DENR exec: 40 million Pinoys have no access to water supply

Around 40 million Filipinos do not have access to formal water supply, an official from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Tuesday.

At a Palace press briefing, DENR Undersecretary Carlos Primo David said most of these individuals reside in Mindanao, especially in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

”The directive of the President this morning was very clear – 40 million of our residents ‘no