Maynilad Water Services, Inc., the water provider of most cities in Metro Manila, has been granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a permit to sell its P15 billion blue bond offering. This comes after the Philippine Rating Services Corporation granted Maynilad’s blue bonds a PRS...
ILOILO CITY – French company SUEZ has been tapped by Metro Pacific Water Investments Corp. (Metro Pacific Water) to build a desalination plant for Metro Iloilo. EXECUTIVES of Metro Pacific Water Investments Corp. (Metro Pacific Water) and French company SUEZ signed in Singapore an agreement to...
BACOLOD CITY – About 10,000 households in the southern part of this city will get enhanced water supply within the year. MAYOR Albee Benitez (left) witnesses the signing of the bulk water supply agreement between PrimeWater and its joint venture partner, Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa), with...
CEBU CITY – Health authorities in Central Visayas have warned the public against water-borne diseases with the onset of the rainy season. Influenza, leptospirosis, and dengue are common during the rainy season, said Dr. Eugenia Mercedes Cañal, regional epidemiologist of the Department of...
East Zone concessionaire Manila Water Co. Inc. said that the replacement of the outdated water mainline in Guadalupe, Makati, will be completed before the end of the year. In a statement, Manila Water said that the project, estimated at P47 million, involves the upgrade of the 500-millimeter (mm)...
Major areas in Jalajala and parts of Cainta in Rizal Province will have no water for up to six hours until Wednesday, June 19, due to Manila Water’s maintenance activities. In Jalajala, portions of Barangay Sipsipin; Special District; Second District, Third District, Bayugo; Punta; Palaypalay;...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has increased its use of renewable energy in its operations by 15 percent following its partnership with MPower, the local retail electricity supplier of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). Under this partnership, Maynilad said in a statement on...
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...
CEBU CITY – A retired police general has asked the court to stop the municipal government of Sogod in northern Cebu from implementing an ordinance that imposes what he described as exorbitant water rates. Jose Marie Espino and wife Rose, residents of Sogod, have filed a petition with application...
Razon-led Manila Water Co. Inc. is accelerating efforts to enhance sanitation and improve wastewater management in its service area through the expansion of its sewer network projects. In a statement on Tuesday, June 11, Manila Water said it is committed to investing P119 million in Taguig North...
Recent rainfall in Luzon failed to raise water levels at Metro Manila's two primary water sources, west zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. said. According to the latest monitoring report from Maynilad as of Monday, June 10, both the Angat and Ipo dams experienced a decrease in water...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has completed the installation of an initial 11.6 kilometers of new sewer lines in Valenzuela City. In a statement, Maynilad said the newly installed sewer lines, located along McArthur Highway in Valenzuela, will expedite the delivery of...
