PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he was willing to talk to the embattled water concessionaires if they would return the money to the people.

Duterte made the statement on Thursday as he reiterated that the government would not pay a single centavo from the billions of pesos in refund sought by Manila Water Co. Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc.

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