Senator Risa Hontiveros is calling for a Senate inquiry into the "propriety" of allowing a single private entity to control almost all of the nation's strategic fossil energy assets in the West Philippine Sea. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB) Hontiveros said on Friday, Nov. 18 that she has...
Water Talk Air, food, and water are the fundamentals needed to maintain life. Safe and readily available water in particular is essential for public health. Whether it is for drinking, domestic use, food production, or recreational purposes, improved water supply and sanitation, as well as proper...
Manila Water posted a six percent improvement in earnings to P3.4 billion for the first nine months of 2021 from the same period last year. In a statement, the firm said growth was driven mainly by the significant increase in contribution from its international affiliates and key domestic...
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) has penalized Maynilad Water Services Inc. due to failure to provide 24/7 water supply to its customers in BF Homes, Parañaque sometime in May. In an advisory, the MWSS Regulatory Office (MWSS RO) said that it will conduct a virtual public...
The decision of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to remove the Foreign Currency Differential Adjustment (FCDA) from the water bills will have a different impact on the respective customers of Manila Water Company, Inc. and Maynilad Water Services, Inc. Unfortunately, it will...
Several areas in Manila who grappled with the water shortages over the weekend were assisted by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) who dispatched its water tanker that distributed 40,000 liters of potable water to various barangays. (Photo from the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) "Kada araw,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged all of the country’s governors, mayors and barangay captains to prioritize the people’s access to potable water especially in waterless communities and isolated areas still largely dependent on well and spring water sources. DILG...
The wastewater treatment plant of Clark Water Corporation (CWC), a subsidiary of Manila Water Company, Inc., is facing closure after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) threatened to not renew the company's Temporary Discharge Permit (TDP). In a statement, Clark Development...
The Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) has funded a two-year program seeking to ensure safe and secure water supply for the indigenous communities in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). (PIXABY) The program is under the NRCP’s...
The Paranaque City government advised residents to start saving water as Maynilad will implement water service interruption on Oct. 29 to Nov. 1. The letter posted in Paranaque PIO’s FB page A letter was sent to Mayor Edwin Olivarez by Maynilad on Oct. 21 on the Department of Public Works and...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) is reminding its customers to store enough water for the service interruption from October 29 to November 1. 41406 Maynilad said it has to implement the water service interruption as part of a pipe realignment project it is...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) will implement a paperless billing program, which will give its customers the option to receive only an electronic Statement of Account (e-SOA) instead of a printed copy of their monthly water bill. 41190 "Enrolling in the Maynilad...
