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 ==[[Catanduanes News]]==
-'''Typhoon Mina's death toll reaches 29; 5 still missing'''
+'''Refund of reconnection fee from Virac water service provider sought'''
-*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=722668
+*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=52115
-*By: Angelo L. Gutierrez
+*By: Edna A. Bagadiong
-*''September 01, 2011''
+*''September 02, 2011''
-The death toll from Typhoon Mina (international name Namnadol) has increased to 29 with five more people still missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported today.
+VIRAC, Catanduanes- The United Katandungan Against Graft and Corruption (UKAG) urged the Virac Water District (VIWAD) to cease and desist from imposing the P600 reconnection fee and to refund customers who have been charged the fee.
-The NDRRMC said in its 6 a.m. update that the three additional fatalities were recorded in La Union, Baguio City and Abra.
+UKAG president Eddie Rodulfo in his letter dated August 22 described the implementation of VIWAD Board Resolution No. 33, series of 2010 which increases the reconnection fee from P100 to P600 effective last January as immoral, unreasonable, arbitrary and illegal.
-The five missing people were Fred Nantes Sr., a fisherman from '''Catanduanes'''; Roger Marqued, who was swept by Buaya River's strong current at the height of the typhoon; Apolonio Licupa of Liwan West, Rizal in Kalinga province; Antonia Tacio, who was buried by the pile of garbage in Benguet; and Dagul Joaquin from Abra.
+The anti-graft group noted that the increase did not undergo public hearing, which it said is a mandatory requirement pursuant to Sec. 63 of Presidential Decree 198. It also cited Letter of Instruction No. 700 which states that such hearings shall be conducted prior to any proposed increase in water rates.
-The NDRRMC said that a total of 348, 473 were affected by the typhoon in seven regions in Luzon and at least 44,300 remained in evacuation centers.
+VIWAD board and management has come under fire from consumers for implementing the recconection fee of P600 which they described as unconscionable and excessive compared to FICELCO's P50.
-The damage to agriculture and infrastructure from the typhoon, the strongest so far to hit the country, has been pegged at P1.409 billion.
+UKAG is still waiting for the immediate response of VIWAD on the issue.
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