ILOILO CITY – People here and neighboring towns are affected by a water shortage that started on Monday, Oct. 14, and ends on Saturday, Oct. 19. Customers of Metro Pacific Iloilo Water in this city as well as the municipalities of Leganes, Pavia, and Santa Barbara have been relying on rations or...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 is providing free water to police personnel affected by the water crisis here. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Alan M. Nazarro has ordered the heads of various divisions and offices in this camp to allow affected...
ILOILO CITY – Metro Pacific Iloilo Water assured solutions for the water shortage in this city since late last month due to the prolonged dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon. A DELIVERY truck of Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW) in Iloilo City. (MPIW) “We take responsibility for...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City government placed this city under a state of calamity due to water shortage. The Iloilo City Council approved the recommendation of the Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) during a special session on Monday, April 22. THE...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is planning to allocate P50 million for the construction of pipe-laying facilities as a prompt intervention to address the water shortage here amid the El Niño phenomenon. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez meets Bacolod City Water District...
In response to the struggles of communities with water interruptions, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), in a statement on Friday, Jan. 12, said the organization acted quickly to provide a water tanker to Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City. Photo courtesy of PRC The PRC reported that since Jan. 4, more...
By Henrylito D. Tacio It’s either too much water or none at all. That seems to be the gist of the post of former agriculture secretary Emmanuel Piñol in his social media account. “For a country which literally is submerged in floodwater during the typhoon season, the Philippines is facing a...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has called on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. to prioritize long-term measures to address a recurring water shortage and the looming threat of El Niño in his scheduled July 26 State of the Nation Address (SONA). ...
Flooding and water shortage are perennial problems that keep hounding the country year in and year out. This could have long been resolved, or at least mitigated, if only Republic Act No. 6716—the Rainwater Collector and Springs Development Act of 1989—is being religiously implemented. Under...
ILOILO CITY -- Starting May 16, there will be a water shortage in key parts of Iloilo City as well as the towns of Leganes, Pavia, and Sta. Barbara. The Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW), the joint venture between state-owned Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) and Metro Pacific Water (MPC) said the...
Senator Nancy Binay on Monday appealed to consumers to start conserving water as the water levels at Angat Dam starts to decline at this time of year. Angat Dam is the main supplier of water to Metro Manila. The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) in mid-February this year projected another water...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said on Friday, Feb. 18 that it's fully-ready in case there may be a water shortage as was projected by the National Water Resources Board (NWRB). Philippine Red Cross file photo Citing a recent interview, PRC said that NWRB advised at there is a high chance of Metro...