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1st Olympic-size swimming pool in Western Visayas reopens

By Annabel Consuelo Petinglay

August 29, 2018, 3:55 pm

<p><strong>SWIMMERS ARE WELCOME.</strong> The newly-rehabilitated Binirayan sports complex in Antique reopened on Tuesday (August 28, 2018).  <em>(Photo courtesy of Antique PIO)</em></p>

SWIMMERS ARE WELCOME. The newly-rehabilitated Binirayan sports complex in Antique reopened on Tuesday (August 28, 2018).  (Photo courtesy of Antique PIO)

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -- Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao led the reopening of the Binirayan Swimming Pool here on Tuesday after more than a month of temporary closure starting July 14 for a much needed repair and cleanup.

With the reopening of the swimming pool, the people who like to swim there are now assured of a more sanitary and improved pool, Cadiao said in a media interview.

“The swimming pool now has fresh water,” she said.

She said before the cleanup, water in the swimming pool was only being recycled that it really needed to be changed to make it more hygienic.

The swimming pool was constructed during the term of Salvacion Zaldivar-Perez who served the province from 2001 to 2010.

Some of the floor tiles of the swimming pool also had to be changed because of cracks due to age.

It is noted to be the first Olympics-size swimming pool in Western Visayas.

It was installed with an anti-wave lane lines when it hosted the Palarong Pambansa in 2017.

Meanwhile, Cadiao said that the cleanup and repair of the swimming pool is just one of the projects ongoing in Antique, along with the renovation of the old capitol and other old facilities in the province.

The old capitol, which serves as the Antique Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) session hall, was vacated by the SP last February to pave way for its much needed renovation and retrofitting.

The old capitol, originally constructed in 1921 and rebuilt after the World War II with the aid of the United States of America under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, received a funding of PHP50 million for its ongoing renovation and retrofitting by the Department of Public Works and Highways.

It is expected to be finished within the year but will already serve as a museum.

The SP will occupy a new Legislative Building that was allotted with another PHP50 million. (PNA)

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