SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Feb. 24 -- The construction of the PHP1 billion Antique Government Center will now go full swing after the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) 6 (Western Visayas) junked the request of this town's local government to issue a cease-and-desist order (CDO) against the project.

Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao said on Friday that DAR-6 Director Sheila Enciso recently issued an opinion dismissing the complaint of engineer Jose Magbanua, San Jose de Buenavista Municipal Zoning Officer, filed last year, questioning the construction of the government center.

Magbanua had sought the issuance of a cease-and-desist order, citing the illegal or premature land conversion of the area for the construction of the center.

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