traffic to Caticlan and the

province has increased. The road is used as an alternate route by RORO

buses plying the Panay to Manila route from Iloilo and from the southern

municipalities of Iloilo in going to Boracay. At present, three bus companies

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the province: Ceres, Dimple Star and Gasat Bus Liners with buses servicing

the Antique - Manila route and vice versa.

The Iloilo-Antique-Aklan arterial road which connect the Province of

Iloilo to Aklan through Antique provide access to goods and services.

During rainy season, the Hamtic-Tiolas National Road connecting the

Province of Iloilo and Antique become impassable due to landslides, slips and

subsidence. As an alternate route, travelers pass through the Junction

Guinsang-an - V. Jimenez - T. Fornier - Anini-y - Tiolas Coastal Road.

Air

The province has two existing airports. One is located in San Jose, the

Evelio B. Javier Airport, and the other is privately operated in Semirara Island

in Caluya.

The Evelio B. Javier Airport has a 1,200 meter concrete runway needs

to be extended to accommodate bigger aircrafts. Its facilities need upgrading

to allow safe operation. A 100 - seater Zestair Air Line used to service the San

Jose-Manila route three times a week but stopped its operation last October

2008. There is a proposal to extend the runway by 800 m long by 2010 to

accommodate bigger aircrafts to service the San Jose - Cebu routes and vice

versa and the Antique - Davao routes and vice versa. The Flight Service

Station is to be completed this July 2009 and the Administration building is

undergoing renovation.


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The improvement of this airport and its facilities is crucial in improving

access of the province to other major urban centers in the country.

The private airport in Caluya is owned and operated by the Semirara Mining

Corporation for its mining operations.

Water

The pr ovince has two national ports – the San Jose and Culasi Ports,

It has two municipal ports in Libertad and Caluya Island and one private port

in Semirara Island.

Currently, the San Jose Port caters to cargo vessels only. Cargo

throughput traffic of 41,129 tons and 130 shipcalls were registered on

December 2006. The port, however, cannot accommodate bigger ships

because of shallow wharf water brought about by heavy siltation in the area.

With the operation of RO-RO buses bound for Manila in January 2006, no

passenger traffic was recorded at the San Jose Port and even before 2006,

passenger traffic at the port was already declining. PPA has a proposal to

improve the port in support to the SRNH Western Highway (Palawan –

Antique – Negros - Mindanao route).

The Lipata Port in Culasi, also under the PPA Port System, is reported

to have passenger traffic of 22,137 and a cargo throughput traffic of 414,341

tons from January to August 2007. Passenger and cargo ships from Caluya,

Semirara, Mindoro and Manila are docking in this port. The second phase of

the port’s improvement project covering the construction of the passenger

terminal building and the improvement of the area in front of the building is

proposed to accommodate RORO buses operating in Antique.


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Libertad Port caters to small vessels with an average passenger

capacity of 200 bound for Caluya and Semirara Islands and Mindoro

Province. The local government of Libertad proposed for the improvement of

the port to include RORO facilities considering its proximity to Boracay Island.

Another municipal port in the province is the Caluya Port. Small vessels from

Mindoro Province and mainland Antique docks in this port.

A private port in the province is the Semirara Port owned by Semirara

Mining Corporation. The ships and vessels docking in this port include those

coming from Manila, mainland Antique, and Mindoro. The port is also used by

SMC to transport coal to Austria and others countries.

5.1.2 Proposed New External Linkages

The Proposed Panay East-West Link Road (Valderrama-Lambunao-

Calinog-Passi-Concepcion Road) is 163.70 km from Barangay Ilaures,

Bugasong, Antique on the west coast and proceeds toward an easterly

direction traversing the mountain range between Valderrama in Antique and

Lambunao in Iloilo and further traverses along existing national secondary

road linking Iloilo towns of Calinog, Passi, Lemery, Sara and terminates on the

east coast town of Iloilo in Concepcion. The purpose of this route is to link to

the central municipalities of Iloilo Province and to lessen travel time in going

to Capiz.

A proposed port project is the San Pedro Port. The proposed

international transshipment port in barangay San Pedro, San Jose, Antique is

a 10-meter deep inland port, 100-meter wide at the entrance, 350-meter wide

inside and 800-meter-long. The port terminal will only handle cargo vessels. It

is expected to boost the industrial productivity of the province considering


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that San Jose is strategically located at the heart of the Philippines and other

Asian countries.

The construction of the San Remigio - Leon National Road is on-going

at the central part of the province (named as Odiong - Sibalom - San Remigio

- Leon National road which is 36.473 km from Jct. Odiong to Antique - Iloilo

boundary). This road will improve the peace and order situation in the

mountainous barangays of Sibalom and San Remigio including Leon, Iloilo. It

is also a shortest access road going to new Iloilo Airport at Sta. Barbara.

Concreting of the remaining 21.087 km unpaved portion is also proposed to

provide better access to commuters and improved farm to market road.

5.2 Internal Circulation

Antique has a total road network of 1,575.69 km with a total

national road of 339.67 km, provincial road of 129.17 km, municipal road of

72.72 km and barangay road of 1,034.13 km. Road density is 0.56 km/km2.

Out of the total road network, 299.4969 km (19 percent) are

concreted, 86.283 km (6 percent) are asphalted, 631.116 km (40 percent)

are gravel road and 558.7959 km (36 percent) are earth fill road.

In terms of concrete paved-national road, Antique ranked third among

the six provinces in the region and 43rd in the whole country.

Except for the island municipality of Caluya, those municipalities

located in the coastal areas and the three inland municipalities, Valderrama,

Sibalom and San Remigio are linked by the main arterial roads or national

roads. In terms of distances, the longest distance among the poblacions in

the municipalities is between Anini-y and Libertad at 189 km while the


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shortest distance is between San Jose and Hamtic and between Laua-an and

Barbaza, both at 7 km.

Antique has a total of 6,806 linear meters of national bridges, of which

73 percent are concrete, 8 percent are steel and 20 percent are bailey. In

terms of the highest percentage of concrete bridges, Antique ranked 5th in

the region and 58th in the country.

Antique has four bus terminal facilities located in Casay, Anini-y;

Dalipe, San Jose; Poblacion, Culasi; and Poblacion, Libertad. These are used

by Ceres Liner, Gasat and Dimple Star bus companies which ply the Manila-

Panay route.

5.2.2 Priority Internal Routes And Linkages That Need To Be

Improved

The construction of an interior road linking the municipality of San

Remigio to the municipality of Valderrama and the proposed Panay East-West

Link Road is also proposed considering that this route is the shortest distance

between Leon, Iloilo and San Jose, the Capital Town of Antique, Sibalom and

Hamtic where most of the settlements are concentrated.

Concreting of 8.815 km of San Remigio-Bugo Road, 3.78 km of Bugo

General Fullon Road and remaining 4.601 km unpaved portion of Bugasong-

Valderrama Road shall be given priority, these roads are linking to the

proposed Panay East-West Link Road and would address the peace and order

situation in the conflict areas in the municipalities of Valderrama and San

Remigio. It would also enhance the delivery of basic services in the remote

areas and served as farm to market roads considering that San Remigio is

vegetables basket of Antique and Sibalom is rice bowl of Antique.


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The 6 km Larioja-Pandanan-Valderrama Provincial Road shall also be

improved to serve as an alternate road linking to the proposed Panay East-

West Link Road.

Likewise, the 13.8 km Sibalom - Egana-Bia-an- Hamtic National Road

and 6.610 km Atabay-Inabasan Road shall be improved so that traffic

congestion in the municipality of San Jose will be minimized.

Improvement of the remaining unpaved portion of Junction Pandan-

Libertad- Aklan (Buruanga Section) is on-going and also improvement of

unpaved portion of Jct. Guinsang-an - V. Jimenez - T. Fornier - Anini-y -

Tiolas coastal road is on-going.


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6. Income, Employment, Service Access, And Poverty

6.1 Employment/Unemployment

The total population of the province for the year 2000, 2003 and 2006

are 472,822, 499,404 and 530,232 respectively. As 2005, the labor force is

186,000 with the proportion of wage and salary employment of 36.1 percent.

At the end of the plan period (2013) the labor force will reach 204,463.

(Source 2004 BLES NSO)

The employment rate of the province as of 2002 is 90.9 percent which

is lower than the regional rate at 91.3 and higher than national the

rate at 86.1. Antique has the lowest employment rate compared to other

provinces in the region. The province of Aklan has the highest employment

rate of 93.6 percent. Although the employment rate of Antique increased in

2002 by 4.3 percent it considerably decreased in 2003 by 8.6 percent due to

closure of establishments and trimming down of workforce, closure of some

muscovado sugar mills that reduced the number of workers, decreased in the

number of micro-cottage weavers because of the reduction in the number of

buyers and lack of demands in the domestic market.

The unemployment rate of the province in 2002 is the highest (17.7

%) compared to all provinces in the region and higher than the regional and

national rates of 8.7 percent and 13.9 percent. Capiz has the lowest

unemployment rate at 6.1 percent.

The high unemployment rate in the province of Antique is due to lack

of employment opportunities and absence of large scale industries. The

conversion of sugar cane lands to other uses caused the displacement of

sugarcane workers. Since the sugar cane land was converted to rice land


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women who are assisting men in the planting and milling of sugar cane

shifted work by assisting men in farm activities like rice transplanting and

weeding. Many of the subsistence fishermen stopped fishing due to

considerable decrease in fish catch because of the depleted marine resources

and encroachment of large fishing vessels. In addition, fish canning venture

did not prosper due to high power rates and high cost of processing materials

coming from Manila or Cebu. The tourism industry contributes minimal

employment due to undeveloped tourism sites. There are existing micro-

cottage weavers that provide livelihood to women and men but decreased in

number due to reduction in the number of buyers and lack of demand in the

domestic market. There are many mineral resources but the exploration is on

a small scale basis only.

Table 16

Employment and Unemployment Rates, Province, Region and Philippines, 2001, 2002, 2003

Employment Unemployment

2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003

Philippines 86.1 13.9

Western Visayas 88.7 91.2 91.3 11.3 8.8 8.7

Aklan 89.7 90.9 93.6 10.4 9.1 6.4

Antique 86.6 90.9 82.3 13.4 9.1 17.7

Capiz 94.2 93.9 94.5 5.8 6.1 5.5

Guimaras 89.6 88.0 90.8 10.4 12.0 9.2

Iloilo 96.6 89.3 88.9 13.4 10.7 11.1

Negros

Occidental 90.0 92.2 93.0 10.0 7.8 7.0

Source: Regional Social and Economic Trends, Western Visayas, 2008


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6.2 Family Income

The average family income of the province in 2000 is P94, 917.00

which is lower compared to the regional and national averages that is

P109,600 and 144,039 respectively. Antique ranks third compared to all

provinces in Region VI while the highest is Iloilo (P144, 675) and the lowest is

Negros Occidental (P92, 065). The average household size of the province is

five (5).

In 1994-1997 there was a substantial increase in the annual income

growth rate of the province at 19.68 percent along with the provinces of

Aklan, Iloilo and Negros Occidental due to an increase in the number of

establishments especially in agriculture, forestry and fishery; wholesale and

retail trade; financing, insurance, real estate and business services; and

community, social and personal services in 1997-2000 the average annual

growth rate of the majority of the provinces in Region VI decreased except

Iloilo and Negros Occidental. There was a considerable decrease for Capiz

(22.18 %), and Antique (20.53 %) while the region has a slight decrease of

2.53 percent.


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Table 17 Average Family Income, by province, Region VI

1991, 1994, 1997, 2000

Source: 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey, NSO

Average Income Annual Income

Growth Rates

Province 1991 1994 1997 2000

1991-

1994

1994-

1997

1997-

2000

Philippines - 123,168 144,309 - - 5.42

Region VI 47,723 64,078 86,770 109,600 10.32 10.63 8.10

Aklan 48,641 70,376 87,276 99,568 13.10 7.44 4.49

Antique 36,183 42,393 83,005 94,917 5.42 25.10 4.57

Capiz 35,911 46,880 87,905 99,313 9.29 23.31 1.13

Iloilo 54,810 76,739 98,718 144,675 11.87 8.76 13.59

Guimaras 74,003 101,125 - - 10.97

Negros

Occidental 47,676 62,506 79,859

92,065

9.45 8.51 8.86


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6.3 Social Services

6.3.1. Health

I. Hospital Bed-Population Ratio

The hospital system in Antique is composed of government and

privately owned hospitals. There are 9 government and 2 private hospitals

which are further categorized into tertiary (1 provincial hospital), level II (2

hospitals) and level I (8 hospitals).

Hospitals are equally distributed in each of the Inter-Local Health

Zones (ILHZ). The bed to population ratio of the different hospitals is higher

than the DOH standard of 1:1,200.

Table 18.a Hospital Bed-Population Ratio, Province of Antique, 2007

Profile of Government and Private Hospitals

ILHZ/Pop’n. Hospital Type No. of

Beds

Bed Pop’n Category Operating

as

TADIZ PDMMDH Gov’t 15 1:3,325 Level 1 Level 1

SAHA ASMGH Gov’t 100 Level 3 Level 3

RMSDH Gov’t 25 Level 2 Level 2

BMCH Gov’t. 15 Level 1 Level 1

VMH Gov’t 10

1:1,992

Level 1 Level 1

CULTIBAR PLGMH Gov’t. 10 Level 1 Level 1

CDH Gov’t 25 1:2,315

Level 2 Level 1 SEPALICA SCH Gov’t 10 Level 1 Level 1

JCOZMGH Gov’t 25 Level 1 Level 1

TUGON Private 20 Level 1 Level 1

SCMH Private 25

1:1,069

Level 1 Infirmary


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II. Doctor-Population Ratio

In general, there are adequate Municipal Health Officers. Out of 18

municipalities, four have met standard ratio of 1 government physician per

20,000 populations (Valderrama, Belison, Libertad & Sebaste). As for the

remaining municipalities, three would need additional Municipal Health

Officers because their population is over 40,000 (Hamtic, San Jose, Sibalom).

Regional average is 27,265 populations per one (1) government doctor.

Table 18.b

Doctor-Population Ratio, By Municipality, 2007

Municipality Population (2007)

Municipal Health Officer (MHO)

MHO/ Population Ratio

Anini-y 20,097 1 1:20,097

Barbaza 20,709 1 1:20,709

Belison 12,467 1 1:12,467

Bugasong 30,394 1 1:30,394

Caluya 25,526 1 1:25,526

Culasi 37,100 1 1:37,100

Hamtic 42,375 1 1:42,375

Laua-an 23,808 1 1:23,808

Libertad 14,653 1 1:14,653

Pandan 29,518 1 1:29,518

Patnongon 33,694 1 1:33,694

San Jose 54,871 1 1:54,871

San Remigio 28,401 1 1:28,401

Sebaste 15,840 1 1:15,840

Sibalom 53,934 1 1:53,934

Tibiao 23,228 1 1:23,228 Tobias Fornier 29,772 1 1:29,772

Valderrama 18,878 1 1:18,878


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III. Percent of infants with low birth weight

As of 2008, San Jose registered the highest percentage of low birth

weight at 21% of the total birth for the period. This is followed by Hamtic and

San Remigio at 16% each.


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Table 18.c: Low Birth Weight: 2006-2008

2006 2007 2008

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Anini-y 339 334 99 5 1 0 0 323 320 99 3 1 0 0 342 342 100 0 0 0 0

Barbaza 375 344 92 25 7 6 2 356 343 96 13 4 0 0 374 361 97 13 3 0 0

Belison 166 151 91 15 9 0 0 200 188 94 12 6 0 0 202 192 95 10 5 0 0

Bugasong 593 556 94 24 4 13 2 639 606 95 33 5 0 0 656 615 94 41 6 0 0

Caluya 405 361 89 44 11 0 0 366 329 90 37 10 0 0 422 380 90 42 10 0 0

Culasi 746 718 96 27 4 1 0 813 796 98 16 2 1 0 684 659 96 25 4 0 0

Hamtic 853 819 96 34 4 0 0 907 875 96 32 4 0 0 871 731 84 140 16 0 0

Laua-an 457 440 96 17 4 0 0 509 459 90 50 10 0 0 464 436 94 28 6 0 0

Libertad 186 142 76 5 3 39 21 254 233 92 19 7 2 1 241 218 90 23 10 0 0

Pandan 674 662 98 12 2 0 0 642 628 98 14 2 0 0 666 645 97 21 3 0 0

Patnongon 637 619 97 11 2 7 1 597 560 94 36 6 1 0 668 638 96 25 4 5 1

San Jose 1,228 1189 97 39 3 0 0 1,098 927 84 171 16 0 0 1,520 1196 79 324 21 0 0

San Remigio 505 250 50 155 31 100 20 342 190 56 152 44 0 0 494 413 84 81 16 0 0

Sebaste 319 315 99 4 1 0 0 278 271 97 7 3 0 0 331 323 98 8 2 0 0

Sibalom 1,155 961 83 194 17 0 0 1,178 1128 96 50 4 0 0 1,155 1109 96 46 4 0 0

Tibiao 435 417 96 18 4 0 0 264 248 94 16 6 0 0 295 271 92 24 8 0 0

Tobias Fornier 333 248 74 55 17 30 9 321 301 94 20 6 0 0 397 372 94 15 4 10 3

Valderrama 336 302 90 22 7 12 4 445 406 91 35 8 4 1 232 185 80 17 7 30 13

Antique 9,742 8,828 91 706 7 208 2 9,532 8,808 92 716 8 8 0 10,014 9,086 91 883 9 45 0


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IV. Morbidity rates by leading causes

The improvement of health resulted from partial control of some

communicable diseases like Pneumonia, Tuberculosis and Gastro-intestinal

Diseases. This can be attributed to Public Health interventions being

implemented in the province.

The decline in the diseases has not been as fast as in other provinces

because of the persistence of many factors like poverty and inadequacy of

essential services in some areas.

While the problems in communicable diseases are still present,

Antiqueños are threatened with emerging and re-emerging diseases.

Pneumonia still ranks number one leading cause of morbidity from

2002 to 2007.

This is followed by upper respiratory infection which affected 10,543 and

5,044 persons respectively.

At the regional level, upper respiratory tract infection was the number

one leading cause of morbidity in 2007. This is followed by pneumonia and

urinary tract infection which affected 133,597 and 72,800 persons

respectively.


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Table 18.d

Ten (10) Leading Causes Of Morbidity No. & Rate/100,000 Population

Province of Antique

5 year average

2002-2006 2007

Causes of Morbidity

No. Rate Rank No. Rate Rank

Pneumonia 13887 2713.54 1 10543 1941.38 1

URTI 5068 990.29 3 5044 928.8 2

Diarrhea 3913 764.61 4 2802 515.96 3

Hypertension 1931 377.32 7 1825 336.05 4

Wounds All Forms 1347 263.21 8 1382 254.48 5

TB Respiratory 7997 1562.63 2 1272 234.22 6

Bronchiolitis/

Bronchitis 2310 451.38 5 1172 215.81 7

Influenza 1950 381.08 6 1045 192.43 8

Skin Diseases All

Forms 553 108.06 9 996 183.40 9

Bronchial Asthma 474 92.62 10 839 154.49 10

V. Mortality rare

Socially and lifestyle related conditions like cardio vascular diseases

and cancers are more prevalent and are major causes of deaths.

The Crude Death rate is 5.58/1000 population in 2008. The causes of

mortality are shifting from Communicable Diseases to Non-Communicable

diseases. Although Pneumonia is still the number one cause of death, half of

the ten leading causes of mortality are lifestyle related diseases which cause

double burden to Antiqueños.


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Hypertensive cardio-vascular disease still remains as the number one

leading cause of death in Western Visayas in 2007. The disease caused a

total of 9,722 deaths.

