Forgot about us? LWUA seeks more funds to perform mandate
(MARK BALMORES / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We need more funds. We have been stressing this to the Congress and the Senate that water districts are supposed to cater to all households nationwide,” LWUA Acting Administrator Jeci A. Lapus said in a press briefing on Monday, Feb. 8. “Hanggang pray na lang tayo (We can only pray) [for additional funds]. But we have been submitting this request to NEDA (National Economic and Development Authority) because what we need is for the expansion of access to safe water,” he said. According to Lapus, more than 250,000 additional households wer...
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