MANILA, Philippines — The government and one of the country’s biggest water distributors signed a new agreement on Wednesday, more than a year after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a review of the allegedly onerous contracts awarded to the two private concessionaires that operate in Metro Manila.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said officials of Ayala group-led Manila Water Co. Inc. and the state regulator, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), signed the revised contract.
He told the Inquirer that the new agreement was “a lot more equitable than the original one.” He did not elaborate, saying only that it would “definitely [result in] better overall service an…
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