Table 18.e Ten (10) Leading Causes of Mortality


5 year average 2002-2006 2007

Causes of Mortality No. Rate Rank No. Rate Rank

Pneumonia 915 178.87 1 757 139.39 1 Heart Diseases All

Forms 559 109.22 2 633 116.56 2

CVA 350 68.39 3 269 49.53 3

CA All Forms 195 38.10 4 223 41.06 4

PTB 183 35.76 5 186 34.25 5 Stab & Gunshot

Wounds 78 15.24 7 106 19.52 6

Accident All Forms 84 16.41 6 83 15.28 7

Septicemia 25 4.88 10 82 15.1 8

Kidney Diseases 66 12.89 8 63 11.6 9

Diabetes Mellitus 29 5.66 9 59 10.86 10


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VI. Proportion of children 0-5 years old who died

Progress over the Millennium Development Goals of reducing Under

Five Mortality by 2/3, Maternal Mortality Ratio by 3/4 and the proportion of

underweight children by ½ are very modest. Infant death which is

11.84/1000 live births in 2008 has no significant decrease since 2003.

The most common causes of infant deaths are respiratory conditions

like Pneumonia. It is worthwhile to mention that many of these Infant deaths

are contributed by neonatal deaths of 1.14/1000 live births and stillbirths of

3.88/1000 live births which are strongly correlated with maternal health.

Although Pneumonia and Diarrhea are still among the top 10 leading

causes of Infant Death there is a reduction of Pneumonia and Diarrhea as the

cause of death.

Table 18.f Estimated Infant Mortality Rate (Per 1000 Live Birth) 2007

Aklan Antique Capiz Guimaras Iloilo Negros

Occidental

8.39 10.49 6.97 4.69 9.04 8.32


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4.21

2.593.03

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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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Neonatal Deaths

Figure 4 Neonatal Deaths/1,000 Livebirths

Province of Antique

VII. Proportion of children 0-5 years old who are moderately

and severely underweight.

Undernutrition has been a problem of the province for a long period of

time. Antique is consistently among the top 5 provinces with the highest

prevalence in malnutrition in the region and in the country as well.

One of the factors that cause malnutrition in the province is poverty.

Based on the MICS survey 2007, 2.8% of 3,640 women have experienced

hunger in a week and 1.6 of those women says that the reason for missing

their meal is no money to buy food. Improvement in the economic status of

women and families is one of the priority projects of the present

administration to solve the problem.


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The impact of poor nutrition in Antique is also manifested in the

worsening effects on infants and children. As seen on the FNRI survey 2005,

32.3% of 0-5 year’s old children are underweight which is above the national

prevalence of only 24.6%. Many Antiqueno children are also Underheight

(35.1%) and Thin (7.5%). This figures even increases in the 6-10 years old

children because 44.7 % are underweight, 46.5% are Underheight and 2.6%

are thin. The province has to look into the multifactorial causes of

malnutrition. So to fast track implementation the adoption of policies and

guidelines on nutrition should be focused on by the province.


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Table 18.g Ranking of Municipalities on Malnutrition (Combined BNVL & BNL)

Province of Antique 2006 & 2007 2006 2007

Municipality No. % Rank No. % Rank

Tobias Fornier

Anini-y

930

451

24.14

18.94

2

10

867

446

17.89

12.02

2

12

Hamtic

San Jose

Sibalom

San Remigio

Belison

1,277

996

1,554

353

97

21.61

12.16

19.6

7.8

5.23

6

16

9

17

18

1,297

1,025

1,591

353

179

17.85

10.18

16.15

6.35

8.3

3

14

6

18

16

Laua-an

Bugasong

Valderrama

Patnongon

950

758

684

1.085

29.26

16.24

20.17

22.36

1

13

8

5

635

815

476

1,043

13.45

15.11

12.21

16.84

10

7

11

4

Sebaste

Pandan

Libertad

Caluya

506

670

390

967

23.54

16.64

17.5

23.75

4

12

11

3

277

673

391

947

8.01

11.95

16.63

21.27

17

13

5

1

Culasi

Tibiao

Barbaza

809

700

452

15

7

14

15

7

14

683

656

538

9.2

14.7

14.85

15

9

8

ANTIQUE 13,629 18.02 12,917 16.76


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VIII. Proportion Of Women Deaths Due To Pregnancy-Related

Causes

The Maternal Mortality Ratio is 105/100,000 population in 2008. This

level is still unacceptably high given the MDG of 52 maternal deaths per

100,000LB that need to be achieved.

Each year more than 10 mothers in Antique die from pregnancy

related causes. This is relatively high considering the MDGs. Majority of the

maternal deaths are due to unpredictable causes of pregnancy complications

like hemorrhage and hypertension.

In 2007, one mother died for every 1,086 babies born. The recorded

maternal deaths in Western Visayas totaled 127 for the entire year.


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Table 18.h Ten (10) Leading Causes of Maternal Deaths

No. & Rate/1,000 Livebirths Province of Antique

5 year Average 2007 No. Rate No. Rate

1. Eclampsia 3 0.32 2 0.21 2. Uterine Atony, Uterine Rupture 0.6 0.06 2 0.21

3. Placental Retention 2 0.21 2 0.21

4. Abortion No data No data 1 0.1

5. Post Partum Bleeding 1 0.1 1 0.1 6. Neoplasm of the Stomach No data No data 1 0.1

7. Sever Pneumonia 0.6 0.06 1 0.1 Vital Health Indices, 2008

The crude birth rate in 2005 and 2006 decrease by .75/1000

population in 2007, however there is an abrupt increase of 1.65/1000

population in 2008.


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2.89

1.20

15.18

6.27

19.21

1.89

1.05

10.49

5.20

17.55

3.14

1.05

11.84

5.58

18.48

NEONATALDEATHS

MATERNALDEATHS

INFANTDEATHS

DEATHS

LIVEBIRTHS

200820075-YEAR AVERAGE

Figure 5

Vital Health Indices, 2008

GAPS AND DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED

Antique is facing a formidable challenge both in preventive and

curative health. The high incidence of infant mortality, the increase in

maternal mortality, the high prevalence rate of malnutrition, the persistence

of infectious diseases with double burden of degenerative diseases and

emerging and re-emerging diseases characterize the health condition of the

province.


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Through a united effort of the leaders of the 8 hospitals of the

province, the Municipal Health Officers of the 18 Municipalities with the

program managers from the Provincial Health Office, the following were

identified as gaps and deficiencies.

There is lack of awareness on health resulting to poor health seeking

behavior. Factors that affect delivery of health services are weak curative

health system, insufficient mechanism for providing public health programs

and the uneven distribution of health human resource. There is inequitable

and inadequate health care financing. Most of the provincial health budget

goes to hospital services. Not all of the indigents are enrolled in Phil Health.

Roles of each stakeholder in health need to be defined.


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6.3.2. EDUCATION

I. Literacy

In 1994, Antique got the lowest rate of 88 percent among the six

provinces in Region VI in terms of simple literacy rate, with Iloilo having the

highest of 92.9 percent. On the other hand, in terms of functional literacy,

Antique ranked third at 75 percent, higher than Negros Occidental (74.8 %).

Iloilo still got the highest rate at 80.9 percent and Capiz, the lowest at 69.5

percent.

Generally, simple and functional literacy rates are higher among

female population in the region.

However, simple and functional literacy rates among household

population in the province had increased to 91.78 percent and 78.45 percent,

respectively in 2000.

II. Cohort Survival Rate

In school year 2008-2009, Division of Antique ranked second in

elementary cohort survival rate of 67.52 percent higher than the regional

figure of 60.57 percent, although performance of the division did not meet

the standard rate of 78 percent.

When compared with previous years, from SY 2004-2005 to SY 2006-

2007, the province has an increasing trend but it decreased in SY 2007-2008

and again increased in SY 2008-2009. Among the reasons for the decrease in

cohort survival rate during the period is that, some children especially the

males were utilized by parents to do the farming, fishing and join the


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“sacada” in order to augment income of the family which discouraged them to

re-enroll in the next school year after dropping from classes for a longer

period.

In the entire province, the Municipality of Sebaste got the highest

cohort survival rate of 81.24 percent while the Municipality of Valderrama has

the lowest rate of 42.41 percent in SY 2008-2009. Except in the Municipality

of Patnongon, cohort survival rate among boys is lower than that of the girls

in 17 municipalities.

As far as cohort survival rate in secondary level is concerned, the

Division of Antique has a lower rate of 60.66 percent and ranked second from

the lowest in SY 2007-2008. It should be noted that the trend is decreasing

from 64.77 in SY 2004-2005 and it is 16.33 percent much lower than the

standard rate of 77 percent. The factors that contributed to the gap are the

increased drop-out rate, repetition rate, failure rate and school leaver rate.

In the region, secondary cohort survival rate is erratic in trend from

SY 2004-2005 to SY 2007-2008. In SY 2008-2009, the rate of 62.29 is far

below the standard rate of 77. Guimaras has an increasing rate and was the

highest (77.16) from among the provinces in the region which is within the

standard rate.

III. Classroom – Pupil Ratio and Teacher-pupil ratio

In public elementary schools, Antique has a classroom-pupil ratio

equally the same as the regional figure of 1:30 in SY 2007-2008. The

Municipality of Belison has the least ratio of 1:22. The Municipality of San

Remigio has the biggest classroom-pupil ratio of 1:45 in SY 2008-2009


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because some schools located in far-flung barangays offer multi-grade

classes. It is also worth to be noted that there is a decreasing in the number

of schools with teacher-pupil ratio of 1:45 and more.

Data revealed that the number of mono-grade classes in the

elementary is increasing while multi-grade classes are decreasing due to

hiring of additional teachers with funding from the Local School Board. Being

a recipient of the Third Elementary Education Program (TEEP), the

construction, repair or completion of classrooms/buildings were implemented

which contributed to the increase in the number of schools with 45 or below

pupil-instructional room ratio.

The implementation of multi-grade classes somehow solve the

problem of inaccessibility to education in hard to reach barangays, but the

same also poses a number of problems which include among others: a. Poor

quality of teaching which affects the learning process resulting to low

performance of pupils; b. Schools offering multi-grade classes are mostly

located in far-flung barangays where newly hired teachers are assigned who

after a while, request for transfer because of the localization policy of DepEd.

When another teacher replaces, pupils would again adjust; c. Not all multi-

grade teachers are trained to handle multi-grade classes with much lesser

supervision due to accessibility problem.

When schools were classified according to classes offered, the

National Achievement Test (NAT) results showed that mono-grade schools

perform better than multi-grade. Hence, the DepEd proposes for construction

of additional classrooms especially in far-flung barangays. Several studies

have revealed that the smaller number of learners in a class, the better the

situation because instruction would be more personalized. Individual

progress would be easily monitored and varied needs will be identified and

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As to teacher-pupil ratio, majority of the elementary schools in the

province have lower number of pupils than the national mean of 1:35-1:39.99

For government high schools, Antique performs better than any other

provinces in the region in terms of classroom-student ratio in SY 2007-2008.

It has the least ratio of 1:39 lower than the region at 1:45 which is within the

standard ratio. . However, despite of its better situation, the province still

needs 174 instructional academic classrooms to cater to the needs of the

increasing number of school age population and for the replacement of some

dilapidated classrooms. Likewise, the Division of Antique wanted to maintain

its status and adhere to the planning standard.

In SY 2008-2009, the Municipality of Barbaza registered to have the

biggest classroom-student ratio of 1:64 in SY 2008-2009 followed by

Valderrama, Sibalom and Caluya. San Jose de Buenavista which is the

capital town has the least ratio of 1:22 lower than the provincial figure

because of the presence of one (1) private and two (2) secondary schools

within the municipality.

IV. School Age Population & Enrolment

In the Province of Antique, there is an increasing number of school

age population (ages 6-11) for the last seven years as a direct consequence

of a rising general population. But, while it increases, the number of enrolled

pupils decreases. This may be because the parents hesitate to enroll their

children before the age of seven. A big number of 6-year old children who

are qualified to enter primary school are not enrolled instead, they enrolled in

pre-school. It can be noted also that total enrolment from SY 2002-2003 to

SY 2003-2004 were higher than the total school age population because there


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were children aging 12-13 years old who were still in the elementary level

during those years.

The Division of Antique objectively meets the challenge of educating

the children who belong to indigenous people (IP) family. At present, the

Division has 12 out of 472 elementary government schools with enrollees of

IP children. Of these schools, two have purely indigenous children enrollees.

There are three public institutions in the Division of Antique which

cater to children with special needs. These are the Delegate Angel Salazar

Memorial School in the capital town, Villaflor Elementary School in Tobias

Fornier and Tibiao Central School in Tibiao. Due to the increasing demand for

special education, the remaining 15 municipalities need to have learning

centers to cater to the education needs of special children.

V. Participation Rate/Enrolment Rate in Government Schools

In SY 2007-2008, Antique ranked fourth on participation

rate/enrolment rate in government elementary schools of 88.83 percent

higher a bit than the regional level of 88.51 percent. Compared with previous

values, the trend is decreasing because of the increase in enrolment in private

schools.

In the past four years the trend of the high school enrolment in all

provinces is decreasing from SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008 except for the

province of Negros Occidental which increased significantly from 62.22 in SY

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VI. Simple Dropout Rate

Since SY 2003-2004 up SY 2008-2009 many boys in Antique are

dropping out of elementary school than girls. For both sexes, dropout rate has

a decreasing in trend from SY 2003-2004 (2.28) to SY 2007-2008 (1.53) but

an abrupt increase was noted in SY 2008-2009 (4.24). The most crucial

cause is the economic condition of the household. Many children are required

to do household chores or farm work during school hours or days which make

studying difficult for them. It should also be noted that if these children have

been absent for a number of days, it becomes very difficult for them to cope

with the lessons they missed causing them to eventually drop out of school.

When compared with other provinces, in SY 2008-2009 Antique has

low percentage of drop outs much lower than the regional situation. Negros

Occidental ranked highest with a rate of 7 percent while Guimaras has the

lowest rate of 4 percent.

The data revealed that simple dropout rate of high school students

from SY 2003-2004 to 2007-2008 in Region VI is fluctuating in trend. In SY

2003-2004, Antique ranked second from Aklan, having the lowest rate.

Starting SY 2004-2005 to SY 2007-2008, the province of Negros Occidental

consistently ranked from 6.87 to 6.89 to 7.21, respectively which is higher

than the regional figure of 6.63. Antique has increased a bit placing its

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6.3.3. HOUSING

Out of the 91,401 housing units in Antique, 870 units which is

equivalent to one (1) percent are dilapidated/condemned. The Municipality of

Tibiao has the highest at 4.1 percent or 175 out of 4,312 housing units

followed by the Municipality of Anini-y at 1.5 percent, Laua-an at 1.4 percent,

Hamtic at 1.3 percent and San Jose at 1.3 percent.

Almost one-third (30.2%) of the housing units in the province were

occupied rent-free. The biggest percentage with rent-free tenure status can

be found in the municipality of Sibalom at 42.9 percent or 4,078 of its 9,508

housing units. This is followed by the municipalities of Culasi with 42.4

percent, Tibiao with 39.1 percent, Hamtic with 38.7 percent and Belison and

Barbaza with 37.1 percent, respectively.

Equivalent to 23.5% of total houses needs major repair. The biggest

percentage can be found in the island municipality of Caluya with 31.0

percent or 1,168 housing units. Barbaza is tailing close with 29.8 percent,

followed by Hamtic with 28.4 percent, Laua-an and Pandan with 28.1 percent,

and Bugasong with 26.8 percent.

In 2000, Barangay Ilaures of the Municipality of Bugasong was a

recipient barangay of Core Shelter Project under the flagship program of

DSWD, the Comprehensive & Integrated Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS)

Program which provided housing units for 52 families. The project was

implemented to reduce squatting incidence within the hazard prone area of

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When Typhoon Frank struck the province in June 2008, a number of

houses were totally damaged. Most of the affected families were residents of

the municipalities of Valderrama, Sibalom and San Remigio. As part of the

rehabilitation plan, Core Shelter Project was implemented. A total of 100

dwelling units were constructed for occupancy by families of San Remigio and

(35), Sibalom (65). The Japanese Embassy provided funding for the

materials while the Provincial Government shouldered the cost of labor and

the relocation survey of lot. In the Municipality of San Remigio, the lot was

donated by the municipal government. In Valderrama, the housing project

was implemented with funding assistance from the Department of Social

Welfare and Development (DSWD) benefiting a total of 75 families.

In the capital town, it is observed that a number of houses were

constructed along the coastal areas. Most of the occupants are fisherfolks

and informal settlers who are usually affected when storm surge occur

seasonally. Under the Gawad Kalinga Program, a total of 10 housing units

were constructed in Binirayan Hills and still many more families were not

accommodated. Likewise, in the same town, squatting incidence within the

commercial zones is also high. The squatters are the small market vendors

and those belonging to the informal sectors. These households need to be

relocated and provided with low cost housing units. The proposed housing

sites for these targeted occupants are the Binirayan Hillside and Barangay

Supa. Prior to the construction of the houses, land filling is required and

proper drainage should be constructed because based on landslide and flood

assessment conducted by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), high

flooding with depth of more than 1 meter is experienced seasonally in the

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There are also employees working in government or in private

companies or institutions who are renting houses or spaces near the work

places at a higher cost ranging from P2,000 – P5,000/mo. and P1,000 –

2,000/mo. respectively. The demand for a housing project in the capital

town is high and the municipal government has proposed for its employees to

be located in the higher portion of Barangay Funda Dalipe.

The Provincial Government through the Provincial Cooperatives

Development Office has also started the pre-implementation activities of

socialized housing projects located in Barangays Badiang and San Fernando in

the same town to benefit a number of provincial government employees.

It is also noted that there are privately owned lots in the poblacion

barangays of the capital town which are being developed into subdivisions.

6.3.4 SPORTS & RECREATION

The province has gradually improved/upgraded its sports facilities and

equipment. There is a Binirayan Sports Complex best situated in a place not

far from the center of the capital town. It is equipped with facilities which

inspired the province in hosting the regional sports competitions. The multi-

purpose stadium can accommodate more or less 5,000 spectators and the

grandstand has the same sitting capacity. There is a rubberized track oval

which serves not only during regular school sports tournament but also caters

to joggers and brisk walkers as an area for daily physical exercises. The

swimming pool and its amenities have developed skills and abilities of the

school children who later became consistent champions in the regional and

national swimming competitions. These sports facilities are developed into

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the province still needs additional facilities and equipment and upgrading of

the existing ones.

There is a basketball court, lawn tennis court, children’s playground

and a stage located within the EBJ Freedom Park.

Some schools have also multi-purpose gymnasium where different

activities are held including those of private sectors for a fee.

Majority of the municipalities have also permanent sports centers or

covered courts also equipped with facilities and equipment but need

upgrading. In some barangays, basketball courts are constructed within the

barangay plaza. Basketball is the most popular sport being developed by the

barangays having an annual tournament held during fiesta.


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6.3.4. SECURITY

In 2008, Philippine National Police records showed that crime volume

and incidents of index crimes in the province decreased considerably and

crime solution efficiency had improved when compared in the previous year.

Index crime includes murder, homicide, rape, physical injury, robbery and

theft. However, bigger increase of incidents in non-index crimes is noted.

From 2005-2007, the province’s crime volume of both index and non-

index crimes is increasing in trend while at the regional level, the trend is

decreasing because Iloilo and Negros Occidental where bigger volume are

reported had experienced abrupt reduction.

Police Force Per Capita

Based on the 2007 population of 515,265 and 512 police officers who

are on actual field duty; the police to population ratio of the province is

1:1,006 which is lower than the regional ratio of 1:1,053. When compared

with other provinces in the region, Antique ranked third from the lowest while

Negros Occidental has the highest and Guimaras has the lowest ratio.

