OPERATIONS AT the main office of the Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) in Tacloban City have returned to normal Tuesday after one faction of the board of directors (BoD) took 20 computer units, documents, and cash Monday dawn. However, bill payments at the municipal offices in Dagami, Tabon-tabon, Tolosa, Tanauan, Palo, Pastrana, and Sta. Fe remain suspended as official receipts were among those taken from the main office. “Only payments made at this office shall be deemed valid,” said LMWD General Manager Pastor A. Homeres. “As seen in the CCTV footage, the intruders were identified as Teodoro De Veyra, Teresa Montubig, Jeanette Cua, Harold Ko, along with some employees and about 50 or so unidentified persons wearing bonnets,” the LMWD management said in a statement.

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The LMWD management, represented by BoD members appointed by Tacloban City Mayor Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez are preparing to file robbery charges against the perpetrators of Monday’s heist, some of whom were identified to be directors of the board appointed by Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla. Teodoro de Veyra, chairman of the Petilla-appointed BoD, admitted to The Freeman that they took away the computers and other documents from the LMWD head office as they insist that they are the legitimate directors. Their plan was to bring the equipment and documents to the Leyte Academic Center in Palo, where they will carry out LMWD operations. Mr. Petilla, in an earlier interview with The Freeman, said they will also take to court the “illegal” takeover and other acts of the Romualdez appointees. — The Freeman

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