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                    [Title] => JICA okays P500-M  for Angat Dam rehab
                    [Summary] => SAN RAFAEL, Bulacan –  The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved a P500-million grant-in aid to the government for the repair and improvement of the Angat Afterbay Regulatory Dam (AARD) in Bustos, Bulacan, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said here over the weekend.


Engineer Manuel Collado, NIA regional director for Central Luzon, said that the amount is intended for scour protection of the concrete apron at the downstream portion of the dam.
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CABANATUAN CITY -- A plan to abolish the Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems (UPRIIS), operator of the giant Pantabangan Dam, and merge it with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) regional office in Central Luzon has met stiff opposition from the UPRIIS-NIA Employees' Association (NIAEA) for allegedly being detrimental to agriculture in the country.

In a resolution passed during a meeting last Wednesday, the 786-strong UPRIIS-NIAEA also warned that the abolition of UPRIIS and its eventual merger with the regional office would affect the plight of 62,000 [DatePublished] => 2000-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101005 [Title] => Two firms bag contracts to supply imported rice to NFA [Summary] =>

International trading company Louis Dreyfuss and Vietnam trading agency Vina Foods bagged yesterday the contracts to supply a total of 90,000 metric tons of imported rice to the National Food Authority (NFA).

This forms part of the 131,000 metric tons of rice imports which the NFA will be bringing in under the minimum access import volume (MAV) mechanism. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93578 [Title] => Irrigation project boosts production in Laharlandia [Summary] =>

The government's food security program for Central Luzon got a big push from the Estrada administration's Pampanga Delta Irrigation Dam project, a major irrigation project that will irrigate some 10,000 hectares of land in the so-called Laharlandia. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101343 [Title] => P3.4-B project to irrigate 10,270 has in Pampanga [Summary] =>

President Estrada visited Pampanga yesterday to assess the progress of the irrigation component of the P3.4-billion Japanese-assisted Pampanga Delta Development Project which is expected to bring much-needed irrigation water to farmlands that were once covered by lahar.

A mammoth undertaking of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the project aims to accelerate the delivery of water to 10,270 hectares of farmlands previously covered by mud as a result of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.

Agriculture Secretary Edgardo Angara, who joined the President in the visit, [DatePublished] => 2000-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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Engineer Manuel Collado, NIA regional director for Central Luzon, said that the amount is intended for scour protection of the concrete apron at the downstream portion of the dam.
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CABANATUAN CITY -- A plan to abolish the Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems (UPRIIS), operator of the giant Pantabangan Dam, and merge it with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) regional office in Central Luzon has met stiff opposition from the UPRIIS-NIA Employees' Association (NIAEA) for allegedly being detrimental to agriculture in the country.

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International trading company Louis Dreyfuss and Vietnam trading agency Vina Foods bagged yesterday the contracts to supply a total of 90,000 metric tons of imported rice to the National Food Authority (NFA).

This forms part of the 131,000 metric tons of rice imports which the NFA will be bringing in under the minimum access import volume (MAV) mechanism. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93578 [Title] => Irrigation project boosts production in Laharlandia [Summary] =>

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President Estrada visited Pampanga yesterday to assess the progress of the irrigation component of the P3.4-billion Japanese-assisted Pampanga Delta Development Project which is expected to bring much-needed irrigation water to farmlands that were once covered by lahar.

A mammoth undertaking of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the project aims to accelerate the delivery of water to 10,270 hectares of farmlands previously covered by mud as a result of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.

Agriculture Secretary Edgardo Angara, who joined the President in the visit, [DatePublished] => 2000-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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