DAILY STAR: Negros Oriental

The Dumaguete City Water District said yesterday it will shut down two pumping stations for major repairs, following complaints of low water pressure and limited supply in various barangays.

DCWD manager Esperatu Dicen said the first to be shut down is Pumping Station No. 6 in barangay Camanjac, and once it resumes operations in two to three weeks, Pumping Station No. 8 in Brgy. Candau-ay, near the El Pueblo Genovivo Subdivision, will follow.

The DCWD pump technicians, headed by Roberto Ada, noted a number of holes in several column pipes at Pumping Station No. 6 due to corrosion, that resultedin the low discharge of water, Dicen said.

Philippines passes
strict gun measure

MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III has signed a law making it harder for private individuals to own firearms following a series of high-profile deaths this year, a government spokeswoman said yesterday.

Under the law signed last week, those seeking to buy firearms will have to undergo drug and psychological tests and should not have a criminal record or pending court cases.

They will also have to show proof of income as well as a valid tax return and secure clearance from their respective city or municipal police offices.

LGUs tasked to form
transition teams

The Department of Interior and Local Government in Negros Oriental directed local government units to create the local governance transition teams to ensure the smooth turnover of accountabilities of newly-elected, or re-elected local officials.

DILG provincial director Farah Diba Gentuya said this is in compliance with DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-33, signed by Secretary Mar Roxas recently, a government press release said yesterday.

She said the DILG field officers are fully prepared to work with the local chief executives and other members of the transition team in ensuring the orderly turnover of accountabilities, and in conducting a comprehensive briefing to newly-elected officials.

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