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COWD will not oppose entry of water cooperative By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City-The manager of the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) assured the public yesterday that it won’t oppose the entry of a newly-formed cooperative consortium’s desire
to compete with the beleaguered governmentoperated utility and offer water services here. COWD manager Rachel Beja said they understood that the law does not provide them monopoly of water provision in their service area and any entity could
LTFRB-10 readying to pilot PUVMP in Oro By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City--In response to doubts raised by certain sectors on the readiness of the Duterte administration to implement the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board 10, here, is set to roll-out, this month, a display center that will
cater operators with the modern PUVs to replace their old jeepneys. LTFRB-10 Regional Director Aminoden Guro said no cash will be involved in the transaction. “It will be swapping of vehicles,” he said. Guro said several transport companies have already manifested willingness to provide the modern type See pilot, page 11
LTO to start issuing license plates in 2018 THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) will start issuing license plates by March next year, assuring motorists it will proceed with the procurement in accordance with the law. In a statement Thursday, the LTO said it has issued a notice of award to the winning bidder in the procurement of license plates
worth P978.8 million last December 1. The winning bidder Trojan Computer Forms Manufacturing Corporation and J.H. Tonnjes E.A.S.T. GmbH & Co. KG Joint Venture will provide the performance security with the initial delivery of license plates scheduled sometime See start, page 11
compete with them. “That is their right and that will give Cagayanons an option for a water service provider,” Beja said. But Beja is confident that COWD will still be the one patronized by the public, saying that “Cagayan de Oro is one of the few
cities whose water district has grown so much that it has practically covered to serve almost a total of its population at 82 percent.” Over the weekend, 15 water cooperatives agreed to pool their resources together and invested P150 million to hire technical experts
and construct distribution lines, ready to serve the city in 2018 as an alternative to COWD. Councilor Teodulfo Lao, chair of the committee on public utilities who was briefed by the consortium, reported that the cooperatives will also put up their
own water treatment plant and sell their product at P8 per cubic meter or P2 less than what COWD gets from its supplier, Rio Verde Water Consortium, Inc. The surprise move of the cooperatives came at a time when the Regional See entry, page 11