The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded water districts under the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) to keep their distribution losses at 20 percent or below for viable operations. In its annual audit report, COA cited the case of the San Quintin Water District (SQWD) in...
The Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) said that the country currently has enough water supply, but has been preparing mitigation plans to soften the impact of the El Niño phenomenon. LWUA Administrator Vicente Homer Revil said they have issued directives to all water districts...
(Unsplash) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda is pushing for the consolidation of water districts that are inefficient or non-operational amid what he described as an "ongoing water crisis exacerbated by the El Nino phenomenon". Salceda, the chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means,...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) topped the list of state-run firms in terms of income for 2020 but both also registered the largest amount of expenditures during the year that the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hit the country, the...