Senate Deputy Majority Leader Joseph Victor “JV”Ejercito has called on government agencies to immediately address the “dangerous disconnect” in the management of water resources. Ejercito said the lack of coordination between flood control projects and agencies with technical expertize in...
Senate Deputy Majority Leader Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito has called on the government to fast-track the creation of a Department of Water Resources Management that will unify all water-related functions of government. Ejercito renewed his call for the creation of the department which he...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has called on the Senate to expedite the passage of the bill seeking to establish a Department of Water Resources—a centralized agency that would implement a comprehensive framework for water management. In his speech at the 30th PWWA International...
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...
The Philippines was ranked sixth among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in terms of access to basic sanitation services, a study from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) revealed. In a policy note on the Philippine water sector, the NEDA stated that while 97.6 percent...
The Senate Committee on Public Services will exert all efforts at passing the bill crrating the Department of Water Resources and Management this Congress as a means to solve the country's water crisis, Senator Grace Poe said. Poe' said Senate Bill No. 102, one of the Marcos administration's...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has called for the enactment of a proposal to establish the Department of Water Resources in order to resolve the duplicative roles in water agencies. “Currently, there are over 30 agencies with overlapping functions over the country's water...
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) said that focusing on water management policies would effectively mitigate the effects of the incoming El Niño phenomenon. In a statement, ULAP National President and Quirino Governor Dakila Carlo E. Cua said that the country must focus on...
Senator Grace Poe hopes that the public won't have to queue up just to get their supply of water amid the worsening El Niño phenomenon. "Mahalaga na laging may dumadaloy na malinis na tubig sa bawat tahanan (It's important that there's always access to clean water in every home)," she said in a...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee said that establishing a national framework for water resource management, as spelled out in the proposed Department of Water Resources (DWR), will boost...
Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera (Rep. Herrera's office) House Deputy Minority Leader Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera has hailed the passage of the proposed Department of Water Resources (DWR), a measure that...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The measure that seeks to create a dedicated agency to address all water-related problems has been overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. Approved on the strength of 254 affirmative votes against only...
