In an effort to expand its sewerage services in Parañaque City, Metro Manila West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. is laying a new sewerage line that would benefit over 35,000 residents in the area. In a statement, Maynilad said it has invested P695 million to lay the sewage pipes...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Rep. Co's office) The chairman of the powerful House Committee of Appropriations is batting for the construction of large-scale water impounding facilities across the Bicol Region to mitigate flooding and...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. and the Caloocan Local Government Unit (LGU) have signed a deal to boost water management and minimize water losses over the next three years. According to their signed memorandum of understanding (MOU), the LGU will issue permits for...
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...
Relief distribution in an evacuation center in Imus City on October 25 (Photo from Mayor Alex Advincula's Facebook page/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – A total of 3,467 families or 12,325 individuals have been evacuated in the province due to the impact of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine....
Manila Water Company is investing P141.5 million for its third septage treatment plant (SpTP), the Pinugay Septage Treatment Plant (SpTP) in Barangay San Jose, Antipolo City, with the goal of protecting the environment and safeguarding public health. Expected to be completed by September 2025, the...
President Marcos has suggested the preemptive release of water from select dams to avoid a bigger tragedy as the government anticipates Tropical Storm Kristine to get stronger in the next 24 hours. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as the Angat, Ipo,...
San Miguel Corporation, the diversified conglomerate controlled by tycoon Ramon S. Ang, has completed its P1.02 billion acquisition of the interests of Razon-led Manila Water Company in two Bulacan water projects. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Manila Water said the closing...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Audit found mismanagement in the water district of Dueñas town, Iloilo province. A report said the government-owned Dueñas Water District was found to have irregularity in its fiscal operations – zero enforcement of collecting overdue accounts that nearly...
CEBU CITY – Inadequate water supply has been a perennial problem in Kananga, a first-class municipality in the province of Leyte. KANANGA, Leyte Mayor Manuel Vicente Torres inspects the ongoing construction of a water filtration system in Sitio Matin-aw, Barangay Rizal, Kananga. (Calvin D....
ILOILO CITY – People here and neighboring towns are affected by a water shortage that started on Monday, Oct. 14, and ends on Saturday, Oct. 19. Customers of Metro Pacific Iloilo Water in this city as well as the municipalities of Leganes, Pavia, and Santa Barbara have been relying on rations or...
East zone concessionaire Manila Water Co. Inc. is nearly complete with its mainline extension project that could help expand its supply service to more than 24,000 residents and 4,000 households in Antipolo City, Rizal. Manila Water’s project in Sitio Tanza and Tolosa Ville in Rizal province...
