OLONGAPO CITY: Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has called on the two public utilities providing water and electricity services here not to prioritize profit over the welfare of the general public and instead look after the interest of the people. Water and electricity consumers in Olongapo City earlier flooded social media with the complaints about the allegedly excessive rates being charged in their March, April and May billings. After the complaints started to pour in and noise reverberated on various social media platforms, the OEDC later agreed to do actual meter reading. Water billings of Subicwater and Sewerage Systems Inc. (Subicwater) consumers also reflected three to four times higher than their regular consumption that resulted in the consumers airing their complaints on social media platforms. Macapagal vowed to fight for the rights of water and electricity consumers and bring these issues to the attention of national leaders.

Source: Manila Times July 10, 2020 17:13 UTC