CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia wants the provincial and district hospitals to improve their facilities and health services in 60 days. Garcia said on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, that she will issue a directive to the officials of Province-run hospitals following the evaluation done by the Capitol monitoring team, which is headed by health consultant Dr. […]
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MCWD signs over P21B in deals to procure desalinated water
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has entered into contracts for desalinated bulk water supply in Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City in its bid to find new sources of potable water to narrow the gap between supply and demand in its franchise area. On Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, MCWD signed a 25-year desalinated bulk water […]
MCWD releases water supply to 2 Cebu City barangays
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) and JE Hydro & Bio-Energy Corp. will start releasing water from its source in Lusaran watershed to barangays Pit-os and Bacayan in Cebu City. MCWD General Manager Edgar Donoso said on Monday, Dec. 26, that around 2,000 subscribers are expected to benefit from the bulk water supply. The two […]
MCWD board appoints Donoso as new GM
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) now has a new general manager. MCWD’s board of directors, in mass motion, appointed Edgar H. Donoso as the new full-fledged general manager of the water district effective Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Donoso has been MCWD’s acting general manager since Oct. 5 this year following the retirement of former […]
MCWD union gets new president
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) Employees Union (MEU) has a new president. The MEU, which has 510 members who are regular employees of MCWD, held its election on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. They elected Sammy Suson as the new president. Suson defeated the incumbent MEU president Abigail Ameria, who in August 2022 led the […]
Series of “Overseas Talents’ China Visit to Shenzhen” Events Successfully Held
SHENZHEN, CHINA, Dec 6, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – A series of “Overseas Talents’ China Visit to Shenzhen” events were successfully held in Guangming district, Shenzhen from November 21 to 22. The events were co-organized by Shenzhen Center for International Exchange of Personnel. The events are hosted by the China Association for International […]
Payout for 1st batch of Tupad beneficiaries in Cebu City’s south district set on Dec. 1-3
AT LEAST 5,000 beneficiaries of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (Tupad) program in Cebu City’s south district will receive their payout on Dec. 1-3, 2022. This was announced by Cebu City South District Rep. Eduardo “Edu” Rama Jr. on Sunday, Nov. 27. “We are aiming that all the beneficiaries will receive their payout […]
Busay residents now enjoy MCWD water
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has opened its stub-out beside the barangay hall of Busay in upland Cebu City to provide drinking water to the residents. Lawyer Jose Daluz III, chairman of the board of directors (BOD) of MCWD, and general manager Edgar Donoso opened the stub-out on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Daluz said […]
Bangsamoro public works ministry: All hands, equipment deployed in storm-hit areas
ALL available manpower and equipment have been deployed in Maguindanao and other areas in the Bangsamoro region affected by flooding and landslides since the weekend, the autonomous region’s Ministry of Public Works (MPW) said. “In times of calamities like this, MPW is doing its best to help alleviate the situation. We utilize our people and […]
District, provincial hospitals in Cebu to undergo evaluation
ALL district and provincial hospitals in Cebu Province will undergo a three-month review and evaluation as part of the Provincial Government’s effort to improve their services. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia announced, through the Capitol’s official news portal, Sugbo News, that the move will assess the current condition of hospitals and find solutions to the problems that […]
MHI Group Delivers Two Large-Capacity Centrifugal Chillers for Singapore’s Marina Bay District Cooling System
TOKYO, Oct 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group companies – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd. (MHI Thermal Systems) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (MHI-AP) – have jointly delivered two large-capacity centrifugal chillers for a large-scale district cooling system in Singapore’s Marina Bay as part […]
MCWD to start distributing water from Lusaran on Sept. 18
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is set to hold a ceremonial opening of the Lusaran Bulk Water Supply project on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022.The Lusaran water project will supply 15,000 cubic meters of water a day to MCWD. It sources water from the Lusaran River and uses the conventional way of treating water.The purchase […]
Union questions MCWD board of directors over ‘last minute’ accommodation of Casas’ application for assistant general manager
THE conflict between the employees of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) and its board of directors continues to rear its ugly head.This as MCWD’s Employees Union (MEU) alleged that its board led by their chairman, lawyer Jose “Joey” Daluz III, manipulated its selection process to give favor to former Cebu City administrator Floro Casas […]
MCWD employees to board: Resign!
EMPLOYEES of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) have called for the resignation of its board of directors as they fear the privatization of the government-owned utility provider amid its poor corporate performance in the past two years.In a press conference at the Cebu Business Hotel, Cebu City Thursday, August 18, 2022, the MCWD Employees […]
Zamboanga City mayor asks water district board members to resign as 1st step to resolving supply woes
MAYOR John M. Dalipe has asked the top officials of the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) to immediately file their courtesy resignations as an initial step to addressing the city’s longstanding supply and distribution problems. In a letter dated August 11 and made public through the city’s official Facebook page, Mr. Dalipe told the ZCWD […]
MCWD signs agreement with Lapu subdivision to develop new well
MORE households in Lapu-Lapu City will have a steady supply of potable water from Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) with the development of a new production well inside the property of real estate developer Primeworld Landholdings Inc. in Barangay Agus.To ensure the availability of water for the tenants of Primeworld District, a resort-style community that […]
Lusaran Bulk Water Project to start providing water on Sept. 4, says MCWD
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) announced that the Lusaran Bulk Water Project is set to supply potable water to them starting September 4, 2022.MCWD made the announcement in a statement they sent to SunStar Cebu on Friday, July 22, 2022.Engineer Joffrey Hapitan, chief executive officer of JE Hydro and Bio-Energy Corp., the company undertaking […]
MCWD, barangay officials visit Lusaran water project
OFFICIALS of Barangays Lahug, Apas and Busay, as well as top management of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) inspected the ongoing site development of the Lusaran Bulk Water Project six weeks before it will start supplying potable water to the water district.The three barangays will directly benefit when the project is commissioned on September […]
Garcia eyes Loreche as hospital admin
CEBU Governor Gwendolyn Garcia plans to hire former Department of Health (DOH) 7 chief pathologist Mary Jean Loreche to help manage all provincial and district hospitals in the province.Garcia plans to form a management team for all provincial and district hospitals to ensure that good medical services are received by every Cebuano living in the […]
Cindi files 2 bills on Day 1 of 19th Congress
NEWLY elected Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Rep. Cynthia “Cindi” King-Chan has filed two measures on the first day of the 19th Congress on July 1, 2022, and these are bills that seek to declare June 17 every year as a special non-working holiday in the city during its commemoration of its Charter Day and create […]