Iloilo City – Support for the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project Stage II (JRMP II) widens and continues to increase.This, with the success of the recent forum initiated by the project proponent, National Irrigation Administration (NIA). from left to right: Msgr. Exel Jaen, Iloilo Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Dennis Ventelacion, NIA 6 Regional Manager and JRMP continue reading : Peoples’ Forum Draws More JRMP Support as Stakeholders call for Project Implementation

DOE HQ, Taguig City – After a series of meetings and consultations, NIA Administrator Florencio Padernal and DOE Secretary Jericho Petilla finally signed on April 30, 2015 a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) regarding the development of Hydroelectric Power Plants along the irrigation canals of National Irrigation Systems (NISs) nationwide. At present, there is about 350 continue reading : NIA Partners with DOE to Pursue Hydropower Projects

Tukanalipao, Mamasapano will be under the government’s eye again after the issue concerning the 44 SAF Commandos who bravely died in their line of duty last January. This time, Office of the Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (OPAFSAM) Secretary Francis Pangilinan, with various government officials, went there on April 16, 2015, to continue reading : IRRIGATION TO RISE IN MAMASAPANO

CANDON CITY, ILOCOS SUR – More than a thousand Ilocano farmers got a chance to raise their concerns on agriculture and irrigation when Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (PAFSAM), Secretary Francis “Kiko” N. Pangilinan, and National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Florencio F. Padernal jointly visit this city on March 26 to attend continue reading : Ilocano Farmers Meet OPAFSAM Chief

LA UNION – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) turned-over on Mach 31 the Bued #1 Communal Irrigation System (CIS) and the Tumapoc CIS to irrigators associations (IAs) in Rosario and Burgos towns of this province. These two CISs, from then on, will be managed and operated by the IAs. The Bued #1 CIS in Rosario, continue reading : Two Irrigation Projects Turned-over to Farmers

March 10, 2015 – NIA Administrator Florencio F. Padernal, NPC Chairman Gladys Cruz-Sta. Rita, and MWSS Administrator Gerardo A.I. Esquivel led the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the rehabilitation of the Angat Afterbay Regulator Dam (also known as Bustos Dam) at the MWSS Headquarters in Quezon City. This project aims to rehabilitate continue reading : NIA Inks MOA with MWSS & NPC to Rehab Bustos DAM

JARO, Iloilo City – TOP government officials, experts and planners gathered for the latest inter-agency discussions on the implementation of the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose II (JRMP II). With the focus now on the identified concerns and demands of stakeholders, National Irrigation Administration Region 6 (NIA Region 6) officials led the renewed local effort. This is continue reading : NIA 6, Partner Execs Firm up Unified JRMP II Strategies for Lowland, Upland Stakeholders

NIA Quezon City – In lieu of sustained cooperation and collaboration, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP) once again entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pursue a 24MW hydropower project in one of the identified areas within the existing Baligatan headworks and irrigation structures along the irrigation canals from continue reading : NIA, Snap Inks Partnership Through MOU

NIA Quezon City – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) entered and signed into a contract amounting to Php 119,452,990.53 on Tuesday, January 27, with New Kanlaon Construction, Inc. for the one-year construction of the Quipot Main Canal and its appurtenant structures. The Quipot Main Canal is one of the essential major components of the Quipot continue reading : NIA Pursues Irrigation Project in Quezon, Batangas

NIA Quezon City – The recent meeting between the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), LGU officials, and the Bugkalot Confederation on December 3, 2014 ended with a positive note as Dr. Florencio F. Padernal took on the lead in clearing the path to resolve issues regarding the tribe’s claims. Two continue reading : NIA Strengthens Partnership with Bugkalot Tribe