What happened to the water pipe that burst in Brgy. Kamputhaw?

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 05/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Residents in Brgy. Kamputhaw, Cebu City woke up to some bad news – their water supply got interrupted after a transmission line burst on Thursday dawn, May 11, 2023. The Metropolitan Cebu Water…

MCWD officials, employees union sign new CNA after 14 years

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 05/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A new Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) was signed by officials of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) and the MCWD Employees Union (MEU) on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Lawyer Jose “Joey” Daluz III, chairman…

Heat starts draining M. Cebu water sources: Measures in place but farmers feel ‘hot pinch’

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/01/2023

(Last of two parts) CEBU CITY, Philippines — Ginalyn Lawas, 35, who has been farming in Sitio Cantipla, Barangay Tabunan, in Cebu City, for 25 years, prefers rainy days to drought. “Ang pinakafailure sa mag-uuma g’yod is…

Pipe-laying contractor may risk paying penalty for ‘liquidated damages’ unless…

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/26/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Ormoc-based construction firm JFAP Construction may face a penalty worth hundreds of thousands of pesos in “liquidated damages” for failing to complete a multi-million peso pipe-laying project in Barangay Busay, Cebu City…

MCWD gets more than P800 million grant from Japan for new septage management project

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/19/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has obtained a grant agreement worth 2 billion yen or more than P800 million for a new septage management project. The grant was from the Japanese government…

MCWD to consumers: Conserve water

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 04/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) said that water supply is expected to drop due to the excessive heat that we are experiencing and the El Niño that is expected to affect Cebu and…

MCWD awaits LWUA approval for proposed 60-percent water tariff hike

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/17/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is now awaiting the approval of its regulator, the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), before it can implement its proposed 60-percent water tariff increase. If approved, the…

MCWD: Additional 15,000 cubic meters of water supply expected by September

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/15/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) targets to deliver an additional 15,000 cubic meters of water daily to its consumers in mountain barangays of Cebu City by September. MCWD’s Corporate Planning Department Acting…

Capitol demands rental from telcos, utility companies encroaching in province-owned properties

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 01/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government has demanded utility companies “illegally” occupying its premium properties along Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City to pay rent starting from the date they began using the province-owned lots. In…

Lusaran Bulk Water facility now supplies to 4 more mountain barangays

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Lusaran Bulk Water facility in Cebu City has started supplying water to four more mountain barangays here. The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) on Monday, December 26, 2022, opened the stub-out in…

Water firm shares hard-earned lessons learned from Odette

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It may have been almost a year since it hit Cebu and other parts of Visayas and Mindanao, but Super Typhoon Odette still rings a bell in everybody’s ear. The date, Dec. 16,…

Lusaran water facility begins supplying water in uptown Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 4,000 residents in three uptown barangays in Cebu City finally have stable supply of potable water. The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) confirmed that the Lusaran Bulk Water Facility has begun…

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