BESIDES the pending Senate inquiry on the controversial agreement between the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and its two water concessionaires that allowed them to pass on its income tax to consumers, the Senate finance committee will also be looking into the supposed huge allowances and perks being received its ranking officials.

Sen. Francis Escudero, Chairman of the Senate Finance committee, that the MWSS budget is one of the items in the proposed 2014 national budget they want to look into because of the claims that current officers of the agency still enjoys hefty allowances.

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