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Over six months after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act 10969 or the Free Irrigation Service Act, House Agriculture Committee Chairperson ANAC-IP Rep. Jose Panganiban, Jr. has urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) and National Irrigation Authority (NIA) to finish and issue the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the law to ensure that the […]
With reports of rice prices surging in Zamboanga and threats of similar developments elsewhere, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to work with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to improve the coverage of the National Irrigation System (NIS) and ensure “rice security” in the country. “In […]