The Municipality of Sibalom has a greater number of population

(2,163) served by 1 police officer. On the other hand, the Municipality of

Belison has the least number of population (590) served.

Average Monthly Crime Rate and Crime Volume

In 2007, the average monthly crime rate (AMCR) of the province at

4.16 is higher than the region at 3.68 but decreased to 3.73 in 2008 per

100,000 population. The Municipality of Valderrama had the highest of 7.98


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per 1,000 population due to the increase in crime volume which almost

doubled the previous year’s incidence. Next higher municipalities are San

Jose (5.76), Tobias Fornier (5.48), Bugasong and Hamtic (5.04) and Libertad

(4.40). The Municipality of Caluya has the lowest rate of 0.36. The

Municipality of Caluya had the lowest rate of 0.36 because of the significant

decrease in crime volume from previous year.

In crime volume, San Jose de Buenavista as the capital town has the

highest of 39 followed by Hamtic (27), Tobias Fornier and Sibalom (21 each),

Valderrama, Bugasong (20 each) and Pandan (16).

Cime Solution Efficiency

As to crime solution efficiency, Antique ranked fifth of 92.22% in 2007

still lower than the regional efficiency of 94.97%. Aklan made it on top at

96.25% while Capiz got the lowest rate of 89.55%. In the province, the

Municipality of Belison has the lowest performance of 75% while the

Municipality of Hamtic has the highest efficiency of 96%. It is projected that

the presence of crime laboratory provided with necessary equipment and

facilities located in the capital town would help improve the crime solution

efficiency.

While majority of the Municipal Police Stations have at least ideal

operational 21 personnel complement, the shortage/insufficiency of

operational materials and equipments e.g. petroleum, oil & lubricants,

maintenance and overhead and operation expenses fund and other related

support mechanism/equipment are seen to be the main reason of the low

efficiency results. The Barangay Tanods who are considered force multipliers

also need to be capacitated to effectively and efficiently carry out their

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Targets for security Sector PPAs

1. Approval/adoption of the PNP Integrated Peace and Order

Operational Plan (IPOOP), Integrated Area-Community Public Safety Plan (IA-

CPSP), Disaster, Search and Rescue Plan (DSARP) and Integrated

Transformation Plan (ITP) to LGUs, Provincial/Municipal Boards.

2. Training and capacitating Barangay Tanods as Force Multipliers

at the Barangay level against threats to national security is one of the thrust

of the PNP and with the help of LCEs, the influence and atrocities of Local

Communist Terrorist to innocent civilian will be lessened.

3. Physical Improvement of five (5) Municipal Police Stations

(Libertad, Patnongon, Sibalom, San Remigio and San Jose)

4. Taking the lessons from typhoon Frank’s wake, the need to

support the inert capabilities of the police during disasters and calamities

should be coupled with the proper equipment and devices in order to save

more lives and protect more Antiquenos.

5. IEC/Advocacy activities for audiences both internal and external

on crime prevention and control.

Fire Protection Service

In 2006, there are 54 firemen serving the province, thus the firemen-

population ratio was 1:9,651 higher than the regional ratio of 1:7,447. It is

noted that from 2003, the population served by one fireman had increased

because of the fast growing population yet only three (3) additional personnel

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Fortunately, from 2003 to 2007, among the provinces in the region,

Antique had the least number of persons died and injured due to fire

incidence but had caused damage and loss of properties amounted to more

than P52M.

The province has five (5) fire stations provided with a total of seven

(7) fire trucks; three (3) of which are stationed in the capital town, two (2) in

Sibalom, one (1) in Culasi and another one (1) in Pandan. These fire trucks

are utilized to prevent the spread out of fire occurred in areas where there is

no fire truck and also to provide back-up support in case of bigger fire. If

conflagration happened in a distant place, it caused further damage to

properties, injuries and even loss of life before these fire trucks are available

at the incident site. It is therefore proposed that acquisition of additional fire

trucks are needed to be stationed at the municipalities without fire truck for

quick response so as not to cause further damage/loss of properties, injuries

and loss of lives. Furthermore, additional firefighting apparatuses, supplies,

equipment and communication facilities (radio base and handheld radio) are

urgently needed including the establishment of fire stations.

The Provincial Fire Marshal and Fire Safety Inspectors and

Investigators are conducting pulong-pulong, orientations, advocacy activities

on Fire Safety, prevention and awareness, fire drills & emergency

preparedness and intensify fire safety inspection to all business

establishments provincewide which also require service vehicle so that the

activities are well coordinated and done regularly. The personnel also need

technical and operation capability enhancement in order they can perform

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Jail Services

The Bureau of Jail and Management Penology (BJMP) has a total of 29

personnel who are deployed in Culasi, San Jose and the Antique Provincial

Office. Other Municipal Jails are manned by PNP personnel. At present, the

district jails are crowded and have inadequate facilities which need to be

decongested and provided with additional facilities.

The Antique Rehabilitation Center/Provincial Jail is located in a place

where it can provide some correctional/rehabilitation activities for the

inmates. However, there is a need to improve the security measures to

prevent unwarranted escape of prisoners.


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6.5.1 Elderly

Of the 2007 projected population of the province, elderlies (60 years

old & over) represent 8.76 percent with a total of 45,156. Female elderlies

were greater than male population of 25,161 and 19,995, respectively. Out of

the total elderlies, 27,956 or 62 percent had been registered as members of

the municipal associations ending 2008. Compared with previous years,

membership is increasing possibly because of the “Katas ng VAT, Tulong para

kay Lolo at Lola” Program which provides them additional benefits. The

program is being implemented by DSWD through the LGUs. All Municipal

Associations of Senior Citizens were organized with active officers. A

provincial federation is well established with active officers holding office at

the DSWD Provincial Field Office and eight (8) municipalities in the province

have permanent Senior Citizens Centers where socialization and therapeutic

activities are conducted. Other municipalities which do not have permanent

structures are providing services under the Municipal Social Welfare &

Development Office. The municipal associations need to be strengthened and

centers should be established.

6.5.2 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)

In 2008, a total of 12,221 persons (5,556 males and 6,665 females)

are considered PWDs in the province. Out of these total, 7,475 persons of all

ages are registered in the municipal associations. Of the registered members,

1,149 are children (577 males and 572 females). A Provincial Federation was

also organized with active officers. Community based rehabilitation services

and provision of assistive devices and wheelchairs for indigent PWDs are

some of the factors which encouraged them to join the association. NGOs

like Liliane Foundation and Hilwai International provided various support

which include scholarship program, hospitalization assistance, free medical


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outreach, group therapy, free insurance (accident) and livelihood projects for

qualified active members.

6.5.3 Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL)

A total of 9 children were reported as CICL in 2008 which decreased

from 12 in 2006. However, it is noted that many cases are unreported and

increasing in number and most of the offenders are aging below 15. Under

R.A. 9344 which took effect in 2006, all children (aging below 18 years old)

has no criminal liability and the discernment is determined when the offender

belongs to age bracket of above 15 - below 18. It is therefore proposed that

R.A. 9344 be amended lowering the discernment age of CICL to above 12 -

below 18 years old. Likewise, a holding/reception center is suggested to be

established in the province.

6.5.4 Violence Against Women & Children (VAW-C)

Data on violence against women and children are based upon

reported and referred cases only. In 2008, 48 cases were reported at the

Provincial Police Office. Of the total number of cases that were filed in court,

two (2) cases were settled while eight (8) perpetrators of rape (5) and

violation of RA 7610 (3) were arrested. From among the cases filed in court,

those two types of cases ranked first and second respectively. Since 2004,

San Jose as the capital town of the province has been consistent in the top

five (5) municipalities having the most number of cases (all types). Reports

showed that a lot of transient residents coming from other places are already

victims of violence before migrating. As observed, the unreported cases are

increasing in number. Filing of complaints to concerned agencies has become

easy due to accessibility of services and increased level of awareness on the

part of the victims. But, due to absence of Family Court and inadequate


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number of Prosecutors handling VAW-C cases, resolution of filed cases is very

slow.

The province has implemented the construction of Provincial Women

and Children Crisis Center with fund assistance from Senator Loren Legarda

and the Provincial Government. The building is not yet operational because it

still needs additional budget allocation for its completion including acquisition

of facilities. The existing VAW-C center is currently established in a

temporary shelter manned by only one (1) Social Worker. Having an

inadequate manpower complement, management and handling of VAW-C

cases becomes difficult.

The Family Court provided with adequate number of prosecutors

and social workers should be designated to handle VAW-C concerns.

6.5.5 Day Care Service

Table 18.i

Number of Day Care Centers, Workers & Pupils 2005 2006 2007 2008

No. of Day Care Centers 531 578 531 551

No. of Day Care Workers 514 578 538 538

No. of Day Care Pupils 17,946 17,581 18,410 18,871

In 2008, a total of 551 day care centers (DCCs) were established in the

province and some were upgraded with 538 day care workers providing early

childhood care and development (ECCD) services in accordance with the

ECCD Law or RA 8980. In addition, there are also Supervised Neighborhood

Play (SNP) organized in areas without DCCs. Based on the new accreditation

guidelines, many of the day care centers will be reassessed and probably be

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Programs and Services Implemented:

Operation and Management of Crisis Center for Women and

Children

Conduct of Parent Effectiveness Program

Facilitate the Implementation of Republic Act 9257 otherwise

known as the Senior Citizen’s Expanded Law

Facilitate the Implementation of Persons with Disabilities Expanded

Law and Magna Carta for Disabled Person/Accessibility Service

Implementation of Community Based Rehabilitation service

Provision of Assistive Devices and wheelchairs to indigents clients

Provision of Livelihood Assistance such as therapy center wooden

key holder making.

Provision of Educational Scholarship Program College, High School

and Elementary initiated by Liliane Foundation.

Advocacy on Child Protection Rights

Issuance of Phil Health ID Cards to Indigents beneficiaries

Provision of Aid to Individual in Crisis Situation

Conduct Livelihood Trainings and Seminars

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OTHER SERVICES INITIATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL

WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT/OTHER AGENCIES

Operation of Tindahan Natin per Municipality – A program that

establish stores selling rice at meager price.

Implementation of Food for School Program in every Day Care Center

and Grade I pupils of DepEd.

Implementation of 6th Country Program for Children under CNSP

Component

Implementation of Cash Conditional Transfer to five (5) covered

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Table 18.j Simple and Functional Literacy Rate by Sex, By Province, 1994

Province Simple Literacy (10 yrs. old & over

Functional Literacy (10-64 yrs. old)

Male Female HH pop Male Female HH pop

Antique 86.40 89.70 88.00 78.50 82.10 75.00

Aklan 93.90 91.30 92.70 83.00 86.60 79.80

Capiz 86.60 90.00 88.20 76.50 84.40 69.50

Guimaras - - - - - -

Iloilo 91.60 94.20 92.90 83.60 86.40 80.90 Negros

Occidental 89.80 92.50 91.10 78.30 81.90 74.80

Table 18.k

School Age Population (6-11 years old) and Enrolment Province of Antique

SY 2002-2003 to SY 2008-2009

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

Average Rate of

Increase/ Decrease

School Age Population (Ages 6-11)

76,551 78,059 79,597 81,165 84,920 86,903 88,939 1.97

Total Enrolment

80,117 79,399 78,347 76,913 77,101 77,198 78,029 (1.34)

- Boys 41,692 41,242 40,594 39,890 40,020 40,005 40,804

- Girls 38,425 38,157 37,753 37,023 37,081 37,193 37,225


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Table 18.l

Elementary Level Participation Rate/Enrolment Rate in Government Schools, By Province

SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008

Province 2003-2004

2004-2005

2006-2007 2007-2008 Standard

96

Antique 100.22 96.63 90.79 88.83

Aklan 102.44 101.61 97.22 95.12

Capiz 105.07 103.10 95.61 92.77

Guimaras 96.23 92.18 88.35 86.76

Iloilo 97.51 94.41 88.72 87.03

Negros Occidental 102.23 100.26 92.96 90.51

Region VI 100.11 96.74 90.53 88.51

Table 18.m Elementary Level Cohort Survival Rate, By Province

SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008

Province 2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008 -

2009 Standard

78

Antique 65.34 61.14 61.79 66.67 65.07 67.52

Aklan - 68.03 - 65.16 64.53 64.54

Capiz - 58.74 - 61.43 62.03 64.93

Guimaras - 76.54 - 85.22 83.72 68.58

Iloilo - 66.32 - 66.00 69.04 63.80

Negros Occidental - 51.81 - 54.14 57.77 59.30

Region VI - 59.75 - 62.21 64.72 60.57


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Table 18.n

Public Elementary Level Cohort Survival Rate, Province of Antique, By Municipality SY 2008-2009

Municipality SY 2008 - 2009 Total Standard

Boys Girls 78

Antique 64.63 70.46 67.52

Sebaste 80.41 81.76 81.24

Hamtic 73.94 80.25 76.85

Libertad 70.34 76.39 73.06

Patnongon 73.33 71.75 72.35

Sibalom 71.38 72.65 72.00

Pandan 64.57 78.27 71.32

Tobias Fornier 63.52 79.65 71.03

Laua-an 65.57 73.26 69.32

Caluya 58.53 74.60 66.22

Anini-y 59.89 71.70 65.29

Belison 60.43 70.34 64.64

Culasi 58.96 65.86 62.24

Tibiao 52.19 60.85 56.25

Bugasong 52.26 55.52 53.73

Barbaza 47.61 57.05 51.94

San Jose 49.94 50.21 50.10

San Remigio 44.02 57.20 50.09

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Table 18.o Public Elementary Level Drop Out Rate, By Province

SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008 -

2009 Standard

Antique 2.28 2.14 1.99 1.59 1.53 4.24 0

- Boys 3.02 2.70 2.68 2.14 2.09 5.91

- Girls 1.40 1.53 1.25 1.01 0.92 2.55

Aklan 3.95 2.44 - 2.41 2.28 5.03

Capiz 3.90 2.07 - 2.09 1.50 6.02

Guimaras 1.27 0.59 - 0.59 0.49 3.90

Iloilo 4.49 2.40 - 2.53 2.43 6.50 Negros

Occidental - 2.78 - 3.25 3.06 7.33

Region VI - 2.53 - 2.68 2.43 6.91

Table 18.p Secondary Level Participation Rate/Enrolment Rate in Government

Schools, By Province SY 2003-2004 to SY 2007-2008

Province 2003-2004

2004-2005

2006-2007

2007-2008

Standard

Antique 73.20 66.45 64.92 64.04 78

Aklan 71.45 67.11 66.41 64.96

Capiz 83.85 82.79 76.98 59.79

Guimaras 82.88 70.43 68.08 67.23

Iloilo 84.75 79.95 75.39 74.35

Negros Occ. 67.46 62.22 83.14 61.70

Region VI 74.05 68.63 67.23 65.78


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Table 18.q

Simple Dropout Rate, By Province SY 2003-2004 to SY 2008-2009

Province 2003-2004

2004-2005

2006-2007

2007-2008

Planning Standard

Antique 5.06 5.55 5.52 4.73 0

Aklan 3.91 3.83 4.46 4.39

Capiz 5.63 5.78 6.14 6.75

Guimaras 5.94 5.63 4.99 3.84

Iloilo 5.90 6.41 6.29 6.41

Negros Occ. 5.93 6.87 6.89 7.21

Region VI 6.01 6.67 7.04 6.63

Table 18.r Cohort Survival Rate, Province of Antique

SY 2002-2003 to SY 2008-2009

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

Pla

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Antique 61.89 63.28 64.77 52.90 61.27 60.66 67.52 77

Male 55.76 57.20 57.70 43.54 54.40 54.70 64.63

Female 68.33 69.69 72.45 62.59 68.24 66.79 70.46


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Table 18.s Cohort Survival Rate in Government Secondary Schools, By Province

SY 2002-2003 to SY 2007-2008

Province 2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

Planning Standard

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Antique 63.28 64.77 52.90 61.27 60.66 67.52

Aklan 79.39 68.98 69.08

Capiz 69.41 68.81 58.47

Guimaras 64.75 68.21 77.16

Iloilo 64.86 59.56 62.38

Negros Occidental

56.27

59.92

62.24

Region VI 61.97 60.61 62.29


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Table 18.t Total Housing Units & Status, Province of Antique by Municipality

Province/ Municipality

No. of Housing

Units

Dilapidated/ Condemned Housing

Units

Rent-Free

Needs Major Repair

Total % W/out

Consent of Owner

With Consent of

Owner

Total

% Total %

ANTIQUE 91,401 870 1.0 604 27,028 27,632 30.2 21,503 23.5 Anini-y 3,551 57 1.6 10 717 727 20.5 765 21.5 Barbaza 3,720 32 0.9 12 1,367 1,397 37.1 1,110 29.8 Belison 2,297 28 1.2 19 833 852 37.1 292 12.7

Bugasong 5,660 42 0.7 7 1,589 1,596 28.2 1,516 26.8 Caluya 3,769 3 0.1 21 1,240 1,261 33.5 1,168 31.0 Culasi 6,663 86 1.3 120 2,703 2,823 42.4 1,662 24.9

T. Fornier 5,220 17 0.3 8 768 776 14.9 1,002 19.2 Hamtic 7,307 97 1.3 86 2,740 2,826 38.7 2,074 28.4 Laua-an 4,697 64 1.4 13 1,437 1,450 30.9 1,318 28.1 Libertad 2,599 8 0.3 11 365 376 14.5 258 9.9 Pandan 5,455 45 0.8 11 1,097 1,108 20.3 1,535 28.1

Patnongon 6,324 36 0.6 12 1,141 1,153 18.2 1,447 22.9 San Jose de Buenavista 9,363 124 1.3 149 3,070 3,219 34.4 1,610 17.2

San Remigio 4,716 5 0.1 10 1,039 1,049 22.2 1,213 25.7 Sebaste 2,885 4 0.1 2 712 714 24.7 503 17.4 Sibalom 9,508 38 0.4 57 4,021 4,078 42.9 2,315 24.3 Tibiao 4,312 175 4.1 49 1,635 1,684 39.1 1,134 26.3

Valderrama 3,355 9 0.3 7 554 561 16.7 581 17.3


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Table 18.u Crime Rate by Type, Province of Antique

2007 - 2008

Parameters 2007 2008 Remarks

Total Crime Volume 260 245 Decreased 15 incidents (5.57%) vs 2007

Total Index Crimes 231 209 Decreased 22 incidents (9.52%) vs 2007

Total Non-Index Crimes 29 36 Increased 7 incidents

(24.14%) vs 2007 Crime Solution Efficiency (CSE) 88.85% 93.74% Improved by 4.89% vs 2007

Source: Philippine National Police

Table 18.v Police to Population, Province of Antique, By Municipality, 2008

Municipality Population* PNP Strength Police to

Population Ratio

Sibalom 58,411 27 1:2,163 Hamtic 44,687 22 1:2,031 Culasi 40,598 23 1:1,765 Patnongon 36,885 21 1:1,756 Tobias Fornier 31,947 21 1:1,521 San Jose 56,413 38 1:1,484 Bugasong 33,073 23 1:1,437 Pandan 32,317 23 1:1,405 San Remigio 30,484 22 1:1,385 Laua-an 27,186 22 1:1,235 Tibiao 25,449 23 1:1,106 Caluya 23,435 22 1:1,065 Anini-y 22,937 22 1:1,042 Barbaza 21,738 23 1: 945 Valderrama 20,893 24 1: 870 Sebaste 17,502 21 1: 833 Libertad 15,143 22 1: 688 Belison 13,584 23 1: 590 Total 552,684 482 1:1,169.


