Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 23:24:00 +0000
Water concessionaire Manila Water Co. Inc. should pay the government at least P1.4 million for creating a “crisis” at health centers due to water outages, a party-list lawmaker said on Saturday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 23:22:26 +0000
In 1979, the administration of dictator Ferdinand Marcos began planning for the construction of Laiban Dam in Tanay, Rizal province. That’s because planners were already worried about Metro Manila’s dependence on the 1960s-era Angat Dam for 95 percent of its drinking water.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:08:04 +0000
(First of two parts) Ferdinand dela Cruz was up earlier than usual on March 6, checking the water level at La Mesa Dam, a facility managed by Manila Water Company Inc., of which he has been president and CEO for the last 20 months. The Ayala-controlled utility had announced the day before that it would […]
Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 05:25:46 +0000
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara has called for full implementation of a law mandating establishment of rainwater harvesting system.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:12:52 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte will wait and see until April 15 before he decides whether or not to fire officials of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) over the water supply shortage that has been gripping parts of Metro Manila and Rizal.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:30:58 +0000
The head of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) was ready to step down
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:30:58 +0000
The head of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) was ready to step down
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:33:16 +0000
This year’s water conference invited 500 exhibiting companies from international and Asian countries to offer solutions to water supply, sanitation and purification.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 04:33:11 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), amid the water supply crisis in Metro Manila, will step up this year its potable water supply projects in parts of the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 04:18:20 +0000
The budget of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) should come from the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA) instead of coming from the water concessionaires, House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez said Wednesday.
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