House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez led on Wednesday, April 30, led the inauguration of the ₱50-million Castañas Centro Communal Irrigation System (CIS) in Barangay Castañas, Sariaya, Quezon....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has vowed to deliver on the needs of the country’s irrigators, whom he has dubbed the “heroes of agriculture". On Wednesday afternoon, April 2, Romualdez...
Mayor Abby Binay Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay on Friday, Feb. 23, urged the national government to provide greater support for irrigation to ensure food security and to assist local farmers. Binay underscored the need for more government support as a significant portion of...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay (Mayor Binay's office) Alansya para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial bet Makati City Mayor Abby Binay batted on Friday, Feb. 28 for increased government investment on irrigation in a bid to strengthen food...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has recommended the filing of charges by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) against contractors for delays in the implementation of irrigation contracts and projects worth P2.04 billion. The recommendation was made as COA disclosed that the delays have...
President Marcos wants to add more large dams in the country, and not just revive them, National Irrigation Administration (NIA) chief Eduardo Guillen said. (MB File Photo) Guillen said there are currently three dams in Luzon that have already secured funding and are ready for their upgrade...
President Marcos has committed to provide adequate funds for the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) as he said he is bent on building large dams in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. talks with Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel during a meeting with some Cabinet...
The government will start accepting bids for the Ilocos Norte-Ilocos Sur-Abra Irrigation Project by January 2025 after President Marcos, as chairman of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, approved it, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said. NIA...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Marcos, approved a key irrigation project in northern Luzon that will provide irrigation water and possibly hydroelectrical power to the region. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and NEDA Secretary...
Senator Raffy Tulfo slammed the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) for what he called their unfinished and non-operational Balog Balog Dam project Phase 2 in San Jose, Tarlac. During the plenary deliberations on Monday, Nov. 18, for the proposed budget of NIA for 2025, Tulfo questioned the...
Filipinos will have stable access to rice in the coming Christmas season despite the subsequent typhoons that struck the country’s agricultural lands these past weeks, National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Engr. Eduardo Guillen said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has plans to shift the agricultural sector’s cropping calendar as a long-term solution to the devastating impact of typhoons to the country’s low-lying ricefields and harvest season. (Keith Bacongco/MB file photo) NIA Administrator...
