Mandaue Councilor to MCWD: Allow consumers to pay water bills on staggered basis

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/16/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A Mandaue City Councilor is urging the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) to allow city residents to pay on a staggered basis their bills for the months of March and April. Councilor Jennifer…

Mandaue City gov’t repairs deep wells amid water shortage

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/03/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Government has ordered the repair of faulty deep wells in barangays amid the water shortage being experienced in different areas. The Department of General Services (DGS), tasked with the repair,…

MCWD told to explain ‘water shortage’ in Mandaue brgys

Mary Rose S. Sagarino 04/01/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Mandaue City Council has requested officials of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) to appear in their next session to shed light on the water supply problems being experienced here. Councilor Jennifer…

Mandaue City gov’t distributes water tanks to barangays to address water shortage

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/08/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Government will be distributing water tanks to its 27 barangays to help store water amidst the reported shortage due to the damage caused by super typhoon Odette. The water tanks…

MCWD deploys 27 water tanker trucks for Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) will be deploying 27 water tanker trucks around Cebu City to help alleviate water shortage in some areas here.  Lawyer Jose Daluz, III, the chairman of the board of…

MCWD to seek water sources at properties owned by Cebu City government, Church

Irene R. Sino Cruz 12/09/2019

CEBU CITY — Recognizing the need to resolve the water supply shortage, Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak  has submitted three proposed resolutions supporting the proposal of Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) to conduct the exploration of several…

The travails of MCWD: Part 3

Fernando Fajardo 10/30/2019

Based on my observation on the current brouhaha involving the perceived worsening water supply in Metro Cebu, nothing much had been done yet by the Metro Cebu Water District to improve its coverage and performance since I…

Labella tells MCWD Board: Step down or face legal consequences

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has warned the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) Board of Directors that if they do not step down from their posts following their termination on October 15, 2019,…

Political names among candidates for MCWD Board

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella confirmed on Thursday afternoon, October 17, 2019, that at least 25 names–including some prominent political names–have been recommended for the new Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Cebu…

MCWD chair speaks out: We are not at fault for water crisis

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/16/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Chairman of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD), Joel Marie Yu, broke his silence on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, a day after Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella terminated the water utility’s Board of…

Tompar tells Metro Cebu LGUs: Build gabion dams

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Build more dams in Metro Cebu’s mountains, not roads. This is the long term solution that Engineer Antonio Tompar, the President of Mactan Rock Industries, Inc., is proposing to address Cebu’s water crisis.…

The gnawing water supply problem in Metro Cebu

Fernando Fajardo 10/09/2019

Water is vital for all forms of life. It covers 71 percent of the Earth’s surface but they are not all drinkable. The oceans contains 97 percent of this water while another 2 percent is frozen at…

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