Manila Water spends record P13 7 billion in 2021 philstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
MANILA - Manila Water posted a record high PHP13.7 billion capital expenditures (CapEx) in 2021, surpassing the PHP10.7 billion recorded in 2020. "This is the highest CapEx record since the privatization of water service in the East Zone in 1997," Manila Water spokesperson Jeric Sevlla Jr. said in a statement on Wednesday. He said the increase in capital expenditures was achieved "despite the continued challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic." Major components of the investment are the construction of new facilities and networks to expand service coverage, rehabilitation and improvement on existing assets and facilities for both water and wastewater, compliance projects relating to biological nutrient removal (BNR) for wastewater facilities, and the implementation of interim water source projects. These intervening water sources are critical to ensuring water availability in the coming peak demand months during summer, while major new water sources are still being
Manila Water said its capital expenditures (capex) in 2021 reached P13.7 billion, topping the P10.7 billion record in 2020, despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The company said the figure is the highest capex record since the privatization of water service in the East Zone in 1997. In…
Masungi Georeserve deplores attack on forest rangers philstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Masungi Georeserve called for support for environmental defenders protecting watersheds as they decried the detention of five of their forest rangers allegedly by police in the town of Baras, Rizal province.