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  2. Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System - Wikipedia

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    The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System [1] (Tagalog: Pangasiwaan ng Tubig at Alkantarilya sa Kalakhang Maynila), [5] formerly known as the National Waterworks and Sewerage System Authority (NAWASA), is the government agency that is in charge of water privatization in Metro Manila and nearby provinces of Cavite and Rizal in the Philippines.

  3. History of water supply and sanitation - Wikipedia

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    This hypothesis, Dean told his colleagues, would need to be tested. In 1944, Dean got his wish. That year, the City Commission of Grand Rapids, Michigan-after numerous discussions with researchers from the PHS, the Michigan Department of Health, and other public health organizations-voted to add fluoride to its public water supply the following ...

  4. Battle of Wawa Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Wawa Dam (Filipino: Labanan sa Dam ng Wawa), also known as the Seizure of Wawa Dam (Filipino: Pag-agaw sa Dam ng Wawa), was the side action during the Battle of Manila, yet the longest continuous combat during the Liberation of the Philippines, to secure the vital water sources east of the capital from February 20 – May 31, 1945, and was the critical battle that neutralized the ...

  5. List of conflicts in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    (part of Seven Years' War) Spanish Empire. Spanish Philippines. Spanish garrison of Manila Great Britain. British fleet; East India Company. William Draper; Spanish defeat. Manila and Cavite was occupied by the British until 1764 when a treaty concluded the war. Spanish Conquest of Mindanao The Moros on their proas. Sulu Sultanate. Maguindanao ...

  6. U.S., Philippines to hold biggest war games in years

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    U.S., Philippines to hold biggest war games in years. February 15, 2023 at 6:16 AM ... The Philippines and the United States will this year carry out their biggest joint military drills since 2015 ...

  7. Philippines summons Chinese ambassador over water cannon ...

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    The Philippine government summoned China's ambassador on Monday and presented a strongly worded diplomatic protest over the Chinese coast guard’s use of water cannons in a weekend confrontation ...

  8. Water privatization in Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    A residential bill for a consumption of 30 cubic meters per month, including an environmental charge and value-added tax, was 395 Pesos (US$10) or 13 Pesos/m3 (US$0.33/m3) as of 2008. [58] A residential water bill for the same consumption in West Manila was 489 Pesos/m3 (US$12) or 16 Pesos/m3 (US$0.39/m3).

  9. Philippines says China blasted water cannon at supply vessel ...

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    The Philippines on Friday accused China of blasting one of its supply vessels with a water cannon in the latest confrontation between the two nations in the disputed South China Sea.