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But COWD West Service Area already needs more By Mike Baños Editor-at- large
HERE is good news and bad news for Kagay-anon water consumers. Rio Verde Water Consortium Inc. has committed to the Cagayan de Oro Water District it would normalize its delivery of bulk water on Friday (October 6). However, the COWD says present consumer demand in its West Service Area already exceeds the
Rio Verde Vice President Joffrey Hapitan explains what brought the water crisis now hitting the COWD’s West Service Area. cio
Moreno to COWD: ‘Shape up’ By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent
“SHAPE UP!” Thus the stern advice of Cagayan de Oro Mayor Oscar “Oca” Moreno to the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) in the wake of the scorching public complaints arising from the lingering water shortage in the western parts of the city. “We need to level up, especially that Cagayan de Oro is a growing city. You
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can’t support the growth of the city with an anemic water district. Dili na mahimo nga ang pagdumala nila karon sa water district pareho lang gihapon sa una,” said Moreno in a press statement. “Kinahanglan sa Cowd ang massive rehabilitation, reorganization ug management revamp because it seems to me that it had been insensitive. Napasagdan See moreno, page 11
contracted volume Rio Verde has committed to deliver so there’s a good chance the low pressure to no-water situation facing water consumers could continue indefinitely until repairs to the main water line of Rio Verde are completed. During the City Council’s Utilities Committee public consultation headed by Kag. Teodulfo Lao Jr. held Tuesday, October 2 at the
city session hall, COWD Information Manager Ladele Sagrados said the ongoing water crisis has adversely affected water consumers in their West Service Area. “We have been experiencing water shortage in our West Service Area due to repairs being conducted to the Rio Verde pipeline which has affected several barangays including Lumbia, Cala-anan, Pagatpat, See water, page 11
Lanao execs surrender 140 unlicensed guns
CAMP Siongco, Maguindanao--The military here announced Tuesday they have convinced local government officials in the coastal towns of Lanao del Sur to voluntarily surrender unlicensed guns as part of the military’s loose firearms reduction program, an Army official said. Lt. Col. Gerry Besana, chief of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division Civil Military Operations Battalion, said most of the gun ownCouncilor Bong Lao presides over the City Council’s Utilities Committee public con- ers were local government sultation as Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD) General Manager Rachel Beja executives who opted to reacts.
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See execs, page 11