By Adrian Stewart Co Global Cebu FC players have taken to social media claiming they have not yet received their salaries from the 2018 Philippines Football League, which concluded last August. Defender Anton del Rosario called out club owner Mark Jarvis for signing new players despite not yet paying their current players. “How is …
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Lawmakers of the same breed – they insert funds when they can
“…Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first …
DILG: Several Panay, Negros mayors are involved with drugs
Año: Department is currently building cases By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año yesterday revealed several mayors from Panay and Negros are still on their drugs list. In an exclusive interview with Watchmen Daily Journal, he said the department is currently in the process …
Local army division slams NPA for recruiting minors
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the recent surrender of a 17-year-old New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, the Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) yesterday slammed the terror group for recruiting minors and using them as combatants. In a statement by 3ID commander, Major General Dinoh Dolina, he said …
American foundation to observe anti-smoking practices in Iloilo City
The Bloomberg Foundation, whose advocacy includes tobacco control, will be in Iloilo next week, from February 15 to 16, to observe anti-smoking practices in the city. “Gusto nila makita ang actual naton nga ginahimo sa field (They want to see what is actually being done out in the field),” explained Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task …
NBI files charges against suspects in lawyer ambush case
Businesswoman, five police officers named By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in the Western Visayas has filed murder charges against several suspects for conspiracy to kill Atty. Erfe del Castillo in an ambush that occurred on December 21, 2018. The ambush resulted in the death of former police …
Negros Occidental provincial gov’t turns over P15.3M in projects
P8.5M earmarked for Sagay City road concreting projects Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. recently turned over P15.3 million to fund infrastructure projects in Sagay City, Murcia, La Castellana, and Binalbagan. The funding is intended to finance a variety of projects including road repair and concreting, drainage system improvements, water tank construction, fence installation, …
Janiuay to receive P199M concreting project
The Department of Agriculture recently approved a P199.292 million rehabilitation and concreting project for the Bongol-Tambal-Quipot farm-to-market road in Janiuay, Iloilo. The road runs 14.28 kilometers and will require the construction of two bridges. A pre-procurement conference is scheduled for next Wednesday, February 13; with a completion time estimated to be within 397 days. …
P253K worth of farm machinery turned over to Tapaz indigenous community
The Department of Agriculture-Western Visayas, together with the National Commission for Indigenous People-Region VI, recently turned over P253,000 worth of farm machinery to the indigenous community of Tapaz, Capiz. The ceremony was conducted at the Western Visayas Integrated Agricultural Research in Iloilo City’s Jaro district. “[This machinery] will open many opportunities for us [indigenous people] …
Governor: DA Secretary backs domestic sugar
Marañon believes some officials may be ‘misinformed’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Amid ongoing debate over the proposal by Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno to deregulate sugar importation, Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. yesterday insisted Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is on the side of the domestic …