Photo Release

FREE IRRIGATION FOR FARMERS: Sen. Cynthia Villar, vice chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, presided over the Finance Subcommittee E hearing on the proposed P36-billion budget of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Villar gave the assurance that a budget of P2 billion will be included in the 2017 NIA budget to make irrigation services free for farmers. Photo also shows NIA Adm. Florencio Padernal.