By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday confirmed that the country’s first case of the Lambda variant of COVID-19 was detected in Valladolid town in Negros Occidental. The patient, a 35-year-old pregnant woman, was asymptomatic and was already tagged as recovered. Based on the patient’s records, she was swabbed on July …
Monthly Archives: August 2021
DBP partners with DA to boost cash aid disbursement
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of Agriculture (DA) to facilitate the disbursement of financial assistance to the agriculture sector. DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel G. Herbosa said that under the agreement, the bank shall provide the disbursement channels to implement DA’s …
Sons maul, hack father in Sagay City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 59-year-old father was hospitalized after he was allegedly mauled and hacked with a machete by his three sons at Sitio Pinagtolos, Barangay Tadlong in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, August 15. Police identified the victim as Efren Dadizon, a resident of the said place. According to Police …
Iloilo City appeals for opening of non-essential biz
The Iloilo City government yesterday sent a letter of appeal to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to allow other non-essential establishments to open in the city. “We appealed that the spas, museums and fitness centers or gyms be permitted to operate already during modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) …
Tawa-tawa clinical trial vs COVID-19 nearing completion
The clinical trial on the use of tawa-tawa as supplemental treatment for mild and moderate cases of coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, is nearing completion, according to Dr. Philip Ian P. Padilla, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV). Padilla, who is also a Professor for Microbiology, …
More power, more temptations
To know how to exercise whatever power and authority we have according to God’s will and mind, all we have to do is to look at Christ, imitate him and unite ourselves to him. This should be a no-brainer. It should come much like an instinct. When one is vested with power, with better endowments …
The importance of the Olympics
Last July, New York Times columnist Lindsey Crouse wrote that despite the issues that constantly surround the Olympics—like the exorbitant amounts countries spend to host the quadrennial event; the doping scandals that were fueled by it; the way certain sports officials enriched themselves before the athletes; or how for this iteration, residents protested the decision …
Ilongga Apostol joins UST Golden Tigresses
By Adrian Stewart Co University of Santo Tomas (UST) Golden Tigresses secured the services of Iloilo City’s Elisha Juliene Apostol ahead of the possible resumption of UAAP women’s volleyball early next year. Apostol told Watchmen Daily Journal that it was her childhood dream to be able to play for the Golden Tigresses, which got an …
Ilonggo Zaldarriaga bags silver, bronze in Russia
By Adrian Stewart Co Ilonggo David Zaldarriaga took home silver and bronze medals in the United World Wrestling (UWW) Grappling World Championships Cadets & Juniors UFA 2021 held in Ufa, Russia. The Iloilo City-native Zaldarriaga opened his campaign last Friday (Saturday in the Philippines) with a bronze medal finish in the under 42-kilogram division of …
NHA urged to probe CLOA cancellation in Brgy. Felisa
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Several beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) surfaced yesterday afternoon, urging the National Housing Authority (NHA) to conduct an investigation over the anomalous cancellation of their Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) in Bacolod City’s Barangay Felisa. They are also urging the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to …