ILOILO CITY: The city council approved a resolution on Tuesday declaring the entire city of Iloilo under the state of calamity because of acute water shortage and poor water services of its water provider Metro Iloilo Water District.

City Councilor Plaridel Nava, chairman of the ways and means committee, said the calamity declaration follows the city council’s action on April 21 in declaring the city under a state of imminent water crisis as recommended by Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog and the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC).

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