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+ January 15, 2021 The Bacolod City Council has approved a resolution requesting President Rodrigo Duterte through the Department of Justice (DOJ) to look into the matter and review the validity of the joint venture agreement between the Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) and Prime Water Infrastructure Inc.
The resolution, authored by Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr., was approved during the regular session of the City Council Wednesday afternoon.
Gamboa said Baciwa is considered to be a government owned and controlled corporation, the same is imbued with public interest and its creation or charter emanated from Presidential Decree 198.
He said Section 18 of Presidential Decree 198 provides that the function of the board is to establish policy and the Board shall not engage in the derailed management of the water district.
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+ January 08, 2021 CLEARLY, the order of termination from the Board over these 60 Baciwa (Bacolod City Water District) employees is an abuse of authority.
This was stressed by Bacolod City Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr., who delivered a privilege speech during the regular session of the City Council Friday afternoon, January 8, 2021.
This, after 60 Baciwa employees were barred from entering the Baciwa office in Bacolod City on Monday.
The Baciwa Employee s Union, in a statement, earlier said that on December 29, 2020, Engineer Michael Soliva, acting general manager of Baciwa, issued Office Order 2020-081, informing 60 employees that they had been declared redundant by the board and were, therefore, being terminated from their jobs effective last working hour of December 31, 2020.