The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines on Monday condemned the recent spate of crimes against elected public officials and called for the speedy
NUEVA VIZCAYA Police Regional Office 2 acting director Brigadier General Percival A Rumbaoa clarified that the suspects in the ambush of the vice mayor of Aparri, Cagayan and five others in Baretbet, Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya are not members of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
BGen Rumbaoa’s
The vice mayor of Aparri, Cagayan and five others were killed in an ambush in Sitio Kinacao, Barangay Baretbet, Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya on Sunday morning, Feb. 19.
AN ambush victim in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya is taken to a hospital. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo)
Lt. Col. Saturnino Soriano, regio
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