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                    [ArticleID] => 1531433
                    [Title] => Manila Water seeks international arbitration on P79-B reimbursement
                    [Summary] => 

The Manila Water Co. Inc. has filed a notice of arbitration with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore to make the government pay for claims that will reach approximately P79 billion.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-10 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1475310 [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/pilipino-star-ngayon/probinsya/20140710/Faucet-water-supply.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1486972 [Title] => Rise and fall of PICOP – Mindanao’s timber plantations (Part II) [Summary] =>

Tree plantations began to spread during the late 1960s in the Agusan-Surigao area of Mindanao. They were seen as part of the reforestation program of the government.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-11 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133940 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336383 [AuthorName] => Gerardo P. Sicat [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1374618 [Title] => Mla Water to restructure Clark Water’s capital [Summary] =>

Ayala-led Manila Water said yesterday it will restructure the equity base of its wholly-owned subsidiary Clark Water Corp.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364683 [Title] => PSALM to ask NGCP to prepay remaining $1.2-B concession fee [Summary] =>

The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM), the government agency overseeing the privatization of state-owned power assets, said it will ask the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) if it can prepay its remaining $1.2-billion concession fee to the government.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1087001 [Title] => Grandstanding [Summary] =>

The Senate should know better than poke its nose in matters that are better left to those who are experts in them.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1024411 [Title] => NGCP to prepay part of concession fee to gov’t [Summary] =>

The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), the country’s sole transmission highway operator, is eyeing to prepay part of its concession fee to the government to help the Aquino administration.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1018021 [Title] => Water woes [Summary] =>

Recent rate rebasing discussions have ignited heated debates and public outrage over “questionable” charges of private water concessionaires.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134856 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249993 [AuthorName] => Dean Andy Bautista [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 977981 [Title] => On changing the rules [Summary] =>

Let us not be surprised when our country further slips down the ladder in terms of attractiveness as an investment destination.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 970871 [Title] => Some leaky story [Summary] =>

The privatization of the Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System (MWSS) in 1997 was hailed as one of the “success stories” of the first public-private partnership (PPP).

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 723566 [Title] => Why is our water bill so expensive nowadays? [Summary] =>

I was surprised to see my water bill escalate so high in just a few years.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133536 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804832 [AuthorName] => Sara Soliven De Guzman [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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