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Water catchment facility in Cebu continues to dry up

Water catchment facility in Cebu continues to dry up

Annie Perez,

ABS-CBN News

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The Jaclupan catchment facility in Talisay City, Cebu looks like a massive vacant lot, as it continues to dry due to little rainfall in the province.


The Jaclupan catchment facility in Talisay City, Cebu is no longer lake-like, as it continues to dry with little to no water in some of its ponds.

Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD), the facility's manager, said the dwindling water supply was due to the scarce rains in Cebu and the soaring temperature.

The facility used to hold up to 33,000 cubic meters of water, but it currently only has 23,000 cubic meters. The lack of water supply already affected households in Talisay, Cebu City and parts of Mandaue City.

The current water supply in Metro Cebu is also dwindling. From its average of 233,000 cubic meters, the supply is now down to 215,000 cubic meters.

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"We are now rationing water to control what we have left. Best to store water during off peak hours from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.," said MCWD spokesperson Charmaine Rodriguez Kara.

PAGASA Visayas said it will take about five months for the water supply in Cebu to return to normal, noting that the rainfall average was below normal last August and September.

They said it will need more time and more rain to fill up the catchment facilities, dams, and other deep wells in Cebu.

"We cannot catch up with what we have lost unless there is above normal rainfall,"said Engr. Al Quiblat of PAGASA Visayas.

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WATCH: Thailand's foreign minister meets freed Thai hostages in Israel

WATCH: Thailand's foreign minister meets freed Thai hostages in Israel

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Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa on Saturday (February 1), in Beer Yakov, Israel, met with five Thai hostages who were released as part of an ongoing ceasefire deal in Gaza.

Sangiampongsa was joined by the Thai ambassador to Israel Pannabha Chandraramya during the visit.

The Israeli military, who confirmed on Thursday (January 30) they had been released by Hamas, identified them as Pongsak Thenna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Seathao and Surasak Rumnao.

The hostages were taken on Oct.7 2023 when Hamas gunmen burst across the border into Israel and killed some 1,200 people, according to Israeli authorities.

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During the operation the militants killed 39 Thais and abducted 30 Thai laborers.

The Hamas attack provoked an Israeli offensive in October 2023 to obliterate the militant group which laid waste to most of Gaza and killed more than 46,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities.

A complex, phased truce was agreed two weeks ago which led to the release of hostages in return for Israel freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Up to 23 of the Thai hostages were released in an earlier agreement in November 2023.

Before the war, around 30,000 Thai laborers worked in the agriculture sector, making the group one of Israel's largest migrant worker groups.

There are more than 70 hostages still held in Gaza.

(Production: Aiden Nulty)

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