HOLY WEEK PREPS. Workers of the City General Services Office paint the 14th Station of the Cross at Abong-Abong Holy Hill as necessary preparations are being undertaken by the city government for the observance of the Holy Week. An estimated 20,000 Catholic devotees gather every Holy Week at Abong-Abong Holy Hill to pray at the 14 Station of the Cross at the foot of Mount Pulong Bato.(Photo courtesy of City Hall Public Information Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city government is making the necessary preparations for the solemn observance of Holy Week which include the sprucing up of the Abong-Abong Holy Hill in Barangay Pasonanca here, Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said Saturday. "It will be opened to the public for the first time since the pandemic started in March 2020," Salazar said. Police and barangay officials estimated that some 20,000 Catholic devotees gather every Holy Week at Abong-Abong Holy Hill to pray at the 14 Stations of the Cross at the foot of Mount Pu
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ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) is replacing its old distribution pipes within the city proper to resolve water losses. The project, dubbed Mainline Replacement Program Phase 1, will cover the five downtown villages of Barangays Zone 1, 2, 3, 4, and Camino Nuevo. James Cesar Makasiar, ZCWD Board chairperson, said Saturday the project will cost PHP20 million representing 25 percent of the PHP80-million grant from the city government. The grant to rehabilitate the mainlines downtown came from the city's supplemental budget. "As the city has grown in leaps and bounds, ZCWD has deemed it necessary to condemn and replace the town's antiquated system with bigger and newer pipes," Makasiar said in a statement. "This will mean better quality of water, consistent supply pressure, and reduction of water losses, known as non-revenue water (NRW)," he added. The NRW is water that has been produced and is "lost" before it reaches the cu
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) is replacing its old distribution pipes within the city proper to resolve water losses. The project, dubbed Mainline Replacement Program Phase 1, will cover the five downtown villages of Barangays Zone 1, 2, 3, 4, and Camino Nuevo. James Cesar Makasiar, ZCWD Board chairperson, said Saturday the project will cost PHP20 million representing 25 percent of the PHP80-million grant from the city government. The grant to rehabilitate the mainlines downtown came from the city's supplemental budget. "As the city has grown in leaps and bounds, ZCWD has deemed it necessary to condemn and replace the town's antiquated system with bigger and newer pipes," Makasiar said in a statement. "This will mean better quality of water, consistent supply pressure, and reduction of water losses, known as non-revenue water (NRW)," he added. The NRW is water that has been produced and is "lost" before it reaches the cu