Sen. Grace Poe—(File photo/Senate PRIB) Sen. Grace Poe on Wednesday said the water interruptions that affect nearly 600,000 residents in Metro Manila only showed the need to create a new department to harmonize the mandates of over 30 state agencies involved in water supply systems. Poe, the chair of Senate committee on public services, also blasted the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) for its failure to build infrastructures to address the water supply problem in the metropolis.

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