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Antiques - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Antiques are usually objects which show some degree of craftsmanship, or a certain attention to design such as a desk or the early automobile. The term "antique" is used as an insult in some instances, usually to depreciate the usefulness of an object or a procedure. Antique dealers are often members of national trade associations, many of which themselves belong to CINOA, a confederation of art and antique associations across 19 countries, representing five thousand dealers. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antique   (659 words)

Antique province Resorts and Hotels, Antique province travel guide and tourist destinations Antique is one of the provinces comprising the island of Panay in Western Visayas. Antique was classified as a 2nd class province as of January, 2002. Antique is accessible by land transport to and from Iloilo, Aklan, and Capiz. www.lakbaypilipinas.com /travel_antique.html   (656 words)

Antique Province, Region 6, Philippines Antique is in Panay Island - derived from the Spanish Panhay ("This is Bread") - in western Visayas. It is bounded by Aklan on the north and northeast, by Capiz and Iloilo on the east, by Cuyo East Pass on the west, and by Panay Gulf on the south. Antique is a long stretch of land along the entire west coast of Panay Island. oasis.fortunecity.com /acapulco/215/region6/antique/antique.htm   (521 words)

The Provincial Profile of Antique Antique occupies the narrow western coast of the island of Panay facing the Sulu Sea. Being a coastal province, and having been vulnerable to attacks by Moro raiders, Antique was guarded by a series of watchtowers, like the ‘Old Watchtower’ in Libertad and Estancia Hill in Bugasong all of which were built under the direction of the Spanish friars. The province of Antique is rich in natural resources but the inadequacy of the LGU to guard its territory allowed unchecked over extraction of theses resources. www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/antique.htm   (1422 words)

Antique (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Antique was one of the three old sakups (districts) of Panay before the Spanish colonizers arrived in the islands. Antique is mostly isolated from the rest of the island of Panay by the Cordilleras of the island. Antique faces the northern portions of the Sulu Sea to the west. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antique_(province)   (1369 words)

Panay Travel Info Antique was later on officially recognized as a separate political and military province with Antique (San Jose) as the capital town. Iloilo bound it on the north and northeast by Aklan, on the east by Capiz, and on the southwest. Cuyo East Pass along the Antique coast is reputedly the richest fishing ground in the country. members.tripod.com /~Katterina/antique.htm   (2415 words)

Diocese of San Jose de Antique The Prelature of San Jose de Antique was erected in 1962, deriving its territory from the Archdiocese of Jaro. Antique, one of four provinces comprising the island of Panay is a narrow slice of land on the entire western coast of the island. It is bounded on the north by Aklan, on the east by Capiz and Iloilo, on the south by Panay Gulf and on the west by the Cuyo Pass. www.cbcponline.net /jurisdictions/sj_antique.html   (616 words)

ZhongHuaRui And gradually their taste in antiques and restoration techniques was elevated to a higher level and became the consultant and connoisseur in the line of Chinese classical furniture. Chinese antique furnitureMarble, and in particular Dali marble, from Mount Diancang in the Dali District of Yunnan Province. Chinese antique furnitureThe technique often used to decorate folding screens whereby lacquer is applied overall to a flat surface, and in areas within the outlines of the design a layer of lacquer is dug out and the resulting cavity is filled in with coloured lacquer or oil paint. www.zhonghuarui.com   (7217 words)

THE PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE :: infrastructure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Seventeen of the eighteen municipalities in Antique are on the mainland. Within the province, this major road passes through eleven of the eighteen municipalities along the north and south route Supporting this national road are certain lengths of provincial municipal and barangay roads. In 1998, 89.31 percent of the population are served with potable water rendering an increase of 2.45 percent compared to 86.86 percent of 1997 figure. www.antique.ph /infra.html   (819 words)

Towns and Provinces - Pandan Antique Site Directory! The total population of the province of Antique as of September 1, 1995 is 431,713.... ANTIQUE History Historians have it that 10 Bornean datus headed by Datu Puti, along with their followers, left Borneo to escape persecution by the rajah of the House of Sri-Vijaya and landed in the island of Panay, then ruled by the Ati King, Marikudo... Antique is in Panay Island, derived from the Spanish panhay ("This is bread"), in western Visayas. pandan.8k.com /towns_and_provinces.html   (539 words)

