A ‘settlement and release agreement’ had been inked between SN Aboitiz Power Inc. (SNAP) and government-run National Irrigation Administration (NIA) on the treatment as well as resolution of concerns for the Magat dam and linked hydro facilities in Northern Luzon - primarily those relating to...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is targeting to inaugurate 35 irrigation projects worth nearly P3 billion this month of August, the agency's top official said. In a statement, NIA Administrator Ricardo Visaya said that NIA "continues to develop and construct irrigation systems...
CONCRETE layering starts for the high dam of the P11.2-billion megadam project in Iloilo. (JRMP-II) ILOILO CITY – The construction of a high dam that is part of an P11.2-billion project has started in Iloilo. The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) confirmed that the first layer concrete...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and CT Citimotors, Inc. have signed a contract agreement for the acquisition of 95 units of light and transport equipment worth P155.3 million. A statement showed that this set of equipment will be used for the monitoring and evaluation of the status of...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is expected to break ground nearly P14-billion worth of irrigation projects nationwide in a bid to support the country’s agricultural productivity. The latest data released by NIA showed that for the month of May to August of this year, the agency is...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has completed an irrigation project in Nueva Ecija that could irrigate more than 700 hectares of farmlands and benefit more than 200 families who make a living through farming. In a statement, NIA said that despite the prevalence of the COVID-19...
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is working to secure a budget for the hiring of more people as it anticipates an influx of several new mining applications following the signing of Executive Order 130, which lifted the ban on new mineral projects....
Amid the pandemic, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has completed and delivered four irrigation projects with an aggregate cost of P913.7 million in the Province of Bohol. These projects are the P645-million Benliw Small...
Israeli-based firm LR Group is yet to seal a deal with the Philippine government three years after it was supposedly tapped to develop a solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) in the country. National Irrigation Administration (MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, the National Irrigation Administration...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is targeting to complete the watershed management program for Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija by April 2021. In a statement, NIA-Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems (NIA-UPRIIS), headed by NIA Department Manager Rosalinda Bote, said once...
Transmission system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) set the record straight that it should not be blamed for the severe flooding incidents in Cagayan and Isabela provinces, because the company is not involved in matters relating to the release of water from the Magat...
The release of water on Magat Dam, one of the biggest dams in Asia, that contributed to the severe flooding in Cagayan has been announced, and that there's nothing else the government could have done to stop it, an official at the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said in a phone interview....
