Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra emphasized that between the resolution of the country s national pandemic task force and LGU executive orders, it is the IATF decision that should be followed.
Published March 15, 2021, 7:00 AM
The Philippine government is yet to start negotiations with water concessionaires, Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Manila Water Company Inc., regarding their new concession agreements (CA) with Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS).
In a text exchange, Maynilad President and Chief Executive Officer Ramoncito S. Fernandez said the government is supposed to consult with concessionaires regarding the updated water contracts, but this is yet to happen.
“We expect that a fair and objective review will be concluded at the soonest possible time,” Fernandez further said.
For her part, Jennifer Rufo, head of corporate communications at Maynilad, said no schedule has been set yet as to when concessionaires will be consulted about their contracts.
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Karapatan sent an “urgent appeal” to its allies, communities, and fellow human rights advocates, seeking their action against the massive crackdown on activists.
The group asked for their support and solidarity in calling for the immediate release of peasant organizer Amanda Echanis and her baby, including a journalist and trade unionists arrested in December.
They are Manila Today editor Lady Ann Salem, and labor organizers Dennise Velasco, Joel Demate, Rodrigo Esparago, Mark Ryan Cruz, Romina Astudillo, and Jaymie Gregorio, collectively known as Human Rights Day 7.
“The imprisonment of Echanis and the HRD 7 reveals the Duterte administration’s glaring practice of persecuting individuals who speak against government’s abuses and injustices,” Karapatan said.