Photo Release

Drilon at Jalaur project signing: Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon witnesses the signing of the contract for the construction of the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multi-purpose Project Phase II (JRMP II) between National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Ricardo Visaya and Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd Manila Branch Manager Se Won Park, in a ceremony on Monday, September 3, 2018 at Quezon City. The project, according to Drilon, would contribute to the country’s rice production target of 7.6 percent, as it would increase annual production of rice to 300,000 metric tons from 140,000 in Iloilo. (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal/03 September 2018)