Lawmakers Rep. Emil Ong (First District) and Harlene Abayon (Second District) of Norther Samar took turns lambasting an inutile P3-billion irrigation project funded by the provincial government via a Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) loan.
Ong and Abayon in a press conference said P2 billion had been spent for the irrigation project intended for 4,000 hectares of farmlands in the province. The initial payment nearly ate up the entire fund granted in 2010 during the term of Rep. Raul Daza. The fund was passed to his heir Gov. Paul Daza.
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