MANILA, ANN, Dec 4 — President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail and file economic sabotage cases against officials of Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Manila Water Co. Inc. and others involved in what he called onerous water concession agreements.
The two private firms distribute water in Metro Manila and parts of Cavite and Rizal provinces under agreements signed with the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) in 1997 during the Ramos administration following what was then called “the world’s largest water privatization.”