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SC slashes water concessionaires’ fines from P1.8b to P406 million

The Supreme Court has reduced the fines imposed on water concessionaires from the previous P1.8 billion to P406 million, it said as it affirmed...

‘Manila Bay years away from being swimmable’

Buhay Party-list Rep. Joselito Atienza on Sunday said Manila Bay being “swimmable” is still years away. He said it may take “several years” before the...

Hedcor pays fine for soil dumping

Hedcor Inc., the hydro subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corp., paid a fine of P200,000 for alleged dumping of soil in the Chico river in...

Rody vows to avoid water crisis amid service rotation

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Implications of the Public Trust doctrine

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Atienza’s war on water firms

"Corporate greed exemplified, he says."     Like a man consumed by his own mission to wage war against corporate greed, Buhay Party List Rep. Lito Atienza...

Dead in the water

Manila Water, one of two private concessionaires serving Metro Manila, this week served up a doomsday scenario of dramatically higher water rates if the...

780% water rate hike looms

Households in Metro Manila face a possible 780 percent increase in their water rates, Manila Water warned, while a fifth of all areas in...

Water firms seeking reversal of SC ruling

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Manila Water asks SC to reconsider ruling

Manila Water has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling imposing fines and order to comply with its undertaking under the Republic Act...

Consumer group slams SC ruling penalizing water concessionaires

Consumer advocacy group CitizenWatch.PH warns of water rates spiking P12 to P16 per cubic meter because of “the Aug. 6 decision of the Supreme...

Was there a violation of the Clean Water Act?

"The call of various groups to renationalize  water service is reckless and regressive."   The Supreme Court recently ordered the national capital’s two water concessionaires—Maynilad Water...

DENR warns ‘negligent’ outgoing LGU execs

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Thursday warned “negligent” outgoing local executives were not yet off the hook over failure to revoke...

Roadmap

MWSS Administrator Reynaldo V. Velasco (second from left) stresses a point to water officials of Maynilad and Manila Water regarding the overall wastewater and...
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