Manila, March 6 -- The Home Development Mutual Fund, also known as Pag-IBIG Fund, is appealing to the 590 barangays in this province to appropriate funds for their counterpart in the village officials' membership contributions.

Donald Alton Cahilo, Pag-IBIG Fund Antique branch manager, said in an interview Thursday that they are conducting information dissemination as well as sending letters to the Sangguniang Barangays in Antique for such request.

"Once the barangay officials become members of the Pag-IBIG Fund, they could also enjoy the benefits such as applying for calamity loans or housing loans," Cahilo said.

He said that so far, the barangay officials in the towns of Anini-y and San Remigio are already members of the Pag-IBIG an...