LWUA Board of Trustees Grants COWD Interim GM and B.O.D. Another 6 Months Extension

By Mona Lagbas

February 26, 2025,Cagayan de Oro City_The Interim General Manager and the interim Board of Directors of the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) have been given another extension, this time for six months, by the Local Water Utilities Admiistration or LWUA.

During a guesting at the weekly Meet The Press program hosted by Cagayan de Oro Press Club Director Amor Barlisan at SM CdO Downtown Premier Wednesday, Interim GM Fermin V. Jarales announced that the Board of Trustees of the LWUA, in a meeting Tuesday, approved a resolution extending the Interim GM and B.O.D. intervention in COWD beginning March 1, 2025 until August 31, 2025.

COWD Interim General Manager Fermin Jarales, left, drives a point while guesting at the weekly Meet The Press program at SM CdO Downtown Premier Wednesday.

The Interim Management and Board of the COWD's standing extended 3-months presence in the local water utility firm is supposed to end February 28 this year.