CANDIDATES. Former Caluya mayor Genevive Reyes, Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao and resigned Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jonathan Tan (from left) show their certificates of candidacy after their filing at the Commission on Elections provincial office on Monday (Oct. 7, 2024). Cadiao said among her plans are an additional hospital, conversion of capital San Jose de Buenavista into a city, and another legislative district for the province. (PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay)
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao would help build another hospital for Antique, this time to cater to residents from the northern part of the province, in case she wins in her congressional bid next year.
She said the current provincial hospital, Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital, is located in the southern part of the province.
Residents seeking medical attention need to travel for several hours to avail of services not available in the district hospitals of Pandan and Culasi towns.
In addition to healthcare, Cadiao said she will push to divide the province into two legislative districts and for the capital town of San Jose de Buenavista to be converted into a city.
“I will be working for the province to be divided into two districts so that there will be two representatives who would lobby for the national government agencies programs and projects,” she said after filing her certificate of candidacy (COC) for the Lone District at the Commission on Elections-Antique office on Monday.
Also filing their COC under the same ticket are former Interior and Local Government undersecretary Jonathan Tan and former Caluya mayor Genevive Reyes also filed for governor and vice-governor, respectively; and Provincial Board aspirants Nicolasito Calawag, Errol Santillan, Gaseva Recopuerto, Joseph Eugene Alojipan, Juan Carlos Perlas, Stephen Jules Siblag, Abdiel Dan Elijah Fajardo, Mark Vincent Baculna, and Juliana Cepe. (PNA)
