A LOCAL legislator has urged the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) to establish a technical working group among local government units to regulate groundwater extraction activities of private contractors in Cebu City and other local government units.
THE continued lack of a septage treatment facility inside the male dormitory of the Cebu City Jail (CCJ), which is home to almost 9,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDL), is an environmental disaster waiting to happen.
THE creation of a technical working group (TWG) to conduct research, design, build and establish gabion dams or other water impounding facilities as a water source for Cebu City is the first of many steps to make the project a reality.
The Cebu City Government and the Cebu Provincial Government were urged to settle the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) disagreements, as it may result in inconvenience to majority of Cebuanos if it develops into a legal standoff.
THE Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) project needs additional funding for right-of-way (ROW) acquisition.
“Since we already have the appraised value I think more than P1 billion may still be needed for the (right-of-way) acquisition,” Benedicto Guia, officer-in-charge program manager of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), said on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.