SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Oct. 8 -- Antique's provincial government is eyeing to establish two cold storage facilities and two rice processing plants in the northern and southern parts of the province to boost the income of farmers and fisherfolk.

Provincial Planning and Development Officer Bienvenido Nallos Jr., in an interview on Wednesday, said the facilities could help preserve their produce and command higher prices.

"As of now, the fisherfolk cannot preserve their fish catch because there is not enough ice plant in the province," he said.

He added that there are only two private ice plants in the province, which are in San Jose de Buenavista, and other fisherfolk still purchase ice blocks in Iloilo City to prevent their fish catch ...