Garcia ready to appoint new MCWD board members after no-shows

Pia Piquero 09/05/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia is ready to appoint new members to the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) Board amid reports of two directors repeatedly skipping board meetings. Garcia said that if vacancies…

Garcia signs excavation permits for water distribution in upland Cebu City

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) will now be able to extend their services in the upland barangays in Cebu City. On Monday, May 27, Acting Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia officially…

Water crisis: Rama says this could have been prevented if…

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama believes that the water crisis could have been prevented. The fiasco over the management of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) had “definitely” affected the services of the…

New MCWD acting general manager appointed by LWUA

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 04/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A new officer-in-charge general manager (OIC GM) in the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has been appointed. On Monday, April 22, the interim board of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), has chosen…

MCWD ‘drama’: Gwen hits LWUA on ‘politics over water crisis’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has called out another national government agency. And this time, her criticisms were directed towards the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). Garcia hit the government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC)…

MCWD ‘condemns’ LWUA, City Hall for ‘atrocious disruption’

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 04/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid the water crisis in Cebu City, the end for the dispute between the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) and the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) remains a blur. In a statement released…

LWUA-appointed general manager barred from entering MCWD building

Futch Anthony Inso, Niña Mae C. Oliverio 04/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The tension between the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) and the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) is far from over.  On Monday, April 15, the LWUA officers and staff, including Lawyer John Dx…

Authority dispute between MCWD, LWUA deepens

Pia Piquero 04/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The interim board of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) faced a tough situation when they held their first meeting in the board room of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) on April…

Desal plant in Mandaue to address city’s water supply problem

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/11/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandauehanons can anticipate an improved water supply from the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) come May, with the commissioning of the desalination plant in Barangay Opao. MCWD’s bulk water supplier is expected to…

Rama plans to create city-based port authority, water district

Pia Piquero 04/05/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City will soon have its own Port Authority and water district. These were the plans of Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama after both existing agencies were engaged in an ongoing battle over…

LWUA claims Rama has no authority to remove MCWD directors

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Lawyer Jerone Castillo, the former city legal office chief and now city budget and finance officer, said that the letter from the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) did not hold “any legal weight”;…

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