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Table 18.w Average Monthly Crime Rate, Province of Antique by Municipality

July 2007 to June 2008

Municipality

Population*

Crime Volume

Average Monthly Crime

Rate**

Remarks

2007 2008

Valderrama 20,893 11 20 7.98 Increased 81.82%

San Jose 56,413 25 39 5.76 Increased 56.00%

T. Fornier 31,947 27 21 5.48 Decreased 22.22%

Bugasong 33,073 21 20 5.04 Decreased 4.76%

Hamtic 44,687 23 27 5.04 Increased 17.39%

Libertad 15,143 10 8 4.40 Decreased 20.00%

Pandan 32,317 15 16 4.13 Increased 6.67%

Laua-an 27,186 17 13 3.98 Decreased 23.53%

Anini-y 22,937 7 10 3.63 Increased 42.865

San Remigio 30,484 16 13 3.55 Decreased 18.75%

Barbaza 21,738 9 9 3.45 Unchanged

Sibalom 58,411 19 21 3.00 Increased 10.53%

Belison 13,584 13 4 2.45 Decreased 69.23%

Tibiao 25,449 17 7 2.29 Decreased 58.82%

Culasi 40,598 13 10 2.05 Decreased 23.08%

Sebaste 17,502 6 3 1.43 Decreased 50.00%

Patnongon 36,885 5 3 0.68 Decreased 40.00%

Caluya 23,435 6 1 0.36 Decreased 83.33%

Antique Notes:

*=Projected 2008 estimates

**=per 100,000 population


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6.4 UTILITY/INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES

6.4.1 WATER AND SANITATION

a) Water Supply

Out of the total 103,723 households 41 percent are served by Level 1,

31 percent by Level 2, and 17 percent by Level 3 water supply facilities in

2008.

There is notable decrease in the percentage of households served with

potable water. From 96 percent in 2006 it drastically decreased to 89 percent

in 2008. The decrease is attributed to the following: 1) water facilities were

damaged by typhoon Frank, 2) permanent source of water was contaminated

and, 3) existing water supply were poorly maintained 4) the frequency of

water bacteriological examination is not conducted regularly to determine the

potability.

In 2008, the municipality of Patnongon ranked first (99 percent) in

terms of number of households served with potable water. It is followed by

Sebaste (98 percent), and Culasi (97 percent). The municipality of Libertad

has the least (80 percent) number of households served with potable water.

Out of the 13 municipalities with Level 3 water supply system, nine are

administered by Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), three by the

local government unit and one by Semirara Mining Corporation. Shortage of

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Antique ranked first (96 percent) in terms of households served with

water supply from all sources which is higher than the regional data of 94

percent. However, in terms of households served with level 3 water supply,

Antique ranked fifth among the six provinces in the region.

As of 2008, the municipalities of Laua-an and Anini-y still have no level

3 water supply to serve population in urban centers. Construction of level 3

water supply project is proposed to meet the demand of water supply at

urban barangay/poblacion in these municipalities. The problems of putting up

level 3 water supply system in the urban barangays of these two

municipalities are: 1) spring sources are far from the poblacions (more than

3km from populated area) and, 2) the capacity of LGUs to put up counterpart

as prerequisite from funding institutions (LWUA, Banks). In Anini-y deepwells

discharge are insufficient and acidic. Development of level 3 water supply will

be advantageous in this municipality if group of spring sources will be

tapped.

The development of level 3 water supply in Laua-an would be through

cost comparison between spring and deepwell. Deepwell sources are high in

iron content in hilly area.

Based on a study on provincial water supply, groundwater availability

in Antique is limited and about 70 percent of the provincial area are classified

as difficult area for groundwater exploitation. Source: Provincial Water Supply Sewerage and

Sanitation Sector Plan for the Province of Antique conducted by NIPPON JUGSUIDO SEKKEI (NJS) CO., LTD..


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b. Sanitation

As of 2008, 87,796 or 85 percent of the total households have toilet

facilities while 15,927 or 15 percent have no toilet facilities. Of the total

households with toilet facilities, 5,861 or 6 percent have unsanitary type while

81,935 or 79 percent have sanitary type of toilet facilities. There is a noted

decrease on the number of households with sanitary type of toilet facilities in

2007 by 1,201 compared in 2006 and 6,424 households from 2007-2008. The

decrease is caused by typhoon Frank which totally and partially damaged

many houses.

Of all the 18 municipalities, again Patnongon ranked first (95%) in

terms of the number of households with sanitary type of toilet facilities. It is

followed by Belison (94%) and Anini-y (90%). The island municipality of

Caluya has the least number of households with sanitary type of toilet

facilities because of its geographical location wherein it is composed of

several islands (7 islands). These islands could be reached by more than six

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6.4.2 POWER

The province of Antique has 84,770 potential consumers as of

December 31, 2008 with 64,790 or 76 percent of household connections. The

municipality of San Jose has the highest percentage (129%) of household

connections followed by Belison (102%) and Culasi (91%). The municipality

with the least household connections is San Remigio, the upland municipality

where majority of the barangays are hard - to - reach.

Out of the total 590 barangays, about 526 (98%) are energized.

Compared to the other provinces in Region VI, Antique ranked fourth in terms

of the number barangays energized, and ranked 51st in the Philippines.

The island municipality of Caluya is served by NAPOCOR, while

Pandan and Libertad are served by Aklan Electric Cooperative (AKELCO) and

the rest of the municipalities are covered by Antique Electric Cooperative

(ANTECO).

ANTECO ranked fifth in terms of higher power rate charges of all

electric cooperatives in the Region VI.

As of 2008, there are around 58,148 residential households pay the

rate of P7.7504 per kilowatt hour and fixed charges of P5.00; 2,351

commercial buildings (P5.7883 per kilowatt hour and fixed charges of

P72.5136); 337 industrial buildings (P5.1665 per kilowatt hour, fixed charges

of P69.2302 and demand charges of P30.8000); 1,363 public buildings

(P5.7624 per kilowatt hour and fixed charges of P69.6949); and 90 street

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The main source of power supply in the province of Antique is the

Leyte – Cebu – Negros- Panay Grid distributed through submarine cable by

National Grid Corporation of the Phil. (NGCP). Other sources are from Salcon

Power Corporation in Dingle Iloilo, and power barges in Iloilo City. Antique is

connected to these power sources through a 70 km - 69 KV grid line from

Iloilo and from Nabas, Aklan through a 45 km-69 KV grid line. ANTECO has

four major power sub-stations: Sibalom, Culasi, and Hamtic Sub-stations with

capacity of 5 MVA each and San Jose Sub-station with a capacity of 10 MVA.

On the other hand, the Island municipality of Caluya has 2 units of 150 KW-

Diesel Powered Generators installed by the NPC-SPUG (Small Power Utility

Group) while Semirara Island has a Coal Powered-Plant own by the DMCI

exclusively used for their mining activities. Excess power from this Coal

Powered-Plant is being sold to ANTECO and distributed to the three

barangays in Semirara Island.

Antique experienced power interruption at an average of twice a

month during summer due to the improvement of the Iloilo – Antique grid line

and an average of 1 week during rainy seasons and when the Iloilo – Antique

transmission line was damaged by Typhoon Frank. During power

interruptions, the alternate power sources are standby power generators

fueled by either diesel or gasoline and petroleum gas.

Antique has a peak power demand of 12.042 MW in 2006, 12.080 MW

in 2007 and 12.741 MW in 2008. The construction of an 8 MW-Hydro Power

Plant at Sitio Villasiga, Pangalcagan Bugasong and 2 MW-Hydro Power Plant

at Barangays Guiamon and San Ramon, Laua-an are now on-going. ANTECO

proposed to put up 5 MVA power Sub-station at Bugasong and upgrading the

Sibalom Sub-station from 5 MVA to 10 MVA.


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6.4.3 DRAINAGE/FLOOD CONTROL

Antique has seven major rivers namely: Sibalom River in Sibalom,

Cangaranan River in Valderrama, Paliwan River in Bugasong, Cairawan River

in Laua-an, Dalanas River in Barbaza, Tibiao River in Tibiao and Bacong River

in Culasi. These seven major rivers are considered to be the most flood

prone and highly destructive rivers in Antique. Among the seven major rivers,

Sibalom River has the largest area of influence of 15,850 ha, largest drainage

area of 637.28 km2, and the biggest mean annual runoff volume of 942

million m3. The latest and the devastating flash floods happened last June

21, 2008 when typhoon Frank hit the province that almost wiped out three

barangays in San Remigio (Barangays Bugo, San Rafael and Bagumbayan)

and also some barangays in Sibalom, including its Poblacion.

Currently there are 55 Communal Irrigation Systems (CISs) and one

National Irrigation System (Sibalom-San Jose River Irrigation System) in

Antique that also serve as alternative flood control and drainage facilities

aside from their main purpose of irrigating farm lands. There are also 14 flood

control structures found mostly in the major rivers of Antique but most of

these were damaged due to flashfloods. There is a need to rehabilitate these

structures.

The flood control and drainage projects that need urgent

implementation are located in seven major rivers namely: (1) Dalanas River;

(2) Sibalom River; (3) Bacong River; (4) Tibiao River; (5) Cangaranan River;

(6) Paliwan River; and (7) Cairawan River.

The National Irrigation Administration has also a proposal to improve

the Sibalom-San Jose River Irrigation System under the ADB Irrigation

Systems Operation and Efficiency Improvement Project (ISOEIP).


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6.4.4 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

In terms of compliance to section 21 of RA 9003 (Ecological Waste

Management Act) “Segregation at source” Antique compliance rate is 16

percent or 96 barangays are complying and ranked fifth among the six

provinces in the region.

Section 33 of RA 9003 “Recovery & Recycling” Antique has a total of

28 Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) and 15 Junkshops servicing a total of

140 barangays with compliance rate of 23 percent the lowest among the six

provinces in the region.

Five municipalities had submitted their Municipal Solid Waste

Management Plan. Four municipalities have active Solid Waste Management

Board (SWMB) and eight municipalities have no organized SWMB.

As mandated by DENR Administrative Order No. 98-50, s.1998, LGUs

are required to upgrade open pit dumping site to sanitary landfill and should

adopt the landfill site identification and screening criteria for municipal solid

waste disposal facilities. In Antique ten LGUs were issued Authority to Closed

(ATC) for Open Disposal Facilities and Controlled Disposal Facilities. Due to

unsanitary effect of Open Disposal Facilities to the environment 18

municipalities are proposed to have functional sanitary landfill solid wastes

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The total estimated volume of solid wastes generated per year is

11,038,151.00 kg with San Jose having the biggest volume of wastes

generated of 6,000,837.00 kg followed by Sibalom at 590,577.00 kg and with

Belison having the smallest of 136,514.00 kg. Anini-y has a shredder

machine and a dump truck used for garbage disposal; Hamtic has garbage

truck, shredder machine, payloader and sewing machine; San Jose has 2

units shredder machine and garbage truck; Tobias Fornier has a shredder

machine and Valderrama has garbage truck and shredder machine.


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6.5 POVERTY

The annual per capita poverty threshold of Antique for the year 2006 is

P14, 650,00. It is lower compared to the national (P15, 057.00) and higher

compared to regional (P14,405.00) thresholds. Among the provinces in

Region VI, Aklan has the highest (P15,150.00) and Negros Occidental has the

lowest (P13,075.00) thresholds. Since 2002 until 2006 all of the provinces in

Region VI have an increasing trend.

As of 2006, the percentage of poverty incidence among families in the

province is 43.0 percent. It is the highest compared to all provinces in the

region and also higher compared to the regional and national levels at 31.1

percent and 26.9 percent respectively. There is a slight decrease at 0.4

percent from 2003 to 2006. Antique is the poorest province in Region VI and

within the top twenty in the whole country.

The municipality of San Remigio has the highest poverty incidence

(65%) because majority of its barangays have poor access to education and

health services. The residents encountered hardship in marketing their

products to the market because of poor internal and external linkages. San

Jose has the lowest (19%) poverty incidence because almost all of its

barangays have access to education, health services and the center of trade

and commerce being the capital town. The municipalities with 50 percent and

above but below 60 percent poverty incidence are Barbaza, Bugasong,

Caluya, Culasi, Libertad, Patnongon, Tibiao and Valderrama. Meanwhile the

municipalities of Anini-y, Belison, Tobias Fornier, Hamtic, Laua-an, Pandan,

Sebaste and Sibalom have the poverty incidence of below 50 percent. This

situation tells us that nine out of 18 municipalities have more than 50 percent

of their families lack income necessary to consume a basic bundle of goods

and services or they have a shortfall in consumption of a basic bundle of

goods and services necessary to do basic functions.


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San Remigio is still the highest in poverty gap (24%) and severity of

poverty (11%) while San Jose remains as the lowest in poverty gap (05%)

and severity of poverty (.02%).

The factors that contribute to poverty are low level of education and

lack of investment in agricultural support facilities.

Education affects welfare of the poor because the lower the

educational attainment the lower is their aspiration in life. The poor people

living in hard-to-reach barangays and have no access to education remains to

be poor because they cannot find better job.

Investments in land quality contribute to poverty. The lower the

investment in agricultural support facilities like irrigation, pre and post harvest

facilities will reduce production efficiency and capacity.

Transportation or accessibility affects the poverty groups. High

transport costs due inaccessibility discourage farmers to produce more

because of hardship in bringing the farm products to the market.

Inaccessibility or high transportation cost deprives children to go to school.

Thus, inaccessibility deprives the people of the basic needs for food, health,

education, housing and other amenities in life.

The proposed strategies, programs and projects to address poverty in

the province are: 1) improve internal and external access/linkages, 2) protect

and conserve natural resources, 3) develop tourism areas, 4) environment

friendly mining, 5) industry development, 6) scholarship program, 7) asset

reform (urban housing and land distribution, capital and infrastructure

provision to marginalized sectors, priority access of small fisherfolks, granting

of ancestral domain titles to indigenous people), 8) improve access to human

development services (basic education, health, shelter, potable water,

sanitation facilities/services, electrification), 9) increased employment and


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livelihood opportunities (create rural jobs on agriculture and fishery

activities, improve access to credit facilities, entrepreneurial training), 10)

Enhance participation in governance and institution building (participation of

civil society and basic sector in policy making, 11) increase social protection

and security from violence.


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Map 23


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7.0. Land Use and Physical Framework

7.1 Existing Land Use, Trends And Potential Expansion

7.1.1 Existing Land Use

The Province of Antique has a total land area of 252,200 hectares

categorized into different uses. Of the total land area, 1.78 percent is utilized

for built up areas with 4,476.97 hectares; 38.12 percent fall within the

protection areas covering 96,147.05 hectares while 59.15 percent is utilized

as production areas or 149,180.91 hectares. Other uses include military

reservations, infrastructure and other major utility facilities which totaled to

2,385.05 hectares representing less than one percent (0.95%).

Under the protection areas, a large percentage comprises the National

Integrated Protection Areas (NIPAS) with San Remigio having the biggest

area at 8,192.92 hectares which is part of the proposed critical habitat within

the Central Panay Mountain Ranges.

The natural hazard areas form part of protection areas which can be

utilized for production purposes. Based on the latest survey result conducted

by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in 2008, a total of 98,664

hectares experienced flooding, erosion and landslides. These areas are

subjected to limited cultivations and shall be programmed to massive

rehabilitation and reforestation.

Another category of protection is on agricultural production being

classified as National Protected Agricultural Areas (NPAA) with an area of

20,884 hectares representing 28.81 percent of the total protection lands.

Among the municipalities, Sibalom registered to have the highest irrigated

and irrigable lands followed by Culasi and Bugasong. These areas are the

palay producing municipalities that made Antique a surplus province in palay

production.


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7.1.2 Trends

Based on the 2006 record of the Provincial Assessors Office, built up

areas of the province totaled to 4,236.35 hectares, broken down as follows:

institutional areas cover 980.21 hectares while 77.34 hectares are commercial

areas and 3,178.80 hectares are registered as residential areas. Meanwhile,

the 2007 record shows that the built-up areas totaled to 4,240.31 hectares,

an increase of 3.96 hectares from the previous year. Comparing 2007 data

from 2008, built-up areas totaled to 4,476.97 hectares, an increase of 236.66

hectares. It can be noted that there is an increasing trend in built -up areas

of the province and some agricultural lands especially along the highway are

converted for this land use.

Table 19

Existing Land Use Distribution, Antique, Percentage Share

Area (ha) Land Uses 2006 2007 2008

% Share (2008)

Built-up/ Settlement

Protection Areas

Production Areas

Other Uses

Total

4,236.36

96,147.06

149,421.53

2,395.07

252,200

4,240.31

96,147.05

149,,417.57

2,395.07

252,200

4,476.97

96,147.05

149,180.91

2,395.07

252,200

1.78

38.12

59.15

0.95

100.00


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7.2. Physical Framework

7.2.1. Demand (A)

The projected population of Antique in 2013 is 554,099, equivalent to

an additional population of 38,834 from the 2007 census of 515,265. This

increase will need an additional built-up area of 400.76 hectares from the

existing built-up area of 4,476.97 hectares in 2008 or will total to 4,877.73

hectares. This is based on the assumption that the ratio of built-up area to

population is 0.0086 hectares/person and a including 20% allowance for

expansion.

Meanwhile, the area requirement for palay production is estimated

based on the total rice demand of the total projected population in 2013. The

daily grain per rice requirement per day per capita is 286.6 grams or

equivalent to 104.609 kgs per year per capita. Based on this figure, the total

rice demand of Antique in 2013 is 57,963.74 metric tons of clean rice. The

area of land requirement is computed from the area of land for food demand

plus buffer stock and wastage or equivalent to 17,545.92 hectares. On the

other hand, an additional of 1,069.48 hectares is needed for area requirement

for seeds or a total of 18,615.84 hectares. The total irrigated and irrigable

land of Antique is 20,844 hectares and rainfed is 22,814 hectares.

If part of the projected palay production area will be utilized for

expansion of built up areas of 400.764 hectares, the estimated palay

production will be 177,137.68 metric tons or equivalent to 115,139.49 metric

tons of clean rice. Given the projected food demand in 2013 of 57,963.74

metric tons, there is still a surplus of 57,175.75 metric tons of clean rice.


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Meanwhile, an estimated additional 500 hectares will be used for

infrastructure and utility. These areas will be utilized for the extension of

airport runway, construction of proposed farm to market roads, proposed

construction of East West Link Road (Valderrama – Passi), San Remigio –

Valderrama Road and La Rioja Patnongon – Valderrama Road, on going

construction of Villasiga Road, bus terminals and other infrastructure

facilities.

Table 20 Existing and Proposed Land Use

Land Uses Existing

Area 2008 (ha)

Trend (2002-2008)

Area Requirement

2013

% of increase/ decrease

Built-up/Settlement 4,476.97 312.954 ha

(increase) 400.76 ha (increase) +8.95%

Protection Areas 96,147.05 0 150.00 ha

(decrease) -0.15%

Production Areas 149,180.91 612.954 ha

(decrease) 750.76 ha (decrease) -0.50%

Other Uses 2,395.07 300.00 ha (increase)

500.00 ha (increase) +20.88%

In map form, this scenario is shown by revising Map 5a (built-up) to

consider future trends resulting to Map 25 (Initial Settlements Growth Map).


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7.2.2 Integration Demand With Supply (B)

Based on the demand in built up area and additional area for

infrastructure and utilities, there will be an inevitable decrease in the

protection and production areas. However, this may introduce new

environmental threats or requirements. For example, as population and

economy grows, there is pressure to built-up lands which creates pressure to

convert agricultural lands and protection areas.

