The Interim Federation of Irrigators' Association of Bago River Irrigation System and the National Irrigation Administration-BRIS in Bago City have agreed in a joint resolution to start water delivery and distribution starting May 1.

Irrigation Superintendent I Dionisio Asencio furnished Gov. Joseph Marañon a copy of the joint resolution on April 12, while the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist received its copy on April 17.

Last week, a farmer from Bago City complained that the NIA-BRIS has refused to open the Lateral A and B portion of the irrigation system for three weeks beginning April 10 to allow them to plan their first cropping before the start of its repair.

DALO vows to conduct
more pickets vs. NLRC

Labor groups allied with the Democratic Alliance of Labor Organizations and Alab Katipunan vowed to continue holding protests after officials of the National Labor Relations Commission were a no-show when they held a picket in front of the NLRC Regional Arbitration Branch 6 office in Bacolod City yesterday.

DALO Chairperson Alan Gozon told the DAILY STAR that they hoped to have a dialog with Executive Labor Arbiter Danilo Acosta and Labor Arbiter Phibun Pura but they were instead entertained by Acosta's assistant and by the branch's administrative head.

The protestors, about 200 of them, lined up outside the building along Rosario Street, carrying placards, while several entered the NLRC office and waved the AK banner outside one of its windows.

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