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(Eagle News)– The Office of the Solicitor General on Friday, Dec. 6, said it would exhaust “all available legal remedies” against the decision issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore that ordered the Philippine government to indemnify Manila Water for losses it supposedly incurred due to the state’s refusal to implement higher water rates. In a statement, the OSG said that while “the OSG respects its obligation to keep confidential the arbitration proceedings, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s government will not pay Manila Water and Maynilad for losses the firms incurred due to the state’s refusal to increase water rates, despite an order from the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in a radio interview on Thursday, Dec. 5. According to Panelo, in the first place, the concession agreements that contain the indemnification clause were “onerous” and “too disadvantageous” […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has adopted the recommendation to revoke the memorandum of agreement that extended the water concession period “prematurely” up to 2037. This was according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who gave an interview over radio dzmm on Thursday, Dec. 5. According to Guevarra, the recommendation was adopted during a Cabinet meeting on Nov. 6. Guevarra had said the extension of the concession period in the case of Manila Water […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Dec. 3, said President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the filing of criminal, civil and administrative charges against all those involved in the 1997 water concessionaire agreements. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said facing economic sabotage charges, among others, for the “onerous” contracts between the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, and Manila Water and Maynilad were the firms’ owners and legal counsels, and agents and lawyers of the government […]
(Eagle News) — The decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore ordering the Philippine government to indemnify Manila Water for losses incurred due to a refusal to allow the concessionaire to implement rate increases was for breaches committed by officials of the previous administrations, not the present one. This is according to Manila Water, which issued a statement a day after President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to take to court the people behind the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, December 3, vowed to take to court the people behind the government’s contracts with water concessionaires that he said were disadvantageous to the people. The President in particular took issue with a provision in the agreements signed between the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, a government corporation, and Manila Water and Maynilad that said the government should pay the two companies for losses they incur should the state interfere […]
(Eagle News) — Manila Water said it would work towards enforcing an award for P7.39 billion it had secured from a Singapore-based tribunal against the Philippine government for losses it had incurred for a water rate hike that the government denied in 2015. “The Tribunal ordered the Republic to indemnify Manila Water the amount of ₱7,390,000,000 representing the actual losses it suffered from 1 June 2015 until 22 November 2019,” stated the Ayala-owned water concessionaire […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Imee Marcos wants the owners of Manila Water and Maynilad to be sanctioned with the around 15 million customers in Metro Manila and nearby provinces experiencing what she said were continuous water crises. Marcos made the statement as several cities in Metro Manila face Manila Water rotational service interruptions due to what the concessionaire said were the declining water levels of the Angat Dam. “Di ba nasabon at binalaan na sila ni Pangulong […]
(Eagle News) — Starting Thursday night, October 24, both the Manila Water Company and the Maynilad Water Services Inc., will once again implement rotational water service interruptions because of decreasing water levels at the Angat and Ipo dams. Maynilad noted the “scant rainfall” at the Angat and Ipo watersheds over the past few days. It said that this has resulted in a’the continuous decline of raw water levels in the Angat and Ipo Dams.” […]
(Eagle News)–Manila Water has released a list of places where rotational water service interruptions are expected to take place starting Thursday, Oct. 24. In an advisory, Manila Water said the service interruptions in the following areas will push through on the following dates and times if the water levels at Angat Dam continue to go down: Makati Mandaluyong Manila Marikina Pasig Parañaque Pateros Quezon City San Juan Taguig “Ito ay posibleng kailanganing isagawa upang mapagkasya […]
(Eagle News)– The Supreme Court has ordered Manila Water, Maynilad and the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System to pay massive fines for violating the Philippine Clean Water Act. SC spokesperson Brian Hosaka said this was after the SC, in a decision penned by J. Ramon Paul L. Hernando and with a vote of 14-0, denied their petitions and affirmed the decisions of the Court of Appeals that found they violated Section 8 of the […]
(Eagle News) – Manila Water started its rotational service interruption Tuesday night in its East Zone concession area as the water in Angat Dam in Bulacan nears its critical level. In an advisory, Manila Water said that its customers in the East Zone would experience rotational water service interruptions from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight. ADVISORY: As a result of the reduction in water allocation from Angat Dam for both concessionaires, Manila Water will be […]
