Baguio consumers watchful over BWSP 05-08-07

	NORDIS WEEKLY August 7, 2005
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Baguio consumers watchful over BWSP
BAGUIO CITY (Aug. 5) — About 75 protesters from different sectoral organizations of Metro-Baguio led by Metro-Baguio PRO-CONSUMERS, Tongtongan ti Umili (TTU-CPA) and Itogon Inter-barangay Alliance (IIBA) held a protest action at the compound of the Baguio Water District (BWD) office at noon today. The group staged a picket-rally in reaction to BWD’s plan to award the Bulk Water Supply Project (BWSP) to Benguet Corporation (BC). In a short program Maura Almoza, a resident of Loacan in Itogon town and vice-president of IIBA said that Itogon is experiencing water shortage. “Agkurkurang ti danum idiay Itogon, kasanun to pay no ipan yo ti danum ditoy Baguio?” (We are having water shortage in Itogon. What will happen when you bring our water to Baguio?) she added. It will be recalled that on May 13, BWD Board of Directors passed Resolution No. 20-2005, finally admitting that residents of Baguio and Itogon have all the right to oppose the controversial BWSP. Said resolution also stated that the issuance of the notice of award to the bidder is deferred until all the issues and concerns are finally resolved. Chie Galvez, spokesperson of the PRO-CONSUMERS said that the group will wait for the result of the BWD-BOD meeting and will continuously oppose BWSP by conducting all possible kinds of protest actions. Meanwhile Baguio Mayor Braulio D. Yaranon, in reacting to news that the board was again meeting to vote and possibly reverse its earlier decision, this week appealed to the BWD manager and BOD to uphold the rejection of the BWSP. “The BWSP may have become an “appendix” that should be excised, as it was already excised when the BOD rejected the same by failure to muster the vote of a majority on May 13,” Yaranon noted in his letter. BWD Manager Teresita de Guzman estimated the current daily production at 58,000 cubic meters with the drilling of new wells. She placed the systems loss at 25-30%, thus a net production of 41,000 cubic meters, or some 9,000 cubic meters short of the total 52,000 cubic meters of water needs for 350,000 projected consumers. # Sarah Dekdeken with reports from PIO
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	NORDIS WEEKLY August 7, 2005
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Baguio consumers watchful over BWSP
BAGUIO CITY (Aug. 5) — About 75 protesters from different sectoral organizations of Metro-Baguio led by Metro-Baguio PRO-CONSUMERS, Tongtongan ti Umili (TTU-CPA) and Itogon Inter-barangay Alliance (IIBA) held a protest action at the compound of the Baguio Water District (BWD) office at noon today. The group staged a picket-rally in reaction to BWD’s plan to award the Bulk Water Supply Project (BWSP) to Benguet Corporation (BC). In a short program Maura Almoza, a resident of Loacan in Itogon town and vice-president of IIBA said that Itogon is experiencing water shortage. “Agkurkurang ti danum idiay Itogon, kasanun to pay no ipan yo ti danum ditoy Baguio?” (We are having water shortage in Itogon. What will happen when you bring our water to Baguio?) she added. It will be recalled that on May 13, BWD Board of Directors passed Resolution No. 20-2005, finally admitting that residents of Baguio and Itogon have all the right to oppose the controversial BWSP. Said resolution also stated that the issuance of the notice of award to the bidder is deferred until all the issues and concerns are finally resolved. Chie Galvez, spokesperson of the PRO-CONSUMERS said that the group will wait for the result of the BWD-BOD meeting and will continuously oppose BWSP by conducting all possible kinds of protest actions. Meanwhile Baguio Mayor Braulio D. Yaranon, in reacting to news that the board was again meeting to vote and possibly reverse its earlier decision, this week appealed to the BWD manager and BOD to uphold the rejection of the BWSP. “The BWSP may have become an “appendix” that should be excised, as it was already excised when the BOD rejected the same by failure to muster the vote of a majority on May 13,” Yaranon noted in his letter. BWD Manager Teresita de Guzman estimated the current daily production at 58,000 cubic meters with the drilling of new wells. She placed the systems loss at 25-30%, thus a net production of 41,000 cubic meters, or some 9,000 cubic meters short of the total 52,000 cubic meters of water needs for 350,000 projected consumers. # Sarah Dekdeken with reports from PIO
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