AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A CONSUMER GROUP REPRESENTATION IN THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF GOVERNMENT REGULATORY BODIES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THEIR RESPECTIVE CHARTERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE WATER CONCESSION AGREEMENTS OF MAYNILAD AND MANILA WATER WITH THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM (MWSS), TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH ARE ONEROUS AND DISADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT, AND TO SAFEGUARD PHILIPPINE NATIONAL INTERESTS AND THE RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE

A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE ALLEGED ONEROUS CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND WATER CONCESSIONAIRES MANILA WATER CO. AND MAYNILAD WATER SERVICES INC.

RESOLUTION URGING THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM (MWSS) TO IMMEDIATELY SUSPEND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN THE KALIWA DAM PROJECT OWING TO THE REPORTED FINDINGS IN SUCCESSIVE COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA) REPORTS AND A SUBSEQUENT SENATE INVESTIGATION WHICH CITED MULTIPLE IRREGULARITIES AND VIOLATIONS OF PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES AND PROTOCOLS IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PASS-ON CHARGES OF MAYNILAD WATER AND MANILA WATER, WHICH INCLUDE THEIR INCOME TAX PAYMENTS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REVISITING THE REGULATORY POWERS OF THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM (MWSS), AND ENSURING THAT CONSUMER RIGHTS AND WELFARE ARE PROTECTED