Makabayan bloc seeks immediate halt to looming water rate hike

MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc have filed a resolution seeking for the deferral of the looming rate hike of utility concessionaires Manila Water Co. Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc., noting that this would only worsen the plight of poor families.

House Joint Resolution No. 17 — filed by Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Arlene Brosas, Alliance of Concerned Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro and Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raoul Manuel — pushes for the “immediate suspension of the implementation of the water rate hike beginning in January 2023 amid high prices and basic services and amid the lingering economic downturn.”

Last November, the Metropoli…

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