Integrating demand with supply is shown in map form by overlaying

built-up expansion areas with protection areas (Map 11 and Map 25), there

are likely areas of growth and expansion that are in conflict with the supply of

land as defined by identified protection areas. The following are the observed

various types of land use conflicts as shown in Map 26:

a. Built-Up Land Uses Encroaching Into Agricultural And Other

Production (A & D) Lands

The capital town San Jose de Buenavista having a small land area of less than

5,000 hectares and a high density of 1,130 population per km2 experiences,

land use conflicts, like the encroachment of built-up area into agricultural

protection lands. Commercial/residential structures are constructed in

irrigated and irrigable lands at along the national road toward to municipality

of Sibalom. This scenario is also true in the municipalities of Hamtic and

Sibalom wherein irrigated and irrigable lands are located adjacent to the

urban barangays. When there are no available space for built-up expansion,

encroachment of built – up areas in irrigated/production areas occur

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b. Built-Up Land Uses Encroaching Into Forest Protection Areas.

Considering that a large part of the province is in the upland

encroachment of built up areas in protected forest areas occur of the 18

municipalities, encroachment occur in 11 municipalities, particularly in upland

areas of San Remigio, Valderrama, Sibalom, Patnongon, Bugasong, Laua-an,

Barbaza, Tibiao, Culasi, Pandan and Libertad. Alternative livelihood and

information and education campaign are the basic strategies to control

encroachment in the protection area.

c. Built-Up Land Uses Encroaching Into Protection Areas In

Built-Up Areas

Built-up land uses that encroach into protection areas in built-up

areas/buffer zones are the barangays of Maybato Nort, Maybato Sur, San

Angel and Malaiba of the municipality of San Jose, Barangay Malandog and

Barangay Lapaz-Tubog municipality of Hamtic. These baraygays continue to

expand its built-up area at the coastal and river buffer zones which are flood

prone, coastal flood and flash flood prone areas. These informal settlers in

these areas are mostly fishermen which are dependent in fishing as their

livelihood and in-migrant from other barangays, municipalities and provinces

like Cebuanos.

d. Agricultural And Other Non-Built-Up Production Areas

Encroaching Into Forest Protection Areas.

Mostly upland barangays that are located within the production forest

land and adjacent to the protection forest expand their livelihood activities to

protection forest. These are the usual practices of the upland farmers. They

cut trees in protection areas for firewood and lumber. They also practice slash

and burn to plant annual crops due to limited information on its effect in the

environment.


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7.2.3 Other Land Use Requirements ( C )

Settlement Framework Plan

San Jose would require bigger area for settlement expansion to

accommodate the additional projected population of 6,163 in 2013. Its role

being a major urban center, provides economic link between the regional

center and major urban centers in the Panay Island. It is categorized as large

town with population of 54,871 based on 2006 population census, center of

trade, commerce and industry. It is in this municipality we can find banks and

financial institutions, shopping centers/super-markets, mall, tertiary

education, health services (public and private), large drugstores and quality

restaurants. It is also the seat of the provincial government and offices of the

national agencies. The initial settlement growth direction is toward the north,

going to barangay San Pedro where there are available areas for built up

expansion and going to the south approaching the municipality of Hamtic.

Ten hectares socialized housing is proposed in barangay Badiang and Funda

Dalipe.

In order to avoid conversion of prime agricultural land to built–up land

use, expansion of settlement in San Jose will be pursued through

densification, utilization of idle lands, in-filling of vacant lands and

redevelopment (vertical structures). Development of urban corridor in the

municipalities of Hamtic and Sibalom being influenced area of San Jose in

urbanization, shall be encouraged to minimize population movements toward

the provincial capital. Provisions of socialized housing projects in each

municipality, all weather access roads, improved basic services and livelihood

to the hinterland municipalities, strengthening of municipalities alliances are

strategies to minimize urban sprawl in San Jose.


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Sibalom and Hamtic being the next larger municipalities in terms of

population would also require bigger area for built up expansion to

accommodate the additional increase in populations of 3,768 and 3,522

respectively. This is also expected to happen in the municipality of Caluya

because of the presence of coal mining in Semirara Island the projected

population will increase to 5,652 in 2013. On the other hand the municipality

of Culasi being the secondary growth center (minor urban center) in the

northern part of the province and presence of Lipata Port takes the role of

processing and trading center of neighboring municipalities also require

bigger land area to accommodate settlement for additional population of

2,072 in 2013. Others are satellite municipalities which are dominantly

agricultural areas where the basic services are provided by its constituents

require minimal area for built-up expansion.

High population growth rate means higher demand for settlement/built

up areas in the future. This will affect the future land uses and will cause

land use conflicts like conversion of prime agricultural land into built-up areas.

The encroachment of production into the protection area and encroachment

of settlement into the production and protection areas will result to the

increase in demand for food, basic commodities and employment. Antique’s

plan is to intensify campaign to reduce population growth rate through Family

Planning/ Reproductive Health Program which will include free bilateral tubal

ligation; conduct Responsible Parenting & Natural FP Classes; and provision of

FP commodities, Adolescent Health & Youth Development Program;

Establishment of Community-Based & School-Based Teen Center, Peer

Educators Training.

Basic social services like livelihood programs for women and families

should be extended to solve the problem in malnutrition. Other social services

should also be provided like Phil Health card to indigents, conduct training of

teachers to handle multi-grade classes, construction of additional classroom in

far-flung barangays that exceed the standard student- teacher ratio,


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construction of classroom in 15 municipalities to cater to the education needs

of special children, construction of 174 classrooms to cater to the needs of

the increasing number of school age population and the upgrading and

replacement of some dilapidated classrooms (secondary level) to meet the

standard ratio of 1:45. Improvement of Provincial Hospital to meet the

standard of tertiary hospital and construction of private hospital funded by the

Saint Anthony’s College will improve the basic social services of the province.

Likewise the on-going construction of Bugasong District Hospital will provides

social services in central municipalities of Antique.

The vision of the province is “Antique: Haven of free, peaceful and

environment-friendly communities engaged in world competitive enterprises

and proud of its rich cultural heritage”. This vision could be achieved if our

peace makers are provided with equipment and other logistical support. The

identified programs and projects are the provision of equipment and facilities

in the Provincial Crime Laboratory; procurement of a 75 KVA transformer and

upgrading of the Provincial Police Office; capability Building for Barangay

Tanods on Internal Security Operations in relation to executive Order 546;

improvement of five (5) police stations namely: Libertad, Sibalom, San Jose,

Patnongon and Culasi; procurement of Disaster-related equipment such as

rubber boats with engines and other life saving devices/equipment;

acquisition of additional fire trucks to be stationed at the municipalities

without fire truck and additional firefighting apparatuses, supplies, equipment

and communication facilities (radio base and handheld radio) and also the

establishment of fire stations.


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Protection Framework Plan

Reforestation in the watershed area is the priority program of the

Province of Antique to ensure the adequacy of water supply for agricultural,

commercial and domestic uses. The priority areas are the watershed area

within the seven major rivers of Antique. The NIPAS areas of Sibalom Natural

Park and North West Panay Peninsula Natural Park will be properly managed

to conserve/preserve its flora and fauna for the ecological balance of the

environment. On the other hand, completion and implementation of

Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) and Zoning Ordinance of 18

municipalities are vital to protect prime agricultural lands from illegal

conversion.

Specifically, the protection framework plan will pursue the completion

and updating of CLUPs and zoning ordinances of all municipalities based on

the current planning guidelines and regulate land use conversion of prime

agricultural lands to non-agricultural uses.

Areas that are severely eroded shall be subjected to limited cultivation

and shall be subjected to massive rehabilitation and reforestation. Areas with

slopes of more than 50 percent shall be prohibited from cultivation and

utilization as any disturbance of their surfaces could easily lead to soil erosion.

Areas found within the elevation of 1000 meters and above shall be

prohibited to commercial exploitation and shall be preserved for ecological

balance in order not to degrade the environment.


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The Bantay Dagat Patrol in every municipality should be established to

control the encroachment of commercial fishing vessels and illegal fishing

within the jurisdiction of municipal water. The protection and conservation of

mangrove areas and fish sanctuaries, strict enforcement of fishery laws are

vital measures to have sufficient catch of local fisher folks of marine fishes.

In order to minimize the green house gases emitted to the atmosphere

coming from burning of our solid wastes and gases coming from solid waste

as it decomposed from the sanitary landfill, proper solid waste management

shall be adopted. The establishment and conversion of traditional dump site

to sanitary land fill is necessary, reactivation of Municipal Solid Waste

Management Board in each municipality, completion and implementation of

18 municipal and provincial solid waste codes and establishment of Materials

Recovery Facility in each municipality are the plans to control the solid wastes

being dumped into the dumping site. Implementation of smoke belching

tests to all vehicles and adoption of environmental friendly energy power

sources like biomass and hydro power plant in Villasiga, greening the highway

program, adoption of bioethanol and biogass fuels for mobile vehicles are the

appropriate programs to mitigate the adverse effect of climate change.

Establishment of buffer zones/easement within the river bank, prime

agricultural land, protection forest, restriction of settlement in flood prone and

hazards prone areas and strict implementation of Zoning Ordinance are the

mitigating measures to prevent major disaster that may occur in the future.


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Production Framework Plan

In order to meet the future demand for food as well as the basic

commodities and employment of the growing population the production areas

should be the main concern of Antique. Proper allocation of these production

areas according to their suitability would achieve an optimum economic return

as well as stable and sustainable environment. Based on analysis of

sustainability, 93.51 percent or 235,827 hectares of the province have

sustainable land use.

The plan provides for the sustainable production of rice as the major

crop of the province in 17,764.5 hectares of irrigated land. The improvement

of Sibalom-San Jose River Irrigation System under the ADB Irrigation

Systems Operation and Efficiency Improvement Project (ISOEIP) and the

rehabilitation/improvement of other communal irrigation facilities are the

major infrastructure support facility to production area. Other plans and

programs to boost the production and to alleviate poverty are identified like

the provision of pre and post harvest facilities, construction of small water

impounding projects, improvement of farm to market roads, introduction of

hybrid seeds, agricultural research and development, introduction of Organic

Farming, Integrated Pest Management, conduct of Soil Fertility Mapping,

Agricultural Enhancement Program, Urban Agriculture, Farmer Field School,

Agricultural Research and Techno Demo, Fruit Basket Program and Plant Now

Pay Later Program.


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For areas found to be suitable for annual crops as reflected in

sustainability map, their production will be intensified through introduction of

high value commercial crops, diversification and intensification and adoption

of Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT)/Hilly Agricultural Land

Technology (HALT). In Areas with slope 18-30 percent which are suitable to

agro-forestry, limited cultivation and sound agricultural management system

shall be adopted. Areas with slope 30-50 percent shall be utilized as

production forest (firewood, fruit trees and timber).

In order to provide an export quality muscovado sugar,

improvement/upgrading of mills, conduct training on packaging and

enhancement of marketing linkages are the proposed interventions. The areas

indentified and presently cultivated/planted with sugarcane will be intensified

as the demand in the local and export market is high. Recognizing the

importance of the muscovado sugar industry in the province, the local

government of Antique has recently taken a firm stand to reclaim its position

as the industry leader. The municipalities of Laua-an and Patnongon

considered muscovado production as their focus under the One Town One

Product (OTOP) program. Ethanol as the bi-product of muscovado sugar

processing that can be processed again into a bio gas is one of the potential

industries that the province should look in the future.

In creating more job opportunities to Antiquenos the development of

tourism potentials shall be the priority. This includes the improvement of

access roads, travel packages and amenities will be provided to attract foreign

and local tourists. Also potential mining areas shall be tapped to create more

jobs with introduction of environmental friendly mining technology.


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Fishing is the major source of livelihood of the households in the 15

coastal municipalities. The rich fishing grounds of the Cuyo East Pass, Sulu

Sea and the vast municipal waters along the coastline that is around 296.80

kilometers makes fishing a promising venture. Fisheries production shall also

be given emphasis to increase the income of marginal fisher folks. Provision

of capital assistance, storage facilities and marketing linkages is a must to

improve quality of life of these marginal fisher folks. Fish canning is proposed

in San Jose due to the volume of fish catch during peak seasons that is more

than enough to supply the requirement for Antique. Diversification of

seaweeds plantation area and encourage more fisher folks to engage in

seaweeds plantation by providing capital assistance and marketing linkages

will also increase income of these community. Aquaculture production shall be

improved by enhancement the breeding quality, more intensive

research/studies and farm demonstrations.


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Transport And Infrastructure Framework Plan

External and internal linkages provide access to settlement and

production areas. Improvement of EBJ Airport will provide fast access of

Antiquenos to other urban center in the country and encourage tourists to

explore the tourism sites of the province. Improvement of San Jose Port and

Lipata Port to support the operation of Strong Republic Nautical Highway

(RO–RO) will also provide better access to commuters and farm products to

other provinces and major urban centers in the country. Improvement of

national roads from gravel road to concrete provides better access from one

municipality to another. The proposed construction of Panay East West link

road (Valderrama- Lambunao Road) provides past access in going to the

central municipalities of Iloilo and Capiz and the on-going construction of San

Remigio – Leon Road will provide fast access to the new Iloilo International

Airport in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo.

Meanwhile the implementation of 8MW Hydro Power Plant at Villasiga,

Pangalcagan in the town of Bugasong, 2MW Hydro Power Plant at Guiamon

and San Ramon in Laua-an will provide reliable and cheaper power supply to

Antique. The installation of 5MVA power Sub- Station at Bugasong and the

improvement of Sibalom Sub-Station from 5MVA to 10MVA will address the

problem of voltage fluctuation. The immediate rehabilitation of damaged flood

control facilities and construction of additional flood control facilities along the

seven major rivers of Antique will mitigate the damages in the infrastructure

projects, loss of lives and properties due to occurrence of flash floods. The

construction of level 3 potable water supply as a basic needs in urban

barangays of, Anini-y and, Laua-an are proposed.


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D. DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, GOALS, OBJECTIVES/TARGETS

1. Development issues and problems

2. Development goals, objectives and targets

2.a Goals 2.b Objectives/Targets

E. STRATEGIES, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES 1. Strategy, Programs and Projects 1.1 Strategies 1.2 Programs 1.3 Projects 1.4 Poverty reduction, strategies and projects


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Table 21. Issues/Problems, Goals and Objectives/Targets

ISSUES/PROBLEMS (D1)

GOALS (D2a)

OBJECTIVES/TARGETS (D2b)

STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Drivers Population High population

growth rate.

Physical Resources Over utilization of

natural resources a. Marine Resources b. Forest Resources

Erosion, landslide c. Water resources Inadequate supply

of potable water during dry season

d. Land resources Conversion of

production and protection areas to settlement or built-up areas.

Presence of geo- hazard areas.

Untapped mineral resources.


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Transport/Access Inadequate external

linkages and internal access routes.

Economy Lack of economic

competitiveness High cost of doing the

business Low agricultural and

fishery productivity


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Table 22. Strategies, Programs, and Projects derived from Income/Access to Services


GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

SYMPTOMS/ INDICATORS

Income/Services High poverty incidence

-43%

Reduce poverty

incidence

Reduce poverty incidence

from 43 percent in 2006 to 5 percent annually

Increase per capita

threshold from P14,650.00 to P19,000.00 in 2013

Provide access to

basic services of upland municipalities with high poverty incidence (San Remigio, Barbaza, Bugasong, Culasi, Libertad, Patnongon, Tibiao, Valderrama

Livelihood Programs Construction/Repair/

Improvement of Roads and Bridges

- Construction of 12 kms. Gravel road linking Patnongon and Valderrama

- Concreting of unpaved national road from Junction Villavert Jimenez-T. Fornier-Anini-y-Tioilas Road


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Provision of external linkages and internal access to both lowland, coastal and upland areas

- Concreting of Pandan-Libertad-Buruanga—Aklan National Road section

- Concreting of Odiong-Sibalom-San Remigio-Leon Road

- Construction of 163 kms Panay-East-West Link Road

- Concreting of 13.8 kms Sibalom-Egana national road

- Concreting of 18 kms provincial road

- Concreting of 60 lineal meters of bailey bridge along provincial road

Air Transportation Construction of additional

800m runway extension of the EBJ Airport

Water Transportation Completion of RORO

facilities at Lipata Port


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Improve HDI level of Antique

Improve status of Antique by graduating from one of the poorest province in Region VI.

Increase literacy rate from 88 percent to 93 percent in 2013

Increase per capita threshold from P14,650,000.00 by 5 percent annually

Provision of hazard pay for teachers and educational facilities for children in the hard-to-reach barangays

Opening of schools in the hard-to-reach barangays

Construction of additional school buildings

Low palay productivity and fishery production

- Stringent requirements of government financial institution for capital assistance

- Limited funds for the construction, repair and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities

- Vast areas along river banks planted to palay and other crops destroyed by flood every year

- Overfishing - Lack of political will by

some municipalities in the implementation of fishery laws and ordinances

Improve palay and Fishery Productivity

Increase palay production by 2 percent annually

Increase fishery production by 3 percent annually

To increase production of

major farm commodities and income of farmers.

Intensify agricultural and fishery production

Strengthening of poverty reduction and hunger mitigation task force

Adoption of synchronized farming

Encourage use of organic farming

Limit use of pesticides and inorganic fertilizers

Adopt recommended farming technology programs

Agricultural Enhancement Program - Organic Farming - Crop Intensification & Diversification

- Soil Fertility Mapping

- National and Communal Irrigation Project

Construction of Farm-To-Market Roads - Credit Assistance Program - Conduct of Strategic

Agricultural Planning - Construction of River Dike - Flood Control Program


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

- No designated regular PNP/MARITIME personnel and lack legal support for fishery law enforcement

- Encroachment of fishing vessels in the municipal waters

- Destructive fishing practices

- Habitat destruction (mangroves, coral reefs, marine sanctuaries

Low/Limited supply of

quality muscovado sugar required by the market

Improved quality of muscovado sugar

Increase number of

upgraded muscovado sugar mill from 11 to 15 in 2013

Mill upgrading Advocate/ Promote

compliance of food safety requirements

Enhance market and trading relations

Enhance Enhance market and trading relations

Enhance product presentation

Muscovado Sugar

Development Program - Sugar Mill Upgrading - Conduct of Food Safety

Training - Muscovado Sugar Product

Matching - Provision of Consultancy

Assistance to Improve Productivity

Provision of packaging and Labeling Assistance.


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

High unemployment rate (16.7%)

Reduce unemployment rate

To provide livelihood opportunities for men and women

Improve/ Strengthen industries:

- eco-tourism industry

- fishing industry - micro-weavers - sugar workers - Food Processing - Bamboocraft Encourage men

and women to avail of scholarship programs of agencies e.g. TESDA, DOLE, etc.

Tourism Development Gemstone Processing Marble Quarrying Cottage Industry Upgrading of Muscovado

Sugar Production and Processing

Food Processing Bamboocraft

Scholarship Program

Low investments (compared with other provinces)

Strengthen marketing linkages

To increase annual average family income from P94,917.00 in 2000 by 5 percent annually

Upgrading of livelihood skills

Conduct of Skills Training

Inadequate marketing support

Improvement of marketing support

To generate 1,000 jobs each year until 2013.

Provision of access to loans, marketing and retailing

Provide financial and marketing assistance


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Social Services Health Prevalence of

malnutrition among pre-schoolers and school children

All children are well-nourished.

Reduce prevalence of

malnutrition among: - pre-schoolers from 14.50%

in 2008 by 2% annually.

- school children from 26.92% in 2006 by 2% annually.

Home & school-

based feeding Sustain the Food

for School Program Replication of 4 P’s

Program in other municipalities and barangays.

Nutrition Program

- Food Production - Supplemental Feeding - Vit. A & Micronutrient

Supplementation - Deworming

Food for School Program Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino

Program (4 P’s) High maternal mortality

ratio

Zero maternal death.

To reduce MMR from 105/100,000 pop in 2007 to 52/100,000 in 2013.

To increase deliveries attended by skilled health personnel

Improve knowledge, attitude and skills of women in pregnancy, labor and post partum.

Improve access to health facilities.

Improve contraceptive self-reliance strategy.

