ILOILO CITY — South Koreans experts said that the ongoing P13-billion mega dam project has reduced flooding in Calinog town, Iloilo province. AN illustration of how the mega dam project prevented flashflood in Calinog town, Iloilo province. (JRMP-II/NIA-6) In a report, joint venture consultants...
The suspension of National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Acting Administrator Benny Antiporda will not disrupt the agency's operations, particularly the government's food security program, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo by Ali...
A social organization of journalists in the Philippines expressed its support to National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Acting Administrator Benny Antiporda amid his “fight to clear his name.” Antiporda received the “full support” of the National Press Club of the Philippines (NPC) after...
An anti-crime and corruption group is urging the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation into what it described as a swift suspension of the Office of the Ombudsman against National Irrigation Administration (NIA) administrator Benny Antiporda. In a statement, Crime and Corruption...
Two House members have assailed the Ombudsman's unusually swift suspension of National Irrigation Administration (NIA) administrator, Benny Antiporda, saying the suspension is not only questionable but also puts to risk the country’s energy supply requirement and irrigation needs. NIA...
Suspended National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Benny Antiporda denied on Wednesday, Nov. 16, the charges levelled against him by some of the agency's officers and employees that resulted in his suspension from work without pay for six months by the Office of the Ombudsman. In a press...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has started the assessment of the status of on-going irrigation projects nationwide. NIA Administrator Benny Antiporda said the activity was aimed at addressing challenges, problems, and issues during project implementations, as well as to discuss the...
A decades-long dispute between a local tribe and the government over the right to implement the Casecnan Multi-purpose Irrigation and Power Project in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya may have finally been resolved, according to National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Benny Antiporda. In his...
A decades-long dispute between a local tribe and the government over the right to implement the Casecnan Multi-purpose Irrigation and Power Project in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya may have finally been resolved, according to National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Benny Antiporda. In his...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has adopted a new protocol in preemptive spilling of dams. NIA administrator Benny Antiporda said the move is to ensure that that rivers downstream would not overflow and would not aggravate the situation especially in flood-prone areas. “NIA is...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) advised the public about the opening of Radial Gate 3 of Magat Dam on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29. In a statement, the NIA-Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA-MARIIS) said Radial Gate 3 will be opened at 4 p.m. by one meter to release...
ILOILO CITY – A South Korean firm is under fire for alleged non-payment of royalty fees in the extraction of sand and gravel in the ancestral domain of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) for the construction of the mega dam in Calinog, Iloilo. MEMBERS of the Panay-Bukidnon Indigenous Peoples (IPs) show...
