Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, Feb. 12 said that a Lacson presidency would seek to improve Mindanao’s agriculture sector through research and development (R&D) and irrigation. Senator Panfilo Lacson After staging rallies in Davao del Norte in southern Mindanao...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay called on the national government on Friday, Feb. 11, to provide farmers with more irrigation facilities and water sources to increase the country's agricultural productivity and keep food prices stable. Binay aired this concern during the...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has transferred 60 percent of its 100 percent ownership over the massive P33.75 billion Casecnan Multipurpose Irrigation and Power Project (CMIPP) to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM). NIA Administrator Ricardo R....
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) broke ground for a P1.3-billion irrigation project in Pangasinan which could help the irrigation of nearly 2,000 hectares of farmlands. In a statement, NIA said it has already started the construction of the Dumoloc Small Reservoir Irrigation Project...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) has engaged multinational consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for a third party valuation that will serve as a "pricing anchor" for the privatization of the 165-megawatt Casecnan multi-purpose hydropower facility....
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has inaugurated P74-million worth of irrigation projects that are enough to cover 753 hectares of agricultural land in Bicol. NIA has recently inaugurated and turned over irrigation systems in Albay and Camarines Sur in Bicol. These projects will have an...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has started the construction of a massive irrigation project in Bohol that will cost the government as much as P1.5 billion. In a statement, NIA Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya led the recent groundbreaking ceremony for the P1.5-billion Bohol Northeast...
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos, Jr. is batting for a more vigorous government action to address the irrigation needs of the farmers even as he aired confidence that a full coverage of all irrigable areas in the country can be achieved. Senator...
The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) supports the proposed transfer of the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) from the Office of the President (OP) to the Department of Agriculture (DA). “It is very clear and logical that NIA should be under the DA, since all its activities are directly aimed at...
It has been five years since the Department of Agriculture (DA) proposed to take back the jurisdiction over the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), and the agency is finally getting the support it needs from other government agencies, thanks to the fact that it no longer has the same Cabinet...
Grundfos, a global leader in advanced pump solutions and water technology, will make available for farms in the Philippines its newest sustainable pumping solution powered by renewable energy. 35448 Recently, the Denmark-based firm introduced the SQFlex Large, an extension of its SQFlex Solar...
Iloilo Representative Janette Garin on Monday, Sept. 27 questioned the P1-billion worth of funds proposed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) supposedly for the government’s solar panel irrigation system (SPIS) project, saying she finds the program “untimely” and “impractical” at this...
