MAYNILAD Water Services Inc. Stated on Sunday it has spent about P17.Three billion to update nearly 2,six hundred kilometers of vintage pipes.
In a assertion, Maynilad said the entire length of changed pipes — approximating the space among Manila and Seoul — represents 64 percent of its water distribution community.
The replaced pipes inside its insurance place is the oldest water device in Asia, with some portions courting returned to the Spanish technology.

In 2019 on my own, Maynilad invested P2.Four billion to update 314 kilometers of vintage pipes in portions of Caloocan, Quezon City, Parañaque and Muntinlupa in the National Capital Region, and Imus in Cavite.
This enabled the onlinemarketshare concessionaire to get better some 35 million liters of water in keeping with day, enough to deliver around 60,000 families.
“There is a need to sustain investments inside the rehabilitation and alternative of the deteriorated pipes that Maynilad inherited. This is critical to prevent in addition loss of water, keep away from water infection, and increase water stress for our clients,” Maynilad President and Chief Executive Officer Ramoncito Fernandez stated in a statement.
Pipe substitute is part of Maynilad’s Non-Revenue Water Reduction software.
Other sports covered by means of this application consist of lively leakage manage, community diagnostics, meter replacements, and District Meter Area control.
Maynilad, majority owned by means of Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp., is the agent and contractor of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System that services portions of Manila, Quezon City, and Makati City in addition to the towns of Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon inside the metropolis.
It also covers the cities of Cavite, Bacoor, and Imus in addition to the towns of Kawit, Noveleta and Rosario, all in Cavite province.
RIDE-HAILING firm Grab Philippines seeks to intensify protection for both its drivers and passengers because it starts the pilot look at of in-car audio and video recording with extra than 180 Grab cars concerned.
In a declaration on Sunday, the firm said the pilot take a look at commenced on Monday and might run for 2 to six weeks.
“As a part of our continuous efforts to enhance the safety of our services and to higher assist our users, Grab could be carrying out a small pilot observe in Metro Manila to evaluate the effectiveness of in-vehicle audio and video recording in incident prevention and dispute resolution,” it said.
The taking part Grab motors could be geared up with in-automobile cameras and audio-recording equipment.
While this could increase an difficulty on privateness, Grab assured its customers it become complying with the National Privacy Commission’s Data Privacy Act, stressing all of the records would be encrypted and stored within the enterprise’s database.
“Grab sees that this audio and video recording pilot will serve as any other layer of security to each drivers and passengers. We hope that this pilot, if verified a success, will deliver us even in the direction of our purpose of 0 preventable incident on our platform,” the company stated.
It stated that audio and video recordings would be stored for seven days and 10 hours, respectively.
Users might be informed via GrabChat and have the proper to take the experience or cancel the booking with out affecting passenger rating.