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                    [Title] => Background check company hit by gov't complaint
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The company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up when the government suspected what was going on.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-01-25 02:16:55
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                    [AuthorID] => 1651735
                    [AuthorName] => Pete Yost
                    [SectionName] => World
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                    [Title] => Lomibao welcomes proposal to fix term of NIA chief
                    [Summary] => Retired former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Arturo Lomibao, who took over the helm of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) yesterday, welcomed proposals for a fixed term for the NIA administrator to ensure continuity in the agency’s programs, particularly on irrigation development.


In a STAR interview following the turnover ceremonies at the NIA central office in Quezon City, Lomibao, however, said it is up to Congress to approve such a fixed term for the NIA chief.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-09-14 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorID] => 1097277
                    [AuthorName] =>  Manny Galvez
                    [SectionName] => Nation
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                    [Title] => NIA embarks on P25-B irrigation program
                    [Summary] => The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is embarking on an ambitious P25-billion, three-year program starting in 2006 to rehabilitate the country’s major national and communal irrigation systems that would support government’s goal of achieving self-sufficiency in rice by 2009.


"We are kicking off the rehabilitation program for national irrigation systems (NIS) and communal irrigation systems (CIS) this year with the initial P500 million that was already released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)," NIA director Baltazar Usis.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-02-06 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1704647
                    [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [Title] => NIA gets new administrator
                    [Summary] => There’s a news man at the helm of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).


The new NIA chief is engineer Baltazar H. Usis whom President Arroyo appointed administrator in place of Proceso Domingo who was appointed presidential assistant under the Office of the President. Domingo, who hails from Cabanatuan City, served as NIA chief for nine months, starting last January.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-11-27 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Manny Galvez
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Background check company hit by gov't complaint

By Pete Yost | January 25, 2014 - 2:16am

The company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government...

World

Lomibao welcomes proposal to fix term of NIA chief

By Manny Galvez | September 14, 2006 - 12:00am

Retired former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Arturo Lomibao, who took over the helm of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) yesterday, welcomed proposals for a fixed term for the NIA administrator...

Nation

NIA embarks on P25-B irrigation program

By Rocel Felix | February 6, 2006 - 12:00am

The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is embarking on an ambitious P25-billion, three-year program starting in 2006 to rehabilitate the country’s major national and communal irrigation systems that would...

Business

NIA gets new administrator

By Manny Galvez | November 27, 2005 - 12:00am

There’s a news man at the helm of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). The new NIA chief is engineer Baltazar H. Usis whom President Arroyo appointed administrator in place of Proceso Domingo who was...

Agriculture