News Roundup 13 December 2019
Dec 13, 2019 • 2 min Read
Maynilad, Manila Water agree to renegotiate ‘onerous’ water deals | INQUIRER.NET – Water concessionaires Maynilad and Manila water agreed to renegotiate the “onerous” 1997 water agreement with the government. In separate letters to the President Rodrigo Duterte on December 10, Maynilad Chair Manny Pangilinan and Manila Water Chairman Fernando Zobel de Ayala, the two water concessionaires agreed for a renegotiation of their water deals with the government.
New Ombudsman guidelines delay release of Duterte’s SALN — PCOO | PHILSTAR.COM – President Rodrigo Duterte has not yet released his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) for 2018 due to pending guidelines on public access to the document. The Office of the Ombudsman has yet to release the revised guidelines on public access to SALN of government officials.
No order for PNP, AFP to kill drug offenders: PRRD | Manila Bulletin – President Rodrigo R. Duterte has vehemently denied that he has directed the police and the military to kill drug offenders in the country. During the inauguration of The Tent at Vista Global South in Las Piñas City on Thursday night, Duterte said he would rather let drug personalities rot in jail than order cops and soldiers to kill the lawbreakers.
‘Drug war better off without Robredo’ | The Manila Times – The government’s war on illegal drugs is better off without Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo leading the campaign, the head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Thursday. “Nahirapan kasi ako eh to be honest. Number one, it’s hard for me to dictate dahil vice president siya eh Usec. lang naman ako (To be honest with you it was really tough for me. She’s the vice president and I’m just an Undersecretary),” Aquino told reporters. “Pangalawa, hindi ko rin madictate kung ano ang dapat niyang gawin or hindi. Sinabihan ko lang siya, ‘Ma’am imeet mo ito ‘(I could not dictate on her. I just told her, ‘Ma’am you should meet these people’). So when she started meeting with the other foreign groups, hindi ko rin siya mapigilan (I could not really stop her),” he added. Aquino issued the statement after Robredo said she would submit next week a “report” to the public and would announce what she had “uncovered” when during her brief stint at the ICAD.