Sustain Phil Health Indigency Program

Intensify Health Education/ Advocacy

Establishment of BEMONC/ CEMONC facilities.

Construction/Renovation of hospital/RHUs/BHS.

Upgrading of hospital to comply with accreditation standards.

Provision of FP commodities/supplies.

Training of health workers on CMMNC, Family Planning

Conduct Health Education/ Advocacy activities


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Increase budget allocation for premium of indigent enrollees

Comply with PhilHealth accreditation intended for TB/DOTS, OPB, MCP, NCP package of services.

Phil Health Indigency Program

High child mortality rate

Reduce child mortality rate

To decrease IMR from 14.58/1000 LB in 2007 to 10/1000 LB in 2013.

To reduce child mortality caused by pneumonia from 1.57% in 2007 to less than 1% in 2013.

To decrease protein energy malnutrition from 16.76% in 2007 to less than 10% in 2013

Improve immunization services.

Intensify breastfeeding program

Improve implementation of malnutrition program

Strengthen IMCI

Advocacy to LGUs for hiring of additional health workers (MDs, RHMs)

Purchase of medicines/supplies

Construction of additional health facilities in geographically isolated depressed areas (GIDAs)

Training of Health Workers on IYCF, IMCI


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Enhance implementation of newborn screening

Referral of newborns to DOH for free newborn screening.

Improve availability and accessibility of low cost quality essential drugs.

Strengthen surveillance & Epidemic management

Establishment of more Botica ng Barangay to 1:2 ratio.

Conduct Basic Epidemiologic & Surveillance Response

Decreasing percentage of households with access to potable water.

Inadequate supply of

potable water during dry season

Improve access of households to potable water.

To increase percentage of households with access to potable water from 89% in 2008 to 94% in 2013.

WATSAN Project


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Population Development Rapid increase of

teen-age pregnancies High fertility rate High incidence of

illegitimate births

Reduce teen-age

pregnancies Reduce unwanted

pregnancies Reduce incidence of

illegitimate births

To decrease teen-age

pregnancies To increase contraceptive

prevalence rate among MAWRAs from 46.47% in 2009 to 65% in 2013.

To increase level of fertility awareness among MAWRAs.

To decrease number of unmarried couples.

Review of the

Modules Enhance IEC

Advocacy on Gender and Sexual Responsibility

Provision of access to FP commodities

Encourage the

unmarried couples to receive the Sacrament of Matrimony

Life Skills Education/

Training Establishment of additional

Community & School-Based Teen Centers

Peer Educators Training Adolescent Health & Youth

Development Program Reproductive Health

Program - Conduct of free bilateral

tubal ligation and vasectomy

- Conduct Responsible Parenting & natural Family Planning Classes

Identification of unmarried couples

Conduct of Mass Wedding


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Education High illiteracy rate

Decrease illiteracy

rate

To increase simple literacy

rate from 88% in 1994 to 93% in 2013.

To increase functional literacy rate from 75% in 2004 to 84% in 2013.

To establish ALS in 16 school districts; 2010 – 1; 2011 – 5; 2012 – 5; 2013 – 5

Establishment of

Alternative Learning System (ALS) in every school district.

Advocacy campaign for enrolment

Conduct Literacy Classes Hiring of contractual

instructional managers Provide Basic Literacy

Program (BLP) and Accreditation & Equivalency (A&E) learning materials and equipment

Poor/Inadequate educational facilities both in the elementary and secondary levels

All 6-12 years old are in the elementary school

To upgrade elementary 115 classrooms;

2010 – 5; 2011 – 20; 2012 – 50; 2013 – 40

Improve educational facilities

Upgrading of elementary school buildings and classrooms

- Rehabilitation of classrooms

- Provision of educational facilities


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

To construct additional elem. school buildings and classrooms; 2010 – 20 classrooms; 2011 – 50 classrooms; 2012 – 60 classrooms; 2013 – 70 classrooms

To rehabilitate/ upgrade 83 high school buildings/ classrooms.

Provide additional school buildings/ classrooms

Improve educational structures

Construction of elementary school building & classrooms

Upgrading of high school buildings & classrooms

High drop-out rate

among male children both in the elem. & high school levels

Reduce drop-out rate among male school children

To provide training for 471 teachers and 191 school heads on drop-out reduction program

To hire 200 school board teachers every year.

To increase level of

awareness among parents on child’s right to basic education

Capability Building

Advocacy for Parents

Comprehensive Drop-Out Intervention Program

- Training of teachers and school heads on drop-out reduction program

- Procurement of modules - Hiring of school board

teachers Conduct Parent

Effectiveness Service (PES) Training

Livelihood Support Program for Parents

Food for School Program Scholarship Program 4 P’s Program


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Special Education A number of

differently-abled children needg special education

All differently-

abled children have access to special education.

To increase number of

differently -abled children provided with access to special education in all municipalities.

Establishment of

SPED Centers

Construction of classrooms

for SPED Classes Hiring of SPED teachers Provide learning materials,

equipment and facilities for SPED Centers

Early Childhood Care & Development Majority of the 3 years

old children are not enrolled in pre-schools or day care centers.

All 3-5 years old children are attending pre-school or day care classes.

All barangays have day care centers.

To increase percentage of 3-5 years old children attending pre-school or day care classes by 10% per year.

To increase access to quality ECCD services.

Strict enforcement of Day Care Law and ECCD Law

Resource Mobilization

Advocacy for Parents on Child’s Rights.

Accreditation of DCCs and Day Care Workers

Upgrading/ Construction of Day Care Centers (DCCs)

Provision of learning materials and ECCD packages

Establishment of Supervised Neighborhood Play or Home-based ECCD in barangays/sitios without DCCs.


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Housing Presence of informal

settlers in disaster risk areas.

High squatting incidence in commercial zones in the poblacion barangays of the capital town.

High rental cost of houses or spaces.

Disaster risk

reduction Reduction of

squatting incidence in commercial zones

Provide affordable dwelling units for employees near their work places.

To provide affordable

housing units for a number of informal setters and employees working both in private institutions or government offices or agencies.

Relocation of

informal settlers in disaster risk areas.

Development of

affordable housing units by cooperatives and local government units

Core Shelter Project Livelihood Program Socialized Housing Projects

Sports & Recreation Inadequate sports

equipment and facilities and existing facilities needs upgrading

Develop sports

minded Antiquenos.

To develop the youths

become champions in any sports.

Upgrading of

existing sports facilities and equipment.

Provision of additional equipment and facilities.

Sports Development

Program


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Security Increasing incidence

of criminality

Reduce crime

incidence

Reduce all crime parameters

by at least 10% until 2013.

Upgrading of PNP

units and stations Adoption/approval

of 2010 PNP Integrated Peace and Order Operational Plan (IPOOP), Integrated Area-Community Public Safety Plan (IA-CPSP), Disaster Search and Rescue Plan (DSARP) and Integrated Transformation Plan (ITP) to LGUs, Prov’l./ Mun’l. Boards and other stakeholders and provision of budget.

Improvement of the

Provincial Police Office Physical improvement of

five (5) municipal police stations (MPS) - Libertad, Patnongon, Sibalom, San Remigio and San Jose

Immediate provision of a patrol vehicle for Laua-an MPS

Conduct IEC/Advocacy activities for audiences both internal and external on crime prevention and control


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Decreasing crime solution efficiency

Improve crime solution efficiency

To improve crime solution efficiency from 92.22% in 2008 by at least 5% until 2013.

Improve investigative skills of law enforcers

Upgrading (equipage) the Prov’l. Crime Laboratory Office (PCLO)

Conduct of 10-day Intensive Refresher Course for all Investigators and probable investigators

Provision of equipment and facilities for PCLO

Low police to population ratio in some areas

Attain ideal police to population ratio

To attain national standard ratio of 1 policeman for every 1,000 population.

Conduct IEC/Advocacy activities in secondary and collegiate schools ICOW PNP entry/recruitment requirements

Maintenance of a pool of police eligibles

Endorsement of police eligibles for recruitment

Recruitment of at least 120 new law enforcers until 2013 (30 new cops per year)


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Presence of insurgents in some communities

Insurgency-free province

To lessen the influence and atrocities of Local Communist Terrorists (LCTs)

Capability Building

Well-informed

citizenry

Strengthen PNP PCR Teams

Implementation/ Operationalization and Training of Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams (BPATs)

Conduct IEC/Advocacy activities in insurgency affected municipalities/ barangays.

Conduct 10-days Intensive Refresher Course for all members of the Provincial Public Safety Management Company (PPSMC).

Conduct of Internal Security Operations

Jail Services Crowded and ill-

equipped jail

Improve jail

situation

To decongest the District

Jails.

Extension of land

area of district jails and upgrading of jail facilities.

Extension/Improvement of

district jails in coordination with BJMP.

Construction of additional jail facilities


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Improve security measures in Antique Rehabilitation Center/Provincial Jail

To prevent unwarranted escape of prisoners.

Upgrading of ARC/Provincial Jail

Training of

Provincial Guards

Construction/ Improvement of perimeter security fences of ARC/Provincial Jail

Conduct of Intensive Refresher Course for all members of the ARC/PJ particularly in handling of prisoners

Fire Protection Services Inadequate fire trucks,

firefighting apparatuses, supplies, equipment and communication facilities which caused further damage to properties and loss of lives.

Protect the lives of

Antiquenos and prevent damages to properties caused by fire.

To establish fire stations in

all municipalities equipped with fire trucks and firefighting equipment, etc.

Resource

Mobilization

Establishment of Fire

Stations Provision of Fire Trucks Provision of firefighting

equipment, apparatuses, etc.

Acquisition of Service Vehicle


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Other Services and Facilities Elderly Majority of the

municipalities have no established center for senior citizens

Inactive Municipal Associations of Senior Citizens

Many senior citizens are not registered members of the association which resulted to deprivation of the benefits intended for them.

Every municipality

has Senior Citizens Center

Strong Municipal Associations of Senior Citizens

Increase membership of the Municipal Associations

To establish Senior Citizen Centers in all municipalities 2010 – 3 2011 – 3 2012 – 2 2013 – 2

To increase registrants in every municipality.

Inclusion of annual budget for senior citizens.

Reorganization/

Strengthen the Municipal Associations of Senior Citizens

Provincewide Advocacy campaign for additional registrants

Establishment of Senior

Citizens Center. Conduct massive

registration of senior citizens


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Violence Against Women & Children (VAW-C) Increasing number of

unreported cases of VAW-C.

Slow disposition of cases involving children and women.

Lack of Social Workers in terms of home care management for total rehabilitation of the client.

Lack of proper facilities and equipment for the implementation of services

The Provincial Crisis Center for Women and Children is not yet operational and needs completion.

Fast resolution of

filed cases of VAW-C

By 2013, the province

should have a designated Family Court with adequate number of prosecutors.

Passage of

resolution by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan requesting the Supreme Court to Designate a Family Court in the Province of Antique.

Hiring of registered social workers

Designation of Family Court Completion of Crisis Center Hiring of registered social

workers


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Children In Conflict with the Law (CICL) Many cases are

unreported and increasing in number and most of the offenders are aging below 15.

Absence of detention cell and rehabilitation center for youth in the Province of Antique.

Lack of trained Social

Workers to handle CICL cases.

Improve reporting of cases and decrease number of CICL.

No CICL to be detained in jails.

To provide psychosocial and

legal services to individuals and families in crisis situation particularly victims of violence, neglected, abandoned, victims of trafficking, exploited, dysfunctional families, stranded individuals, refugees and street children.

To provide legal, medical, psychosocial interventions to victims of violence.

To provide a comprehensive intervention program for CICL focused on the best interest of the child.

Strengthen

LCPC/BCPC. Set aside and

disburse 1% from the IRA of the province for CICL as stated in the provision of R.A. 9344.

Identify court appointed special advocates and foster families to assist in the treatment and rehabilitation of CICL.

Establishment of Provincial

Holding/Reception Center for CICL.


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) Majority of the

newborns are not screened to detect disabilities and sickness for early rehabilitation/ medication and prevention.

All newborns are

screened for early detection of disabilities and sickness.

To reach out and advocate

at the community level regarding prevention, rehabilitation and causes of disability.

Referral of

newborns to DOH for free newborn screening.

Conduct programs, consultation meetings, symposiums on issues related to disabilities.

Provision of newborn

screening equipment and facilities.


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Table 23. Strategies, Programs, and Projects Derived from Land Use


GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Land Use Massive agri-land

conversion to other land uses

Preserve/ conserve

areas suited for agriculture for food security purposes

To limit conversion of

agricultural land to a maximum of 5% of the total land area as stipulated by law.

Strict

implementation of CLUP/ Zoning Ordinance and land conversion policies.

Formulation/Updating of

CLUPs duly approved by the local sanggunian.

Depleted mangrove areas

Degradation of marine ecosystem

Non-observance of

buffer zones in river easement and shorelines in the construction of buildings.

Protect/conserve marine resources

Proper zoning &

strict issuance of building & electrical permits.

To rehabilitate the depleted mangrove areas

To be able to establish fish sanctuary in all coastal municipalities.

All LGUs strictly implement the Zoning Ordinance.

Linkaging with DENR and LGU alliances for the rehabilitation/ conservation and protection of marine resources

IEC/Advocacy with the communities

Strict implementation of Fishery Laws.

Lobby or advocate to fast track the formulation / updating of CLUPs and MDPs.

Resource Conservation and Regeneration

- Mangrove Rehabilitation - Institution Building - Establishment of Marine

Sanctuaries - Operationalization of

Bantay Dagat

Formulation/Updating of

CLUPs and Municipal Development Plan approved by the Local Sanggunian.


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

Illegal quarrying of sand in major rivers and beaches.

All quarrying activities of sand in rivers and beaches should have secured permits

To determine the legality and proper quarrying activities in major rivers & beaches

Deployment of staff in major rivers and beaches

Monitoring of quarrying activities province wide.

Poor waste management system due to unsystematic waste management practices

Production activities in

the production forest encroached to the protection forest.

Improve waste management system.

No production

activities in the protection forest.

All municipalities have established proper waste management system

To reduce incidence of

production activities in the protection forest.

Implementation of Section 21 of R.A. 9003 (Ecological Waste Management Act) “Segregation at Source) and Section 33 of R.A. 9003 “Recovery & Recycling

Organization and

Strengthening of Bantay Gubat

Integrated Waste Management Program

Livelihood Projects


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GOALS (D2a)


STRATEGIES (E.1.1)

PPAs (E.1.2/E.1.3/E.1.4)

58 percent of the total land area of the province is experiencing various forms of erosion, 39 percent or 98,664 hectares are severely eroded.

Minimize erosion To reduce incidence of erosion in severely eroded areas.

To be able to adopt 75% SALT in upland areas

Strict implementation of forest laws

Upland Development Program

High incidence of illegal construction of infrastructures in the production and protection areas resulting to conversion of land.

Minimize conversion of prime agri- land and protection areas into built-up areas.

To reduce incidence of illegal conversion of prime agricultural land and protection areas into built-up areas.

Adoption of sound soil conservation measures.

Stop kaingin in higher slopes

Encourage SALT practices in upland areas

Limit conversion of prime agricultural land to the maximum of 5% of the total agri-land.

IEC/Advocacy Activities - Conduct of orientations/

pulong-pulong re: illegal construction of infrastructures in the production and protection areas


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Table 24. Summary of Programs/Projects and Activities

PROGRAMS/PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES LOCATION

Income and Services

Livelihood Programs for Municipalities With High Poverty Incidence

Construction/Repair/ Improvement of Roads and Bridges - Construction of 12 kms. Gravel road linking

Patnongon and Valderrama

- Concreting of unpaved national road from Junction Villavert Jimenez-T. Fornier-Anini-y-Tioilas Road

- Concreting of Pandan-Libertad-Buruanga—

Aklan National Road section - Concreting of Odiong-Sibalom-San Remigio-

Leon Road - Construction of 163 kms Panay-East-West Link

Road - Concreting of 13.8 kms Sibalom-Egana

national road

- Concreting of 18 kms provincial road *Tobias Fornier-Catoogan-Igbangkal Road, 0.50km *Apog-apog to Gamad Road, 1.0 km *T. Fornier-Barasanan B. Road, 0.50 km *Apog-apog-Igcalawagan Road, *Lindero-Atiotes Road,0.5 km *Iba-Nasuli Road,1.0 k.m *Junction National Road to Barangay Badiang, San Jose, 1.0 km *San Juan-Villahermosa-Villafont Road,2.0 km *Nagdayao-Pisanan-Badias Road3.0 km *La Rioja-Pandanan-Valderramac road, 0.3.km.

San Remigio, Barbaza, Bugasong, Culasi, Libertad, Patnongon, Tibiao, Valderrama Patnongon and Valderrama Hamtic, Tobias Fornier, Anini-y Pandan, Libertad Sibalom, San Remigio Valderrama, San Remgio Sibalom Tobias Fornier Tobias Fornier Tobias-Fornier Tobias Fornier Tobias Fornier San Remigio San Jose Sibalom Sibalom Patnongon & Valderrama


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Cubay-Talisay Road, 250 km *Malabor-Alegre Road,1,970 km *Binangbang-Magtulis-Esparar Road1.069 *Sto. Rosario-Malumpati Road,0.211

- Concreting of 60 lineal meters of bailey bridge along provincial road: *Mojon Bridge, 12.73 L.M. *Macarina Bridge,30.0 L.M. *Manlacbo Bridge, 18 L,M.

Air Transportation Construction of additional 800m runway extension

of the EBJ Airport Water Transportation Construction of RORO facilities at San Jose Port

Completion of RORO facilities at Lipata Port

Construction of International Transshipment Port

at San Pedro, San Jose, Antique

Opening of schools and construction of school buildings in the hard-to-reach barangays in the municipalities with 50 percent incidence of poverty

Agricultural Enhancement Program - Organic Farming - Crop Intensification & Diversification - Soil Fertility Mapping

National and Communal Irrigation Project

Construction of Farm-To-Market Roads

Credit Assistance Program Conduct of Strategic Agricultural Planning Construction of River Dike Flood Control Program

Bugasong Tibiao Barbaza Pandan Belison Patnongon Valderrama San Jose San Jose Culasi San Jose San Remigio, Barbaza, Bugasong, Culasi, Libertad, Patnongon, Tibiao, Valderrama, Caluya All Municipalities Provincewide Provincewide San Jose Seven Major River Seven Major River


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Muscovado Sugar Development Program - Sugar Mill Upgrading - Conduct of Food Safety Training - Muscovado Sugar Product Matching - Provision of Consultancy Assistance to

Improve Productivity - Provision of packaging and Labeling

Assistance. Tourism Development

Gemstone Processing

Marble Quarrying

Cottage Industry

Food Processing

Fish Processing

Bamboo craft

Scholarship Program

Conduct of Skills Training

Provide financial and marketing assistance

Laua-an, Patnongon, Belison, Sibalom, San Jose Provincewide Sibalom, San Remigio Pandan & Libertad Pandan, Libertad, Tobias Fornier, Anini-y, Bugasong, Sibalom, San Jose, Patnongon, Barbaza, San Jose Hamtic, San Jose, Pandan, Laua-an Tibiao, Pandan, Culasi, San Jose, Bugasong Sibalom, Valderrama, Laua-an, San Remigio Provincewide Provincewide Provincewide

Social Services: Nutrition Program for the top ten municipalities

with high malnutrition rate Food Production Supplemental Feeding Vit. A & Micronutrient Supplementation Deworming

Food for School Program Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4 P’s) Establishment of BEMONC/CEMONC facilities.

Caluya, Tobias Fornier, Hamtic, Patnongon, Libertad, Sibalom, Bugasong, Barbaza, Tibiao, Laua-an Provincewide Provincewide Provincewide


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Construction/Renovation of hospital/RHUs/BHS.

