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OPENING: ALL MORNINGS ARE LIKE PAINTINGS.WE NEED A LITTLE INSPIRATION TO GET GOING..A LITTLE SMILE PERHAPS TO GET US GOING..THANK YOU FOR FEELING AT EASE AND GOOD MORNING.

TODAY IS THE FRUIT OF AN INSTITUTIONAL LABOR. IT IS A MANIFESTATION OF A COUNTRY POLICY IMPLEMENTED LOCALLY AND THAT IS-INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ONCE AGAIN TOWARDS A MORE STRENGTHENED HYDRODYNAMICS WITHIN THE WATER SECTOR. ALL OF US WILL BE WITNESSING TO THE SIGNING OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR METRO CEBUS GROUNDWATER MODEL.

GROUNDWATER IS A NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE. THOUGH IT STILL UNDERGOES NATURAL PROCESSES SOMEHOW ITS REPLENISHMENT MAY TAKE A HUNDRED OR A THOUSAND YEARS.

CEBU HOPES FOR WATER SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY AND OF COURSE-WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT MUST BE BASED ON SOUND SCIENCE. AND PERHAPS AN ARMOURY OF HYDROINVESTIGATION TOOLS CAN AID CEBU TOWARDS THIS HOPE.

THUS, TODAY I PRESENT BEFORE YOU, TWO OUT OF 32 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE WATER SECTOR THE NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BOARD AND THE METROPOLITAN CEBU WATER DISTRICT.

TO INTRODUCE TO US A BRIEF AND DEPEENING RATIONALE OF THE DAYS CALL OF DUTY, MAY I, CALL ON THE DEPARTMENT MANAGER OF THE WATER RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE CENTER, WHO JUST ARRIVED FROM VIETNAM, AND THE PRIME MOVER FOR THE GROUNDWATER MODEL JOURNEY FOR CEBU TO THIS AUGUST BODY-ENGR. LASARO P. SALVACION. YOUR CORDIAL APPLAUSE PLEASE.

II. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ENGR. SALVACION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I SUPPOSE EACH ONE HAS A COPY OF THE PROGRAMME FOR OUR GUIDANCE. NOW, THE SIGNING AGREEMENT. OF THE MEMORANDUM OF

THE NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BOARD LED BY ITS VERY OWN, OIC-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ATTY. ELENITO M. BAGALIHOG. WITH ATTY. ELENITO BAGALIHOG IS ENGR. SUSAN ABANO. THE METROPOLITAN CEBU WATER DISTRICT, OUR GENERAL MANAGER, ENGR. ARMANDO H. PAREDES. WITH THE MCWDS GM, MAY I CALL ON, ENGR. ERNIE T. DELCO, ENGR. LASARO SALVACION, ENGR. RONELL MAGALSO AND ENGR. LEMUEL CANASTRA. TOGETHER WITH US IS ALSO OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND BOD MEMBERS CHAIRMAN RENATO MERCADO. ATTY. MANUEL P. LEGASPI ENGR. JOSE MARIA EUGENIO V. ELIZALDE MR. JUAN SAUL F. MONTECILLO MS. CYNTHIA BARRIT MS.NENA MIOLE GENERAL

ALSO INTRODUCING THE ASSISTANT MANAGERS OF MCWD, WE HAVE: ATTY. VESMINDO M. SANTIAGO ENGR. NOEL R. DALENA ENGR. EUGENIO B. SINGSON

 OIC-AGM ATTY. MYRA RAVELO & ENGR. ERNIE T. DELCO FROM OUR DEPARTMENT MANAGERS ALSO GRACING THIS OCCASION: ATTY. ROLANDO P. LAVILLA MS. ROWAN TENEDO MS. CHARMAINE RODRIGUEZ NOW, THE SIGNING AGREEMENT. OF THE MEMORANDUM OF

(THE CEREMONY) MAY I CALL ON THE WITNESSES TO SIGN: ENGR. ERNIE T. DELCO ENGR. SUSAN ABANO ENGR. LASARO P. SALVACION ENGR. RONELL Y. MAGALSO (music while signing is going on) WE HAVE NOW INKED THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON METRO CEBUS GROUNDWATER MODEL. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU.

WITH ALL DUE CORDIALITIES FOR OUR OIC-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NWRB, MAY I CALL ON ATTY. ELENITO M. BAGALIHOG, FOR HIS MESSAGE TO ALL OF US AND THE ENTIRE POPULACE OF METRO CEBU. IV. THE WATER SECTOR REPRESENTATIVE WILL NOW BE REQUESTED FOR THE MEDIA Q&A. MAY I INTRODUCE THE CEBU MEDIA.

INTRODUCE THE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES RIGHT AFTER THE Q&A, PHOTO-OPS WILL FOLLOW. FIRST WE WILL HAVE THE MCWD GM AND THE BOARD WITH NWRB SECOND, the AGMs may I now join LASTLY, the respective DEPARTMENT MANAGERS TO JOIN THE GROUP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS A RESPONSE, AS WE LOOK FORWARD AFTER THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT, MAY I NOW CALL ON THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE METROPOLITAN CEBU WATER DISTRICT, ENGR. ARMANDO H. PAREDES, TO GIVE US HIS MESSAGE AND CLOSING REMARKS FOR TODAYS SIGNIFICANT EVENT.

LUNCHEON TO FOLLOW RIGHT HERE IN THE FIFTH FLOOR.