Panay Island provinces - Aklan, Antique and Capiz (excluding Iloilo) - SkyscraperCity Antique was able to produce the most powerful congressman in the Philippines in the name of Tobias A. Fornier who held the position of the Chairman of House Committee on Appropriations. The population of the province is the aggregate of the population of 17 mainland municipalities and that of the island municipality of Caluya. It is bounded by the Sibuyan Sean on the north, by Iloilo on the east and south, by Antique on the west, and by Aklan on the northwest. skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=275453   (3857 words)

Antique History According to the tales of the Maragtas, Antique once enjoyed primacy among the realms carved out in Panay by the 10 Bornean datu (chieftains), who, fleeing from the tyranny of Sultan Makatunaw of Borneo, bought the island from the Ati King Marikudo and established the sakup of Hamtik, Aklan, and Irong-irong. The province of Antique itself has been identified as a place of the aswang, the generic term for a creature of the netherworld which takes human form during the day and transforms into viscera-sucking, flesh-eating ghouls, polymorphing creatures, or witchcraft practitioners during the night. Several towns in Antique have the distinction of producing quality ware ranging from salakot, sawali from Belison, bamboocraft from San Jose, ceramics from Sibalom, pottery (kuron) from Bandoja, Tibiao; mats from Pandan and Libertad; and loom-woven patadyong (barrel skirt) from Bagtason, Bugasong, the only one of its kind in the Visayas and well-known throughout Panay. members.tripod.com /ACUSA_1/home_eng/more_antique_history.htm   (3223 words)

Typhoon Xangsane Batters Philippines, Kills At Least Three | Asian American News | GoldSea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) In Antique province on central Panay island, three people were killed, including a drunk man who fell into a river, a 9-year-old boy and an electrician, said acting governor Eduardo Fortaleza. The Office of Civil Defense in Manila reported half of the villages in one town in Antique province were under 1.5 meters (five feet) of water after the Dalanas River overflowed. A regional highway was impassable because of uprooted trees, power cuts were reported in six provinces and a landslide cut off the road between Antique and Iloilo provinces, the civil defense reported. goldsea.com /Asiagate/609/28xangsane.html   (423 words)

Antique braces for Japanese “Windfall” Governor Sally Z. Perez feted SP Member Vincent Piccio for an achievement that she considers monumental that has reaped honors for the province, and that is his having been elected President of the Board Members' League of the Philippines. Last December 17, 2004, the province of Antique, because of the ANIAD program, was an awardee of the GAWAD GALING POOK 2004 at Malacañang Palace, cited as one of the TRAILBLAZING PROGRAMS in the Philippines. Antique Communities Enjoying the Benefits Of Sustainable Development”, says Governor, as she encourages and congratulates the members of the Board of Trustees and the General Assembly for their “vast achievements”. www.thenewstoday.info /2005/03/29/opinion3.htm   (1162 words)

Antiques Resource Page - antigue cut glass punch bowl Those who reject the trappings of a consumer society reject the markets which inflate the monetary value of antique objects, regardless of their usefulness or esthetic qualities. Antiques are usually bought at antique stores, or passed down as an estate. Antiquing is the act of shopping, identifying, negotiating, or bargaining for antiques. www.tvave.com /Antiques.html   (492 words)

Antique Furniture from GoAntiques   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Description: The antique furniture is a piece of exquisite chinese Qing dynasty's cabinet made of wood gathered from Hebei province in China.A wonderful piece for a... Description: The antique furniture is a piece of exquisite chinese Qing dynasty's cupboard made of wood gathered from Hebei province in China.A wonderful piece for... Description: The antique furniture is a piece of exquisite chinese Qing dynasty's altar table with spandrels made of wood gathered from Hebei province in China.A wonderful... www.goantiques.com /category,furniture-249.html   (280 words)

Development Bank of the Philippines ANTIQUE, Antique - DBP Antique Branch has moved to a more accessible location for a better, effective and efficient servicing of its clients. The government leaders of the province were one in saying that DBP has helped the province of Antique in its development. The province of Antique has availed of a P55.3 million loan term facility to purchase various heavy equipment. www.devbankphil.com.ph /News/news_full.php?articleid=00092   (405 words)

Antique The province of Antique, on the western side of Panay, is separated from the other provinces by a long range of mountains. The area was made a separate province by the Spanish government in 1790. The province's area is 2,522 sq.km., its population 456,000, no cities, eighteen towns, of which San José de Buenavista is the capital. www.kykofc.com /kentucky/koc_sites/int/Philippines/antique.htm   (176 words)

