The bill seeking the creation of the Department of Water Resources has reached the Senate plenary after Senator Grace Poe sponsored the measure. Poe, in endorsing Senate Bill No. 2771 or the proposed “National Water Resources Management Act,” sponsored the bill’s Committee Report...
President Marcos bared that he has talked with business tycoon Manny Pangilinan on the current water problem in Cagayan de Oro after the latter's firm cut off its supply to the local water district over a disputed debt. Marcos disclosed that Pangilinan, who controls Cagayan de Oro Bulk Water...
Citing their overlapping functions, President Marcos said he wants a reorganization of the government’s various water agencies to address the water crisis and serve some 40 million Filipinos who do not have access to formal water resources. During a sectoral briefing on Tuesday, May 7, the...
Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera (Rep. Herrera's office) A ranking solon is crossing her fingers that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. would press for the creation of the Department of Water Resources (DWR) in his upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA). Bagong...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says that the "most immediate and effective solution" to the water crisis is to make the local agriculture sector more efficient with how it uses water. “The most economic point-of-view here is...
(Unsplash) The House bill creating an inter-agency body that will propose, formulate, draft, and direct the implementation of a comprehensive master plan to address the looming water crisis has hurdled the committee level. Gaining the approval of the House Committee on Public Works and Highways was...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said his administration will give priority attention to the problems that cropped up during the oil spill crisis in Oriental Mindoro, such as the source of potable water for local communities and people's livelihood. *President Marcos assured the people of...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo is calling on the two major water concessionaires in Metro Manila to act accordingly in order to avoid a replay of the water crisis that the metropolis experienced four years ago. (Unsplash) “We do not want a repeat of the 2019 water crisis, so we would...
After admitting that the country is facing a water crisis, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, March 28, identified further problems in the country’s water sources and management. During a media interview following the Pag-IBIG Fund Chairman’s Report at the SMX Convention...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. stressed that many communities in the country have been under water crisis that an urgent step must be taken to address it. Speaking during the 6th Water Philippines Conference and Exposition on Thursday, March 23, Marcos reiterated that the country can tap...
There will be no water shortage in the next summer on the back of short-term to medium-term security efforts of the government and its concessionaires, new Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Administrator Leonor Cleofas assured. In a phone interview, Cleofas said there will be no...
What can Israel offer the Philippines in terms of knowledge on how to address the latter's water supply and sanitation problems? A lot, apparently. Flags of the Philippines (top) and Israel (Unsplash) The Embassy of Israel in the Philippines, the Israel Economic and Commercial Mission to the...
