Granular data shows senatorial candidate Camille Villar’s senatorial bid was decisively rejected in cities and towns that bore the brunt of PrimeWater‘s poor services.
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00:00Granular data shows senatorial candidate Camille Villar's senatorial bid was decisively rejected in cities and towns that bore the brunt of Prime Water's poor services.
00:10Villar ranks 10th in the national tally but ranks 36th out of 66 candidates in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
00:17San Jose del Monte residents say they have been grappling with Prime Water's bad service despite high costs.
00:22In Dasmarinas, Cavite, another city where Prime Water took over the operations of the water district, Villar placed 33rd.
00:30She also performed poorly in other Cavite localities where Prime Water's operations were flagged by the Commission on Audit.
00:36Trece Martires, 23rd place, Silang, 22nd, Tagaytay, 20th.
00:42She also placed below the top 20 in the localities where Prime Water had contracts with the water districts.
00:47Munoz, Nueva Ecia, Marilao, San Rafael, San Edelfonso, and Manolos, in Bulacan, Agoncillo, Batangas, San Pedro, Laguna, and Daet, Camarines, Norte.
00:57Prime Water's bad service has become an election issue with residents mounting a campaign against Camille.
01:02Her brother, Manuel Paulo Villar, owns Prime Asset Ventures, the parent company of Prime Water.
01:09President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earlier ordered the local water utilities administration to investigate the utility firm.