Upgrading of hospital to comply with accreditation standards.

Provision of FP commodities/supplies.

Training of health workers on CMMNC, Family Planning

Conduct Health Education/ Advocacy activities Phil Health Indigency Program

Advocacy to LGUs for hiring of additional health

workers (MDs, RHMs)

Purchase of medicines/supplies Construction of additional health facilities in

geographically isolated depressed areas (GIDAs)

Training of Health Workers on IYCF, IMCI

Establishment of more Botica ng Barangay to 1:2 ratio.

Conduct Basic Epidemiologic & Surveillance Response

WATSAN Project

Life Skills Education/ Training

Establishment of additional Community & School-Based Teen Centers

Peer Educators Training

Adolescent Health & Youth Development Program

Reproductive Health Program - Conduct of free bilateral tubal ligation and

vasectomy

San Jose, Tobias Fornier, Sibalom, Bugasong, Barbaza, Culasi, Pandan, Valderrama Provincewide Provincewide Provincewide Provincewide Province wide Province wide 18 LGUs Provincewide Provincewide Anini-y, Laua-an 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs


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- Conduct Responsible Parenting & natural Family Planning Classes

Identification of unmarried couples Conduct of Mass Wedding Conduct Literacy Classes

Hiring of contractual instructional managers

Provide Basic Literacy Program (BLP) and

Accreditation & Equivalency (A&E) learning materials and equipment

Upgrading of elementary school buildings and classrooms

- Rehabilitation of classrooms - Provision of educational facilities -

Construction of elementary school building & classrooms

Upgrading of high school buildings & classrooms

Comprehensive Drop-Out Intervention Program

- Training of teachers and school heads on drop-out reduction program

- Procurement of modules - Hiring of school board teachers

Conduct Parent Effectiveness Service (PES)

Training

Livelihood Support Program for Parent

Food for School Program

Scholarship Program

4 P’s Program Construction of classrooms for SPED Classes

Hiring of SPED teachers

18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs San Jose 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs San Jose 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs San Jose San Jose


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Provide learning materials, equipment and facilities for SPED Centers.

Accreditation of DCCs and Day Care Workers

Upgrading/ Construction of Day Care Centers (DCCs)

Provision of learning materials and ECCD packages Establishment of Supervised Neighborhood Play or

Home-based ECCD in barangays/sitios without DCCs.

Core Shelter Project

Livelihood Program Socialized Housing Projects

Sports Development Program Improvement of the Provincial Police Office

Physical improvement of five (5) municipal police

stations (MPS)

Immediate provision of a patrol vehicle for Laua-an MPS

Conduct IEC/Advocacy activities for audiences

both internal and external on crime prevention and control

Conduct of 10-day Intensive Refresher Course for

all Investigators and probable investigators

Provision of equipment and facilities for PCLO

Recruitment of at least 120 new law enforcers until 2013 (30 new cops per year)

Implementation/ Operationalization and Training of Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams (BPATs)

San Jose 18 LGUs Provincewide San Jose San Jose San Jose 18 LGUs San Jose San Jose San Jose Libertad, Patnongon, Sibalom, San Remigio & San Jose Laua-an 18 LGUs 18 LGUs San Jose 18 LGUs 18 LGUs


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Conduct IEC/Advocacy activities in insurgency affected municipalities.

Conduct 10-days Intensive Refresher Course for

all members of the Provincial Public Safety Management Company (PPSMC)

Conduct of Internal Security Operations Extension/Improvement of District Jails Construction of additional jail facilities Construction/ Improvement of perimeter security

fences of ARC/Provincial Jail Conduct of Intensive Refresher Course for all

members of the ARC/PJ particularly in handling of prisoners.

Establishment of Fire Stations

Provision of Fire Trucks

Provision of firefighting equipment, apparatuses, etc.

Acquisition of Service Vehicle

Establishment of Senior Citizens Center.

Conduct massive registration of senior citizens

Designation of Family Court

Completion of Crisis Center

Hiring of registered social workers

Establishment of Provincial Holding/Reception Center for CICL.

Provision of newborn screening equipment and

facilities

18 LGUs San Jose 18 LGUs San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose San Jose


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Land Use: Formulation/Updating of CLUPs duly approved by

the local sanggunian. Resource Conservation and Regeneration

- Mangrove Rehabilitation - Institution Building - Establishment of Marine Sanctuaries - Operationalization of Bantay Dagat

Formulation/Updating of CLUPs and Municipal

Development Plan approved by the Local Sanggunian.

Monitoring of quarrying activities province wide

Integrated Waste Management Program

Livelihood Projects

Upland Development Program IEC/Advocacy Activities

- Conduct of orientations/ pulong-pulong re: illegal construction of infrastructures in the production and protection areas

Anini-y, Tobias Fornier, Hamtic, SanJose, Caluya, Culasi, Libertad, Pandan Sibalom, San Jose, Barbaza, Patnongon, Laua-an

18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs 18 LGUs


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ANNEXES Annex A COMPARATIVE PALAY PRODUCTION IN REGION VI (In metric tons)

PALAY PRODUCTION 2005 2006 2007

PROVINCE Metric Tons Rank Metric

Tons Rank Metric Tons Rank

WESTERN VISAYAS

Aklan 150,432 29 136,155 34 141,574 36 Antique 232,336 20 230,154 21 243,177 23

Capiz 309,209 14 303,879 16 315,433 15 Guimaras 46,876 63 48,484 62 43,754 63

Iloilo 670,300 4 854,646 4 823,376 4 Negros

Occidental 391,667 11 413,906 10 425,112 11

Source: The Philippine Countryside in Figures, 2007 Edition Annex B PALAY PRODUCTION, INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT, 2007

2007 Municipalities

Production (MT) Value (Pesos) Employment RANK (Income)

Anini-y 4,932 53,413,560 1,694 Barbaza 13,029 141,104,070 3,930 Belison 3,226 34,937,580 1,032

Bugasong 21,061 228,090,630 5,985 3 Caluya 2,141 23,187,030 724 Culasi 21,288 230,549,040 5,753 2 Hamtic 14,381 155,746,230 4,399 Laua-an 8,625 93,408,750 2,723 Libertad 3,970 42,995,100 1,189 Pandan 13,528 146,508,240 4,049

Patnongon 20,667 223,823,610 6,647 4 San Jose 15,248 165,135,840 4,318 5

San Remigio 14,252 154,349,160 4,314 Sebaste 7,588 82,178,040 2,196

Sibalom 42,984 465,516,720 12,562 1 Tibiao 11,721 126,938,430 3,366

Tobias Fornier 11,883 128,692,890 3,989 Valderrama 12,653 137,031,990 4,002

TOTAL 243,177 2,633,606,910 72,872 Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics


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Annex C TOTAL FAMILY INCOME PER MUNICIPALITY PER INDUSTRY, 2007

OTHERS

MUNICIPALITY RICE FISHERY MUSCOVADO SEAWEEDS Corn ,Mango, Banana, Coffee

TOTAL

Anini-y 53,413,560 163,392,000 - 846,000 1,524,075 219,175,635 Barbaza 141,104,070 373,637,000 1,047,200 - 22,333,452 538,121,722 Belison 34,937,580 76,512,000 3,926,000 - 1,464,393 116,839,973 Bugasong 228,090,630 23,164,745 - - 11,210,010 262,465,385 Caluya 23,187,030 45,880,000 - 18,900,000 7,823,935 95,790,965 Culasi 230,549,040 185,526,000 - 14,010,000 9,104,766 439,189,806 Hamtic 155,746,230 92,976,800 - - 37,579,464 286,302,494 Laua-an 93,408,750 53,644,800 35,982,000 - 18,192,054 201,227,604 Libertad 42,995,100 1,245,200 - - 4,658,385 48,898,685 Pandan 146,508,240 577,800 - 7,800,000 7,646,418 162,532,458 Patnongon 223,823,610 25,338,150 34,381,200 - 12,141,265 295,684,225 San Jose 165,135,840 2,805,904,000 151,200 - 5,733,655 2,976,924,695 San Remigio 154,349,160 - - - 14,245,432 168,594,592 Sebaste 82,178,040 1,360,000 - - 3,705,075 87,243,115 Sibalom 465,516,720 - 1,096,400 - 28,185,042 494,798,162 Tibiao 126,938,430 180,722,610 - - 9,889,292 317,550,332 Tobias Fornier 128,692,890 1,477,000 - - 10,409,495 140,579,385 Valderrama 137,031,990 - 3,831,200 - 6,477,767 147,340,957 TOTAL 2,633,606,910 4,031,358,105 80,415,200 41,556,000 212,323,975 6,999,260,190 Source: National Statistics Office/Bureau of Agricultural Statistics-Antique


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Annex D

EMPLOYED PERSONS BY TYPE OF INDUSTRY (In Thousands)

AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY SERVICE PROVINCE 2002 2003 2007* Growth

Rate 2002 2003 2007* Growth Rate 2002 2003 2007* Growth

Rate Philippines 11,025 11,155 11,700 1.2 4,821 4,859 5,016 0.8 14,340 14,404 14,636 0.4

Western Visayas 1,057 1,075 1,202 1.7 302 322 445 6.6 1,134 1,122 1,146 (1.1)

Aklan 52 53 57 1.9 32 34 43 6.3 83 82 78 (1.2)

Antique 80 80 80 - 20 20 20 - 75 63 31 (16.0) Capiz 146 160 231 9.6 24 30 73 25.0 127 120 96 (5.5)

Guimaras 31 27 15 (12.9) 6 8 25 33.3 17 21 49 23.5 Iloilo 246 224 154 (8.9) 97 108 166 11.3 361 334 244 (7.5)

Negross Occidental 502 531 665 5.8 123 122 118 (0.8) 471 502 648 6.6

Source: The Philippine Countryside in Figures, 2007 Edition *projected data


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Annex E NUMBER OF MUSCOVADO SUGAR MILLS, SUGARCANE FARM AREA SERVICED, AVERAGE AREA COVERED PER MILL, AND NUMBER OF FARMERS, BY MUNICIPALITY, ANTIQUE, 2007

MUNICIPALITY No. of Mills

Area Covered

Average Area

Serviced Per Mill

No. of Farmers Serviced

LAUA-AN 80 350.00 4.38 458 PATNONGON 33 188.85 5.72 211 BELISON 11 51.75 4.70 104 SIBALOM 11 46.50 4.23 89 VALDERRAMA 9 7.90 4.44 12 4 21.00 5.25 36 BARBAZA 1 2.00 2.00 6 TOTAL 149 668.00 4.70 916 Sources: Department of Trade and Industry-Antique


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Annex F GENERAL INFORMATION ON FISHERY, ANTIQUE, 2007

FISHING SEASON TOTAL NO. OF RESIDENTS DEPENDENT ON FISHING MUNICIPALITY

LENGTH OF COASTLINE

(km.)

NO. OF COASTAL BARANGAYS

PEAK SEASON LEAN SEASON DIRECT DEPENDENT INDIRECTLY DEPENDENT

ANINI-Y 19.00 17 Dec.-June July-Nov 7,378 3,689

BARBAZA 10.20 11 Jan-March July-Oct 200 150

BELISON 0.64 6 Jan-Oct Nov-Dec 96 228

BUGASONG 10.51 7 Feb-March Dec-Jan 160 177 CALUYA 105.00 18 Apr-June Aug-Dec 42 860 CULASI 18.00 19 March-June July-Feb 3,500 2,000 HAMTIC 15.50 14 Jan-May June-Dec 1,376 222 LAUA-AN 11.00 12 Nov-May June-Dec 263 62 LIBERTAD 18.50 14 Oct-June July-Sept 580 251

PANDAN 14.00 15 Oct-March May-Sept No data No data

PATNONGON 15.90 10 Mrach-July Aug-Feb 863 170 SAN JOSE 13.65 14 Nov-May June-Oct No data No data SEBASTE 18.00 8 Nov-June July-Feb 371 321 TIBIAIO 13.80 8 Oct-May June-Sept 210 1,210

T. FORNIER 13.10 12 Oct June July-Sept 2,398 29,715

T. FORNIER 13.10 12 Oct June July-Sept 2,398 29,715

TOTAL 296.80 185 Dec-June July-Nov 17,437 39,055 Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics/Office of the Provincial Agriculturist – Antique.


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Annex G FISHERY PRODUCTION IN METRIC TONS BY SECTOR BY YEAR CALENDAR YEAR 2005-2006

YEAR COMMERCIAL MUNICIPAL AQUACULTURE TOTAL 2005 6,978 10,698 49,698 67,373 2006 6,812 10,875 48,587 66,274 2007 7,061 11,012 53,918 71,991

Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics/Office of the Provincial Agriculturist-Antique

Annex H MUNICIPAL FISHERIES ANNUAL FISH PRODUCTION (MT) BY MUNICIPALITY, CALENDAR YEAR 2007

MUNICIPALITY ANNUAL PRODUCTION (MT) RANK

Anini-y 2,149 5 Barbaza 235,425 2 Belison 20 13

Bugasong 285 6 Caluya 351 7 Culasi 2,310 4 Hamtic 177 10 Laua-an 103 9 Libertad 24 12 Pandan No data

Patnongon 324,903 1 San Jose 74 11

San Remigio No data Sebaste 282 8 Sibalom No data Tibiao 65,280 3

Tobias Fornier No data Valderrama No data

TOTAL 631,383 Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics/Office of the Provincial Agriculturist-Antique


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Annex I JOBS GENERATED FROM MUNICIPAL FISHING CALENDAR YEAR 2005-2007 MUNICIPALITY 2005 2006 2007

Anini-y 1,545 1,439 1,439 Barbaza - 1,022 1,022 Belison 324 324 214

Bugasong 1,000 391 391 Caluya 543 902 902 Culasi 1,249 1,696 1,696 Hamtic 1,036 500 500 Laua-an 400 335 335 Libertad 851 510 510 Pandan 1,050 1,050 1,050

Patnongon 1,138 1,025 1,025 San Jose 300 2,508 2,508

San Remigio - - - Sebaste - 2,487 2,487 Tibiao 1,500 1,374 1,374 Tibiao 1,500 1,374 1,374

Tobias Fornier - 346 346 Valderrama - - -

TOTAL 14,305 17,283 17,173 Source: Office of the Provincial Agriculturist-Antique


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Annex J INCOME BY MUNICIPALITY FOR FISHERY INDUSTRY, CY 2007 PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE

MUNICIPALITY AQUACULTURE

(Tilapia/ Bangus)

MARINE Mun./Commercial)

SEAWEEDS

TOTAL

Anini-y 163,392,000 846,000.00 164,238,000.00 Barabaza 372,393.00 1,280,000 1,652,393.00 Belison 76,512,000 76,512,000.00 Bugasong 4,745.00 23,160,000 23,164,745.00 Caluya 2,304,000.00 43,576,000 18,900,000.00 64,780,000.00 Culasi 726,000.00 184,800,000 14,010,000.00 199,536,000.00 Hamtic 14,276,000.00 78,700,800 92,976,800.00 Laua-an 53,644,800 53,644,800.00 Libertad 20,000.00 1,225,200 1,245,200.00 Pandan 577,800.00 - 7,800,000.00 8,377,800.00 Patnoňgon 402,150.00 24,936,000 25,338,150.00 San Jose 2,805,904,000 2,805,904,000.00 Sebaste 1,360,000 1,360,000.00 Sibalom - - Tibiao 2,610.00 180,720,000 180,722,610.00 Tobias Fornier 5,000.00 1,472,000 1,477,000.00 Valderrama - - TOTAL 18,690,698.00 640,682,800.00 41,556,000.00 3,700,929,498.00 Source: Office of the Provincial Agriculturist-Antique


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Annex K SKILLED WEAVERS

Municipality Loom Weavers

Mat/Handicraft Weavers

Total

Bugasong 40 40 Laua-an 13 13 Libertad 150 150 Pandan 88 88 Sibalom 25 25

Tobias Fornier 30 30 Tibiao 7 7 Total 47 306 353

Source: Department of Trade and Industry-Antique

Annex L EMPLOYMENT AND ANNUAL INCOME

Municipality No. of HH Employed

Annual Income

Bugasong 45 738,000.00 Laua-an 13 482,799.00 Sibalom 30 237,682.00

Tobias Fornier 15 72,000.00 Pandan 178 4,022,000.00 Tibiao 24 267,056.00 Total 305 5,819,537.00

Source: Department of Trade and Industry-Antique


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Annex M POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY GAP AND SEVERITY OF POVERTY, BY MUNICIPALITY, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE, 2007

Municipality Poverty Incidence Poverty Gap Poverty Severity

Anini-y 0.4170 0.1232 0.0498

Barbaza 0.5435 0.1854 0.0829

Belison 0.3073 0.0841 0.0326

Bugasong 0.5385 0.1861 0.0841

Caluya 0.5697 0.1951 0.0871

Culasi 0.5318 0.1807 0.0806

Tobias Fornier 0.4547 0.1436 0.0610

Hamtic 0.4352 0.1325 0.0546

Laua-an 0.5848 0.2036 0.0919

Libertad 0.5308 0.1801 0.0803

Pandan 0.4468 0.1393 0.0586

Patnongon 0.5355 0.1784 0.0785

San Jose 0.1904 0.0462 0.0163

San Remigio 0.6473 0.2391 0.1124

Sebaste 0.4912 0.1572 0.0672

Sibalom 0.4476 0.1394 0.0585

Tibiao 0.5320 0.1828 0.0821

Valderrama 0.5564 0.1891 0.0842 Source: The Philippine Countryside in Figures, 2007 Edition


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Annex N ANNUAL PER CAPITA POVERTY THRESHOLD, POVERTY INCIDENCE AMONG FAMILIES, PHILIPPINES, REGION VI, 2000, 2003 AND 2006

Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (P)

Percentage of Poverty Incidence Among Families

2000 2003 2006 2000 2003 2006

Philippines 11,458 12,309 15,057 27.5 24.4 26.9

Region VI 11,314 12,291 14,405 36.7 31.4 31.1

Aklan 11,527 11,980 15,150 36.3 33.5 42.6

Antique 10,938 11,377 14,650 35.1 43.4 43.0

Capiz 10,536 11,298 14,242 40.8 21.6 24.3

Guimaras 10,759 11,694 14811 22.6 32.7 35.2

Iloilo 12,122 13,221 14,810 29.7 31.1 24.1 Negros

Occidental 11,126 12,131 13,975 41.6 31.4 33.4

Source: The Philippine Countryside in Figures, 2007 Edition


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Annex O ANNUAL PER CAPITA POVERTY THRESHOLD, POVERTY INCIDENCE AMONG FAMILIES, PHILIPPINES, REGION VI, 2000, 2003 AND 2006

Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (P)

Percentage of Poverty Incidence Among Families

2000 2003 2006 2000 2003 2006

Philippines 11,458 12,309 15,057 27.5 24.4 26.9

Region VI 11,314 12,291 14,405 36.7 31.4 31.1

Aklan 11,527 11,980 15,150 36.3 33.5 42.6

Antique 10,938 11,377 14,650 35.1 43.4 43.0

Capiz 10,536 11,298 14,242 40.8 21.6 24.3

Guimaras 10,759 11,694 14811 22.6 32.7 35.2

Iloilo 12,122 13,221 14,810 29.7 31.1 24.1 Negros

Occidental 11,126 12,131 13,975 41.6 31.4 33.4

Source: The Philippine Countryside in Figures, 2007 Edition


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Annex P POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY GAP AND SEVERITY OF POVERTY, BY MUNICIPALITY, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE, 2007

Municipality Poverty Incidence Poverty Gap Poverty Severity

Anini-y 0.4170 0.1232 0.0498

Barbaza 0.5435 0.1854 0.0829

Belison 0.3073 0.0841 0.0326

Bugasong 0.5385 0.1861 0.0841

Caluya 0.5697 0.1951 0.0871

Culasi 0.5318 0.1807 0.0806

Tobias Fornier 0.4547 0.1436 0.0610

Hamtic 0.4352 0.1325 0.0546

Laua-an 0.5848 0.2036 0.0919

Libertad 0.5308 0.1801 0.0803

Pandan 0.4468 0.1393 0.0586

Patnongon 0.5355 0.1784 0.0785

San Jose 0.1904 0.0462 0.0163

San Remigio 0.6473 0.2391 0.1124

Sebaste 0.4912 0.1572 0.0672

Sibalom 0.4476 0.1394 0.0585

Tibiao 0.5320 0.1828 0.0821

Valderrama 0.5564 0.1891 0.0842 Source: The Philippine Countryside in Figures, 2007 Edition


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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Agricultural land. Land devoted to , or suitable for cultivation of the soil,

planting of crops, growing of trees, raising of livestock, poultry, fish or

aquaculture production, including the harvesting of such farm products and

other farm activities and practices by persons whether natural or juridical and

not classified by law as mineral land, forest land, commercial land or industrial

lands.

