Duterte asks Congress: We need to pass bill for department of water

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has urged Congress to pass the bill creating the Department of Water Resources and Water Regulatory Commission.

“We need to pass a bill creating the Department of Water Resources and the Water Regulatory Commission,” Duterte said in his fourth State of the Nation Adddress (Sona) at the Batasang Pambansa on Monday. /kga