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(Eagle News) — “Pray nobody will be interested” in the new water contracts prepared by government. This was the advice of President Rodrigo Duterte to Manila Water and Maynilad, which have yet to accept the contracts made by the Department of Justice after it found what it said were onerous provisions in the existing ones. Among these provisions were a ban on the government from interfering in setting water rates and an indemnification clause should […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Jan. 8, gave the assurance the concession deals crafted by the Department of Justice won’t “kill” water concessionaires Manila Water and Maynilad should they decide to accept them. In an interview over ANC, Guevarra said what they did with the new deals was to remove the provisions that were “highly disadvantageous” and to replace them with “more equitable” ones. “It’s something that will give life, life […]
(Eagle News)-President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Manila Water and Maynilad to accept the new water contracts that no longer contain provisions that are disadvantageous to the government. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said if the water concessionaires don’t accept the contracts presented by the Department of Justice in the 45th Cabinet meeting on Monday, he would nationalize water services. “The Chief Executive is giving the water concessionaires the option of accepting the new contracts without any […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Dec. 30, accused two Filipino businessmen of syndicated estafa and corruption over what he said were Manila Water’s and Maynilad’s onerous contracts with the government. “‘Yung nagtatanong kayo, saan ‘yung big fish? Saan ‘yung mga corruption, saan ‘yung malalaki? O, i-deliver ko na sa inyo ngayon. Si Ayala pati si Pangilinan,” Duterte said. Fernando Zobel de Ayala is the chairman of Manila Water. Manuel V. Pangilinan is, […]
(Eagle News)-President Rodrigo Duterte will make an announcement on the “onerous” water concession deals on Jan. 6, the Palace said. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the revelation as he noted that the President “still want(s) to hear why they allowed this kind of treason against the interest of the Filipino people.” “Sabi niya (Duterte), hindi siya papayag na walang mangyayari sa kasong ito,” he said. The President had slammed the concession agreements with Manila Water […]
Says gov’t should continue searching for, developing water sources (Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe has reiterated what she said was the need for the creation of a single agency that will address all the country’s water concerns, and called on government to continue to look for other sources of water. Poe reiterated the call amid President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to take over water services, following the Department of Justice’s discovery of allegedly onerous provisions in the […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar on Friday, Dec. 13, formally inhibited from any review and renegotiation of the government’s water concession contracts with Manila Water and Maynilad. Aglipay-Villar, the wife of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, announced her inhibition through a memorandum for Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who had asked her to inhibit. “To eliminate any cloud of doubt on the impartiality of the Department’s review and renegotiation of the water […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has asked Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar to inhibit herself from any review of the water concession agreements between the government, and Manila Water and Maynilad. According to Guevarra, this was “if only to dispel any suspicion that the review is not objective and impartial due to an alleged possible conflict of interest.” Villar is the wife of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, whose family owns Primewater Infrastructure Corporation. The […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has shrugged off the warnings by Manila Water and Maynilad that water rates would increase if the water concession pacts’ extension was revoked. “These concessionaires can do their worst and continue with fleecing the consumers while the President will do his best in serving and protecting the interest of the people,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Manila Water and Maynilad officials issued the warning after the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System revoked […]
(Eagle News)–The Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System has revoked the extension of the water concessionaire contracts with “onerous” provisions until 2037. The announcement of the cancellation of the extension of the contracts with Manila Water and Maynilad was made by Deputy Administrator for Engineering Leonor Cleofas during the joint House of Representatives hearing of the good government and public accountability and public accounts committees. Without the extension until 2037, the contracts will lapse in 2022. President […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Dec. 10, threatened to take over water services in Metro Manila if he was not satisfied with the explanation on the water concession agreements with “onerous” provisions. In a speech in Malacanang, Duterte said he wants all lawyers behind the contracts to appear before him. “Isa-isahin ko sila, ang mga abogado ng, p***ng i*a, gumawa ng kontrata. Sino ‘yung mga opisyal ng (Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System). Tanungin […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has said it would continue to review the concession agreements entered into by the government with Maynilad and Manila Water, even if their respective officials have said they would no longer ask the state to pay them P11 billion in supposed losses, as ordered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore. According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the issue of paying the arbitral award “is not as […]
