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Manila Water seeks international arbitration on P79-B reimbursement

By Louise Maureen Simeon | December 10, 2015 - 9:00am

The Manila Water Co. Inc. has filed a notice of arbitration with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore to make the...

Headlines

Rise and fall of PICOP – Mindanao’s timber plantations (Part II)

By Gerardo P. Sicat | August 11, 2015 - 10:00am

Tree plantations began to spread during the late 1960s in the Agusan-Surigao area of Mindanao. They were seen as part of the reforestation program of the government.

Business

Mla Water to restructure Clark Water’s capital

September 30, 2014 - 12:00am

Ayala-led Manila Water said yesterday it will restructure the equity base of its wholly-owned subsidiary Clark Water Corp.

Business

PSALM to ask NGCP to prepay remaining $1.2-B concession fee

September 3, 2014 - 12:00am

The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM), the government agency overseeing the privatization of state-owned power assets, said it will ask the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP)...

Business

Grandstanding

August 14, 2013 - 12:00am

The Senate should know better than poke its nose in matters that are better left to those who are experts in them.

Business

NGCP to prepay part of concession fee to gov’t

By Iris Gonzales | July 29, 2013 - 12:00am

The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), the country’s sole transmission highway operator, is eyeing to prepay part of its concession fee to the government to help the Aquino administration.

Business

Water woes

By MY FOUR CENTAVOS | By Dean Andy Bautista | July 27, 2013 - 12:00am

Recent rate rebasing discussions have ignited heated debates and public outrage over “questionable” charges of private water concessionaires.

Opinion

On changing the rules

July 17, 2013 - 12:00am

Let us not be surprised when our country further slips down the ladder in terms of attractiveness as an investment destination.

Business

Some leaky story

By COMMONSENSE | By Marichu A. Villanueva1 | July 15, 2013 - 12:00am

The privatization of the Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System (MWSS) in 1997 was hailed as one of the “success stories” of the first public-private partnership (PPP).

Opinion

Why is our water bill so expensive nowadays?

By AS A MATTER OF FACT | By Sara Soliven De Guzman | September 5, 2011 - 12:00am

I was surprised to see my water bill escalate so high in just a few years.

Opinion