Gardiola brother’s infra projects in Davao City overpriced, substandard

Gardiola brother’s infra projects in Davao City overpriced, substandard

MANILA, Philippines – Two projects undertaken by E. Gardiola Construction — a firm registered under the brother Erwin of Construction Workers Solidarity (CWS) Party-list Representative Edwin Gardiola — were found overpriced and substandard by state auditors.  The Commission on Audit (COA) earlier disallowed the payments made by the Department of Public Works and Highways Davao City District Engineering Office (DPWH-DEO) to the company for their …

Youth slams Davao's bus service project as anti-commuters

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Youth groups in Davao City held a picket on Monday November 24 that slammed the Davao City’s bus system which remains unimplemented.  This action is also part of the build-up of the second nationwide protest against corruption and lack of government services on November 30. The activist group Anakbayan raised the local issue of public transportation woes where hundreds and thousands of students and the riding public hav…