Agricultural sector. Engaged in the cultivation of the soil, planting of crops,

growing of fruit trees, raising of livestock, poultry or fish including the

harvesting and marketing of such farm products and other farm activities and

practices.

Agroforestry area. Area allotted for sustainable land management systems

characterized by an integrated production of agricultural crops, trees and

forest plants and/or animals and the application of management practices

which are compatible with the cultural patterns of the local community.

Alienable and disposable lands. Lands of the public domain subject to the

present system of classification and declared as not needed for forest

purposes (PD 705); lands of the public domain which have been delineated,

classified and certified as such and available for diasposition under the Public

Land Act (NaLUA, 1995).


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Ancestral Domain. Areas generally belonging to indigenous cultural

minorities/indigenous peoples (ICCs/IPs) comprising lands, inland waters,

coastal areas and natural resources therein, held under a claim of ownership,

occupied or possessed by ICCs/IPs by themselves or through their ancestors,

community of individually since time immemorial, continuously to the present,

except when interrupted by war, force majeure or displacement by force,

deceit stealth or as a consequence of government projects or any other

voluntary dealings entered into by government and private

individuals/corporations and which are necessary to ensure their economic,

social and cultural welfare. It shall include ancestral lands, forest, pasture,

residential, agricultural and other lands individually owned whether alienable

or disposable or otherwise, hunting grounds, burial grounds, worship areas,

bodies of water, mineral and other natural resources and lands which may no

longer be excessively occupied by ICCs/IPs but which they traditionally had

access to for their subsistence and traditional activities particularly by the

home ranges of ICCs/IPs who are still nomadic and/or shifting cultivators.

Aquaculture. Fishery operations involving all forms of raising and culturing

fish and other fishery species in brackish and marine areas (RA 8550).

Average Annual Growth Rate. The rate at which the population increases or

decreases in size usually expressed in yearly percentage.

Bridge. A structure across a waterway or any other gap serving as a

pathway and/or roadway with a minimum span of six meters.

Brushland. Degraded areas dominated by a discontinuous cover of shrubby

vegetation.


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Coastal area/zone. A band of dry land and adjacent ocean space in which

terrestrial processes and uses and vice versa. Its geographic extent may

include areas within a landmark limit of one kilometer from the shoreline at

high tide to include mangrove swamps, brackish water ponds, nipa swamps,

estuarine rivers, sandy beaches and other areas within a seaward limit of

200-meter isobaths to include coral reefs, algai flats, seagrass beds and other

soft-bottom areas.

Coral reefs. Marine shelves or platforms formed by the consolidation of the

skeleton of hermatypic corals through cementation by corraline algae and

lithification processes.

Cropland. Land used primarily for the production of adapted, cultivated,

close growing fruits or nut crops for harvest, alone or in association with sod

crops.

Ecotourism. A form of sustainable tourism within a given natural and

heritage area.

Employment Rate. The proportion in percent of the total number of

employed persons to the total number of persons in the labor force.

Erosion. Weavering away of land surface by running water, wind and ice or

geological agents including such processes as gravitational creep.

Expansion areas. Idle and/or under-utilized lands mostly

grasslands/shrublands that have high potential for various forms of and well

managed agricultural uses with low to moderate land development costs.


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Fauna. Animal life in general, especially the indigenous animals of a certain

region, environment or period.

Fishpond. A land-based facility enclosed with earthen or stone material to

impound water for growing fish; are bodies of water artificial and natural

where fish and other aquatic products are cultured, raised or cultivated under

controlled conditions.

Food Security. Policy objective, plan and strategy of meeting the food

requirements of the present and future generation of Filipinos in a substantial

quantity, ensuring the availability and affordability of food to all either

through local production or importation or both.

Food Self-Sufficiency. Ability to meet food requirements, specifically rice and

corn of the country’s population through local production.

Forests. Areas of one hectare or more which are at least ten percent stocked

with forest trees including seedlings and saplings with palm, bamboo or

brush; trees able to reach a maximum height of 5 meters; consists either

closed forest formation.

Forest Lands. Lands with slope 18 percent and above either classified as

public forest, permanent forest, forest reserves and forest reservations.

Forest Protection. Refers to the existing forests including areas which are

delimited by the people to be permanently protected and developed into into

forest for ecological, aesthetic, recreational, educational and research

purposes.


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Forest Reservation. Forestland that have been reserved by the President of

the Philippines for any specific purpose or purposes (PD 705).

Fresh Water. Water without salt such as generally found in lakes, lagoons,

basins, rivers, canals, channels, dams, reservoir, paddy fields and swamps.

Geographic Information System. A computer-based technology which

integrates textual or attribute data and geographic information from various

sources into a system which makes it possible to store, retrieve, analyze,

manipulate and present such data or information for different purposes.

Grassland. Land with natural grass cover without tree or very few isolated

trees.

Grazing/Pasture Lands. Portion of the public domain set aside in view of the

suitability of topographic and vegetation for the raising of livestock.

Grid. An interconnected system in which high voltage, high capacity

backbone lines overlay and are connected with network of lower voltages.

Gross Regional Domestic Product. Measure the total value of the total goods

and services produced in a region. It is the aggregate of the gross value

added or income originating from each sector of the regional economy.

Hospital. A health institution that provides short-term and long-term medical

care consisting of observational, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative

services for persons suffering or suspected to be suffering from a disease or

injury.

Hospital Bed Capacity. The number of beds permanently retained at the

hospital for the treatment of inpatients.


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Infrastructure. Any structure necessary to support urban development

normally provided by government or public utility companies, e.g., roads,

water supply, drainage.

Inland Fishery. Freshwater fishery and brackish water fishponds.

Irrigable Land. Land whose marked characteristics justify the operation of an

irrigation system.

Irrigated Land. Land serviced by natural irrigation or man-made irrigation

facilities. These include lands where water is not readily available as existing

irrigation facilities need rehabilitation or upgrading or where irrigation water is

not available year-round.

Labor Force. Population 15 years old and over who are either employed or

unemployed.

Labor Productivity. The output per unit of labor expressed in terms of GDP

per employed person.

Land Reclassification. Process of allocating the desired alienable or

disposable land of the public domain to specific uses such as agricultural,

residential, industrial or commercial.

Land use conversion. Process of changing the current use of a piece of land

into some other uses.

Land Use. The manner of utilizing the land, including its allocation,

development and management.


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Land Use Plan. A document containing a set of policies embodying the

community-desired pattern of population distribution and proposal for the

future allocation of land to the various land-using activities in accordance with

the social and economic activities of the people. Through maps and similar

illustrations, it identifies the location, character and extent of the areas land

resources to be used for different purposes and includes the process and the

criteria employed in the determination of land uses.

Mangrove. A community of intertidal plants including all species of trees,

shrubs, vines and herbs found on coasts, swamps or border of swamps.

Marine Park. Refers to any public offshore area delimited as habitat of rare

and unique species of marine flora and fauna.

Marine Waters. These cover beds,banks, shell fields, zone areas and regions

of Philippine waters totaling some 1,666,300 km2. For town planning

purposes, marine waters refer to municipal waters.

Metallic Minerals. Mineral with high specific gravity and metallic luster such

as copper, gold, chromium and nickel; these are good conductors of heat.

Military Reserve. Refers to forest lands which have been reserved by the

President of the Philippines for military purposes.

Minerals. All naturally occurring inorganic substances in solid gas, liquid or

any intermediate state excluding energy materials such as coal, petroleum,

natural gas, radioactive materials and geothermal energy.

Mineral Exploration. The systematic searching or prospecting for mineral

resources including energy resources.


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Mineral Resources. Any concentration of minerals/rocks with potential

economic value.

Mining Area. A portion of contract area identified by the contractor for

purposes of development, mining, utilization, processing and rehabilitation

and sites for support facilities or in the immediate vicinity of the mining

operations.

Mining Operation. Mining activities involving exploration, feasibility,

development, utilization, processing and rehabilitation.

Municipal Waters. Include not only streams, lakes, inland bodies of water

and tidal waters within the municipality which are not included within the

protected areas as defined under RA 7586, but also marine waters included

between two lines drawn perpendicular to the general coastline from points

where the boundary lines of the municipality touch the sea at low tide and

third line parallel with the coastline including offshore islands and 15

kilometers from such coastline. Where two municipalities are so situated on

opposite shores that there is less than 30 kilometers of marine waters

between them, the third line shall be equally distant from opposite

municipalities.

National Integrated protected Areas System (NIPAS). The system which

shall encompasses outstandingly remarkable areas and biologically important

public lands that are habitats of rare and endangered species of plants and

animals, bio-geographic zones and related ecosystems, whether terrestrial,

wetland or marine, all of which shall be designated as protected areas.


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National Park. Refers to a forest reservation essentially of natural wilderness

character where settlement, occupancy or any form of exploitation is

prohibited except in conformity with approved management plan and set

aside as such exclusively to conserve the area or preserve the scenery, the

natural and historic objects, wild animals and plants therein and to provide

enjoyment of these features in such areas.

Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture and and Agro-industrial

Development (NPAAAD). Agricultural areas identified by the DA in

coordination with NAMRIA to ensure the efficient utilization of land for

agriculture and agro-industrial development and promote sustainable growth.

It covers; (a) all irrigated areas, irrigable lands already covered by irrigation

projects with firm funding commitments; all alluvial plain land highly suitable

for agriculture whether irrigated or not; (b) agro-industrial croplands or lands

presently planted to industrial crops that support the viability of the

agriculture infrastructure and agro-based enterprises; and (c) highlands or

areas located at an elevation of 500 meters or above and have potential of

growing semi-temperate and high value crops of which will result in serious

environmental degradation and mangrove areas and fish sanctuaries.

Non-Mettalic Mineral. Minerals which lack the properties of metallic minerals

such as bright metallic luster, hardness density and good conductors of heat.

Ore. A naturally occurring mineral aggregate from which a metal or several

metals may be extracted at a profit.

Pasture land/Grazing land. Portion of the public domain which have been set

aside in view of the suitability of its topography and vegetation for livestock

grazing.


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Permanent Crops. Crops which occupy the land for a period of time and

need not be replaced after each harvest, like fruit trees and crops for

industrial purposes such as cacao, coffee and others.

Population. Total number of individuals in a territory living at a specific

period of time with an agreed definition of residence whether time is regarded

as discrete or continuous.

Port. A shelter harbor where marine terminal facilities are provided,

consisting of piers or wharves where ships berth/dock while loading or

unloading cargo, transit sheds and other storage areas where ships may

discharge incoming cargo and warehouses where goods may be stored for

longer periods while awaiting distribution or loading.

Production Forest. Includes natural and artificially regenerated forests and

areas below 50 percent slope or less than 100 meters; includes the residual

dipterocarp forests, mangrove and pine forests, forests available for logging,

rangelands for grazing, areas under the Industrial Forest Plantation

management, areas for Community Forestry Program; Integrated Social

Forestry areas, watersheds not yet proclaimed as watershed reserve, multiple

–use zones under the NIPAS Act; and other forest land for special land uses.

Production Land Use. Direct and indirect utilization of land to generate

outputs usually from the following activities: agricultural, fish farming or

aquaculture, timber or agroforestry, grazing and pasture, mining and tourism.

Protected Areas. Identified portion of land and water set aside by reason of

their unique physical and biological diversity and protected against human

exploitation.


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Protection Forest Vs. Production Forest. Protection and production forest are

almost the same only that their use and purpose differ. The former mainly

emphasizes intangible benefit while the latter deals with tangible economic

benefit.

Public Domain. Property destined for public use or which belongs exclusively

to the State without being devoted to common use or which is destined to

some public services or to the development of the national resources and of

mines until transferred to public persons; lands which belong to the State

which may either be agricultural, forest, timber, mineral or national park as

provided for in the Constitution.

Public Lands. Lands that have been subject to private property rights or

subject to sale or other modes of acquisition of concession under the general

laws and are devoted to public use; generally synonymous with the lands of

the public domain.

Reforestation. Artificial establishment of the forest on land which carried

forest within the previous 50 years or within living memory.

Social Infrastructure. Services seeking to improve human capital such as

those related to health, nutrition, education and housing.

Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones (SAFDZ). Areas

within the NPAAAD identified for production, agro-processing and marketing

activities to help develop and modernize, with the support of government, the

agriculture and fisheries sectors in environmentally and socio-culturally sound

manner.


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Telecommunications. Any transmission, emission or reception of signs,

signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire,

radio optical or any electronic system.

Tourism Development Areas. Refer to contiguous land areas endowed with

natural and man-made physical attributes and resources that are conducive to

recreation, leisure and other wholesome activities.

Underemployed. All employed persons who expressed the desire for

additional hours of work in their present job or in an additional job or have a

new job with longer working hours.

Watershed. Is a land area drained by a stream or fixed body of water and its

tributaries having a common outlet for surface run-off.

Watershed Reservation/Watershed Forest Reserve. A forestland reservation

established to protect or improve the conditions of the water yield thereof.

Water Supply. A general term for the sources of water for public use. Also

refers to the furnishing of good potable water under satisfactory pressure for

domestic, commercial, industrial and public services and an adequate quantity

of water under reasonable pressure for fire fighting.

Wildlife Sanctuary. Comprises the area that assures the natural conditions

necessary to protect nationally significant wildlife species, biotic communities

or physical features of the environment where these may require specific

human manipulation for their perpetuation.


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CREDITS

PROVINCIAL/LOCAL PLANNING AND EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT (PLPEM) CORE TEAM

PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE

Chairperson: Ms. Juliana O. Cepe Provincial Planning &

Development Coordinator Provincial Planning and Development Office

Members: Ms. Sherlita B. Mahandog Provincial Treasurer Provincial Treasurer’s Office Mr. Pacifico C. Galindo, Jr. Provincial Budget Officer Provincial Budget Office Ms. Esther Minnie A. Julian Provincial Accountant Provincial Accountant’s Office

Hon. Dante M. Beriong Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member

Committee on Appropriation Ms. Ailene B. Maguad Asst. Provincial Government

Department Head Provincial Economic Enterprise Development Office

Engr. Inocencio P. Dajao Provincial Engineer Provincial Engineer’s Office Mr. Eduardo S. Suelan Provincial Assessor Provincial Assessor’s Office Mr. Nicolasito S. Calawag Provincial Agriculturist

Office of the Provincial Agriculturist

Hon. Rosie A. Dimamay Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member

Chairperson, Gender and Development Inter-Agency Committee


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Ms. Rhodora E. Pon-an Executive Director Antique Development

Foundation Mr. Vicente Sardina Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office Ms. Marilyn B. Salvani Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Department of Agrarian Reform Mr. Jose M. Divinagracia Provincial Director Department of Trade and Industry Engr. Rafael C. Valenzuela District Engineer Department of Public Works and Highways Ms. Rosario F. Maza Provincial Director Department of Interior and Local

Government


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PARTICIPANTS TO SERRIES OF WORKSHOPS IN THE PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK PLAN PREPARATION

NAME AGENCY

Mr. Martin T. Terre EBJ Airport Air Transportation Office

Mr. Elmar P. Capadocia EBJ Airport Air Transportation Office

Ms. Marites J. Beriong EBJ Airport Air Transportation Office

Mr. Noelito P. Gipal Department of Education

Dr. Victor V. de Gracia Department of Education

PO3 Rodelio B. Canja Antique Provincial Police Office

Mr. Felimon V. Ebon Provincial Population Office

Mr. Primo C. Ogatis Provincial Population Office

Ms. Jocelyn P Perez Department of Trade and Industry

Ms. Rhodora E. Pon-an Antique Development Foundation

Engr. Jose Diogenes A. Gomez Department of Agrarian Reform

Engr. Noel B. Pagunsan Department of Agrarian Reform

Mr. Edmond Ello Office of the Provincial Agriculturist

Dr. Gina B. Jordan Office of the Provincial Agriculturist

Ms. Nancy Corazon Montecastro Office of the Provincial Agriculturist

Ms. Josienne C. Hugos Office of the Provincial Agriculturist

Ms. Marilou Llavan Antique Human Development Program

Mr. Vicente A. Sardina Department of Environment Natural

Resources

Ms. Mirza G. Samillano Department of Environment Natural Resources


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NAME AGENCY

Engr. Randy C. Alipis National Irrigation Administration

Engr. Benny O. Fabila Department of Public Works and Highways

Engr. Rafael C. Valenzuela Department of Public Works and Highways

Dr. Maricar O. Esperida Provincial Health Office

Dr. Zoilo Bernardo E. Tubianosa Provincial Health Office

Dr. Ric Noel Naciongayo Provincial Health Office

Ms. Teresita M. Vergara Provincial Health Office

Engr. Simeon S. Balasa Provincial Engineer’s Office

Engr. Inocencio P. Dajao Provincial Engineer’s Office

Engr. Manuel J. Gallano Provincial Engineer’s Office

Engr. Rochel P. Cejar Antique Electric Cooperative

Engr. Gregorio Rufino Antique Electric Cooperative

Ms. Ma. Vivian T. Barillo Environment and Natural Resources Office

Ms. Careen F. Panaguiton Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office

Ms. Diwata P. Dagumanpan Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office

Ms. Rebecca Hope T. Lotilla Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office

Ms. Noemi B. Tagle Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office

Engr. Abraham R. Fabila Department of Science and Technology


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NAME AGENCY

Engr. Eleazer T. Moscoso Department of Science and Technology

Dr. Romeo S. Magdato Provincial Veterinarian Office

SP Fernando C. Corvera Sangguniang Panlalawigan

SP Calixto Zaldivar III Sangguniang Panlalawigan

Mr. Florentino H. Egida Provincial Tourism Office

Mr. Ismael P. Montecastro Provincial Tourism Office

Ms. Stella V. Jardeleza Provincial Tourism Office

Mr. Jesus F. Escote National Statistics Office

Mr. Randy Tacogdoy National Statistics Office

Mr. Catalino G. de Gracia National Statistics Office

Ms. Visminda Y. Rizardo Provincial Assessor’s Office

Ms. Delma Y. Flores Provincial Assessor’s Office

Ms. Placida Lumogdang Antique Integrated Area Development

Ms. Ailene B. Maguad Provincial Economic Enterprise and Development Office

Ms. Marieta C. Belleza Human Resource Management Office

Mr. Reygene V. Santillan Antique Federation of Non-Government Organization

Mr. Richard E. Cordero Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Ms. Rachel B. Gindap Provincial General Services Office

Mr. Eric C. Otayde Officer In-Charge, Provincial

Administrator Office

Ms. Rosario F. Maza Department of Interior and Local Government


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NAME AGENCY

Ms. Ma. Irmina A. Magbanua Department of Interior and Local Government

Ms. Laura G. Villarico Department of Labor and Employment

Ms. Marilyn P. Aguilar Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

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