AN ACT PENALIZING THE UNJUSTIFIED INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING ENTITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE TO INVESTIGATE, INQUIRE AND LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED OVERCHARGING BY THE TWO (2) WATER CONCESSIONAIRES PRIMARILY OPERATING IN METRO MANILA, BY PASSING MORE THAN 15 BILLION PESOS OF CORPORATE TAXES AND OTHER EXPENSES ON TO CONSUMERS BETWEEN 2008 TO 2012 WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAWS AND ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF CONSUMERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE, TO INVESTIGATE, INQUIRE AND LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RAKE HIKES IMPLEMENTED BY MANILA WATER COMPANY AND MAYNILAD WATER SERVICES, THE TWO (2) WATER CONCESSIONAIRES PRIMARILY OPERATING IN METRO MANILA, AS APPROVED BY THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM (MWSS), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING COMPLIANCE OF EXISTING LAWS AND ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF CONSUMERS AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT THAT NO PAYMENT FOR A FOREIGN LOAN OF P1.275 BILLION WAS REMITTED BY THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM TO THE BUREAU OF TREASURY DESPITE COLLECTIONS OF P1.614 BILLION MADE FROM THE CONCESSIONAIRES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION BY THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM (MWSS) OF THE LAIBAN WATER SUPPLY PROJECT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED GROSS MISMANAGEMENT COMMITTED AND BEING COMMITTED BY OFFICERS AND MANAGERS OF THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM (MWSS) AS WELL AS OTHER ANOMALOUS TRANSACTIONS THAT CAN ONLY LEAD TO THE DISSIPATION OF MWSS ASSETS AND THE SOARING PRICE OF WATER IN ITS CONCESSION AREAS