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(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to fire another government official. Duterte made the announcement in a speech in Sofitel on Thursday, April 5. “I’ll be firing about one undersecretary, one after the other. Ubusin ko talaga ‘yan,” he said. The President did not give any reason for the looming dismissal of the official, but in his speech, he railed against corruption and how activities of this nature were still being practised in government. “I […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the Free Irrigation Service Act, which exempts farmers who own 8 hectares of land or less from paying irrigation fees, and allows for the writing off of their loans and penalties to the National Irrigation Administration. Under the act signed into law on Feb. 2, the farmers are covered by the exemption if the water in question is derived from “national irrigation systems and communal irrigation systems […]
(Eagle News) — Tinitingnan ng National Irrigation Administration (NIA) na gawing tourist destinations ang mga dam na pag-aari ng gobyerno upang mapalawak ang pagkaka-kitaan ng ahensya. Kabilang dito ang Bustos na itinuturing na pinaka-mahabang rubber dam sa Asia at pangalawang pinaka-malaki sa mundo. Kabilang din sa ikinukunsiderang gawing tourist attraction ay ang Pantabangan dam na siyang pinakamalaking dam sa bansa na kasalukuyang inaayos. Ayon sa NIA, kailangang ayusin at itaas ang uri ng mga dam […]
(Eagle News) — The administrator of the National Irrigation Authority has resigned. In a Facebook post, Peter Laviña confirmed that he quit his post in order to “spare the President.” “Paalam! I have been vilified in the past; my name used, abused and maligned. Recently, there had been efforts to discredit me again. There are rumors circulating that I have asked money from NIA contractors. These are not true..To spare the President from these […]
(Eagle News) – Nararanasan na rin ng mga magsasaka sa Bangued, Abra ang epekto ng El Niño. Ayon sa National Irrigation Administration (NIA), natutuyo na ang irigasyon sa mga sakahan sa Abra. Hindi na rin anila sapat ang tubig na dumadaloy sa Abra Communal Irrigation System. Ang Abra Communal Irrigation system ang nagkakaloob ng patubig sa mga sakahan sa tatlong munisipalidad sa Abra: ang Tayum, Pidigan at Bangued. Galing naman ang tubig sa Abra River. […]
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has allayed fears regarding a water crisis in 2015 as the rainy season will keep Angat Dam water supply enough.
