Rappler's latest stories on Local Water Utilities Administration
LWUA: Angeles City Water District spends P28M yearly on 'ineffective' UV disinfectant
Local Water Utilities Administration's Jeci Lapus says ACWD's 'failure...to make a thorough engineering study and post-project evaluation on the beneficial use of UV disinfectant had cost the government more'
COA orders water officials to refund millions in meal, hospital allowances
'Government employees who unwittingly received disallowed benefits or allowances are not liable for their reimbursement if there is no finding of bad faith,' the COA says
Lanao town water chief indicted for graft over P10-M ghost project
Tugaya Water District Acting General Manager Jamaloden Faisal received the funding in 2011 but the Ombudsman says the project remains non existent
News Briefs: February 23, 2017
Stories from across the Philippines on Thursday February 23
10 gov’t firms fail to remit P68B in dividends – COA
State auditors find that from 2004 to 2014 these GOCCs either did not declare failed to record failed to remit or under remitted their dividends
Ombudsman files 2 new criminal charges vs Pichay
Prosecutors say Prospero Pichay Jr caused undue injury to LWUA when he used its funds to sponsor a National Chess Federation of the Philippines chess tournament held in honor of him
Gatchalian brothers, Pichay face charges for bank takeover
The Ombudsman finds probable cause to indict the 3 newly elected lawmakers – along with 23 others – for the questionable acquisition by LWUA of a Laguna based thrift bank in 2009
COA execs face criminal indictment over multi-million-peso bonuses
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales says the COA executives and employees were obviously motivated by malicious intent to favor self interest at the expense of the public
LWUA lost P80M in bank takeover, Pichay to face charges
Besides former LWUA administrator and Congressman Prospero Pichay Jr current Valenzuela Representative Sherwin Gatchalian and Alay Buhay Party list Representative Weslie Gatchalian are set to be indicted
COA orders return of P815M illegal benefits
The COA 2013 annual financial report on 23 government owned and controlled corporations GOCCs says the incentives were given without legal basis
Gov't pours P1.7B into water projects nationwide
The fund release was charged against the Department of Public Works and Highway’s budget for water supply and sanitation for poverty areas and tourism priority sites
Drilon ally Rene Villa quits gov't post
Linked to pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Napoles Villa resigns from LWUA Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma says it is a personal decision