Sun.Star Iloilo - Antique province under state of calamity ANTIQUE Province was placed under a state of calamity after three persons died from floods brought about by Typhoon Milenyo (international codename: Xangsane) that hit Western Visayas on Wednesday. Heavy rains accompanying the typhoon flooded several towns in Antique, prompting Governor Sally Perez to declare the province in a state of calamity after the floods damaged homes and displaced hundreds of families and rendered roads impassable. A bridge connecting the towns of Balderama and San Remegio to the rest of the province was destroyed. www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ilo/2006/09/29/news/antique.province.under.state.of.calamity.html   (391 words)

Antique Net Movers --- Antique, Philippines (www.antiquenetmovers.ph.tc)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) It is composed of bonafide and true blooded Antiquenos and Antiquenas who took upon themselves the initiative to help out in their own respective capacity in promoting Antique province as the next tourist destination in the Philippines. Antique's vast natural and untouched beauty is a magnificent spectacle to behold and experience. History tells us that the province of Antique was the landing site of the ten Bornean Datus who fled persecution from the Shri Vishayan Empire. c.1asphost.com /movers/index.html   (316 words)

"REGION VI" Antique is considered as the “Home of the Sacadas”, a major source of migrant labor for the sugarcane fields of Negros Occidental. Capiz is one of the four provinces constituting the island of Panay (the three others are Iloilo, Aklan and Antique). Topography: The topography is divided into two geographical regions- the intensive plateau, called the Tablas on the southwestern side of the province, and a broad belt of lowland plains, one of the country’s largest, on the western portion. www.livinginthephilippines.com /region6.html   (1280 words)

Antique Circle U.S.A. Homepage: Province of Antique, Philippines Antique Circle U.S.A (ACUSA) is a duly incorporated, non-stock, non-profit and non-sectarian organization of Antiqueños living in America. Antiqueños are people living in, or coming from, Antique which is one of the provinces in the Philippines. Persons with a strong bond to Antique by reason/s of birth, marriage, residence or adoption are also invited to join the association. www.acusainc.org   (390 words)

Damage placed at P180M in Samar, Leyte - 9/29/06 Eduard Fortaleza, Antique province’s legal officer, said three confirmed deaths by drowning were reported in other parts of the province but none in Barbaza town, which was badly hit by flooding. He said that in Tibiao town in northern Antique, Catherine Pablo, 9, drowned in the Tibiao River, and Benjie Vegafria, a lineman of the Antique Electric Cooperative, was electrocuted while repairing an electric line on Wednesday. Parsaratonga said that except for Eastern Samar province, the rest of the region’s provinces had already submitted “partial reports” on the destruction to their roads due to the storm. services.inquirer.net /print/print.php?article_id=23756   (798 words)

Antique in focus, news and info Philippines has feted Antique Governor Salvacion Z. Perez with an Outstanding Professional Award in the field of Public Administration. Antique passed through several historic periods namely: Pre-Spanish Period, Spanish Occupation, Philippine Revolutionay Government, American Occupation, Commonwealth (transition period), Japanese Occupation, and Philippine Independence. This is Published by the Provincial Information Office of the Province of Antique with office address at G/F New Capitol Building, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, Philippines Tel. antiqueprovince.wordpress.com   (299 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Typhoon batters Philippines, flooding towns, closing schools and offices The Office of Civil Defense in Manila reported half of the villages in one town in Antique province were under five feet of water after the Dalanas River overflowed. The coastal province of Albay, 200 miles southeast of Manila, felt the brunt of the typhoon. A regional highway was cut because of uprooted trees, power cuts were reported in six provinces and a landslide cut off the road between Antique and Iloilo provinces, the civil defense reported. www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20060927-2039-asia-typhoon.html   (325 words)

Asian Antiques, Tibetan, Chinese, Oriental Furniture, Art, Accessories Hardwoood cabinets with detailed carving and ornamentation would have been reserved for the master's immediate family and other highly stationed relatives while plainer cabinets of more inferior woods were used to outfit the quarters of the balance of the household. Antique Chinese ladies carving cabinet, two doors and intricately carved top 'hat. Antique Chinese three part stacking cabinet circa 1910 Guangdong Province. www.asianantiques-art.com /prodleft.cfm?ID=2   (1395 words)

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