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(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 […]
(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)–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)–Some Maynilad Water customers in Caloocan and Quezon City should brace themselves for water service interruptions starting Monday, Oct. 28. In a statement, Maynilad said Barangays 167 to 178 in Caloocan and Barangays Kaligayahan, Pasong Putik, Greater Lagro and San Agustin in Quezon City will particularly be affected by the interruptions starting 2 p.m. Maynilad said the interruptions will end on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 6 a.m. According to the water concessionaire, the disruptions […]
(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) — Starting Friday, Sept. 27, customers of Maynilad Water Services Inc., will experience an 11-day service interruption as it upgrades its water treatment plant in Putatan. In an advisory, Maynilad said that the daily water service interruptions will be felt in several portions of their concession area from Sept. 27 to October 7, 2019, including portions of Las Piñas, Parañaque, Muntinlupa and Cavite. He said that the implementation of the second phase of […]
(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)–Maynilad has advised its customers in Las Piñas and Cavite to stock up on water, with service interruptions slated from June 11 to 12. The water concessionaire said the following areas are affected due to the reinstallation of a rapid mixer at the La Mesa Treatment Plant 1: FROM 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. ON TUESDAY, JUNE 11: Caloocan City: 5 to 10 11 to 14 22 24 27 28 31 95 99 146 […]
