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The NIA office said the entire rice industry and farmers in the new 37,000-hectare service area in the northern municipalities of Nueva Ecija will eventually benefit fully once the irrigation canals and the structures are completed in 2006 for Phase I, and in 2008 for Phase II.


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                    [Summary] => The Casecnan multi-purpose irrigation and power project approved by the Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) showed a gross value benefit of P4.65 billion for the court using cost-benefit analysis, CE Casecnan president David Baldwin said during a recent Senate hearing.


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David Baldwin, president of the firm, said a certification from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology showed that the Digdig Fault is 38 kilometers away from the project site and will not affect the 50-year operating life of the Casecnan plant.


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                    [Summary] => CE Casecnan Water and Energy Co. Inc. (CE Casecnan) demonstrated to the Senate yesterday that the Casecnan project contract is not onerous and disadvantageous to the Philippines as has been alleged.


CE Casecnan president David Baldwin emphasized that the project contract underwent extensive deliberations and negotiations, and was duly authorized and approved by the Philippine government through its relevant agencies. Negotiations were undertaken for almost two years from 1993 to 1995.


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In a press briefing yesterday, CE Casecnan president David Baldwin said they have decided to press for the tax reimbursement package because the government has disapproved a one-time settlement of $131million.


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Sen. Joker Arroyo, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, made this comment on the very first day of hearing on the status and operations of the multibillion-dollar Casecnan hydroelectric project.


An inter-agency review committee had previously identified the Casecnan project as one of 27 anomalous contracts entered into by the government with independent power producers. The contract involves the payment of about P6.8 billion a year or P137 billion over 20 years for power and water.

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UPRIIS tillers benefiting from Casecnan project

October 10, 2002 - 12:00am

Farmer-irrigators of the Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System (UPRIIS) are now reaping the initial benefits of the Casecnan project, the National Irrigation Administration’s project office in Muñoz,...

Nation

Casecnan project to provide P4.65B to RP, says company president

August 31, 2002 - 12:00am

The Casecnan multi-purpose irrigation and power project approved by the Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) showed a gross value benefit of P4.65 billion...

Business

‘Casecnan 38 kms away from fault’

By Efren Danao | August 24, 2002 - 12:00am

The Casecnan multi-purpose project is 38 kilometers away from the nearest seismic fault and is in no danger of collapsing from an earthquake, a top official of the CE Casecnan Power and Water Co. told the Senate...

Nation

CE Casecnan debunks raps vs project

August 23, 2002 - 12:00am

CE Casecnan Water and Energy Co. Inc. (CE Casecnan) demonstrated to the Senate yesterday that the Casecnan project contract is not onerous and disadvantageous to the Philippines as has been alleged. CE Casecnan...

Business

CE Casecnan presses RP to pay $900-M in 20 years

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | August 21, 2002 - 12:00am

CE Casecnan Water and Energy Co. Inc., the operator of the controversial Casecnan Multipurpose project in Nueva Ecija, has filed for international arbitration to force the Philippine government to settle for a tax...

Business

Joker: All kinds of anomalies found in Casecnan contract

By Efren Danao | August 9, 2002 - 12:00am

"All conceivable anomalies could be found in this single contract." Sen. Joker Arroyo, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, made this comment on the very first day of hearing on the status and...

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