A Public Consultation for the proposed environmental
development for Boracay Island was held at the Covered Court of Manoc Village
Boracay on Thursday, November 15.
The consultation was conducted by the Tourism
Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority-Regulatory Office (TIEZA-RO) in
collaboration with Boracay Island Water Company Incorporated (BIWCI).
The consultation according
to the Temporary Officer In
Charge of TIEZA, Atty. Marites Alvarez was held to inform the public about the
TIEZA-RO, its mandate and manpower, also to know Boracay residents’ issues and
concerns in relation to services, what has been accomplished by the BIWCI from
2009 until October 2012 and its future plans.
Presented during the consultation was that BIWCI is
the concessionaire, and TIEZA-RO has the
regulatory mandate.
Head Consultant for Tieza, PhD. Angel Lazaro III said
that the partners were the government and the BIWCI. In the first part of his
presentation he discussed the Rebase, in the context of the business rendered
by the Concessionaire/BIWCI.
PhD Lazaro’s presentation was followed by BIWC’s
Customer Service Officer, Acs Aldaba who presented the services rendered by
BIWCI and its achievements under the company’s Visions.
Aldaba’s presentation was followed by the Chief
Operating Officer of BIWCI, Ben Mañosca
who presented major items of the BIWCI Master Plan.
PhD. Lazaro later gave the evaluation result on the
work done by BIWCI indicating it that had complied with the Water Supply
Commitment and Sewerage Service Commitment to date.
BIWCI’s future plans and proposed budget for its
services were also presented.
In closing, an Open Forum wherein queries, complaints,
from stakeholders addressed to TIEZA-RO and BIWCI about services, were
discussed, to which assurances were made that the matters discussed would be
considered and noted for proper resolutions and plans.
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