{"id":85592,"date":"2017-01-17T19:08:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T00:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=85592"},"modified":"2017-01-17T19:15:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T00:15:50","slug":"nia-chief-warns-contractors-for-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/17\/nia-chief-warns-contractors-for-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"NIA chief warns contractors for delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_85593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85593\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15975182_374700196225026_2952044671268154946_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85593\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15975182_374700196225026_2952044671268154946_o.jpg\" alt=\"NIA Administrator Peter Tiu Lavi\u00f1a (Pictured) has issued cautionary letter among contractors who were behind the target date of the agreed project completion. (Photo: National Irrigation Administration\/ Facebook)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15975182_374700196225026_2952044671268154946_o.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15975182_374700196225026_2952044671268154946_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15975182_374700196225026_2952044671268154946_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15975182_374700196225026_2952044671268154946_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NIA Administrator Peter Tiu Lavi\u00f1a (Pictured) has issued cautionary letter among contractors who were behind the target date of the agreed project completion. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nia.gov.ph\">National Irrigation Administration\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013NIA Administrator Peter Tiu Lavi\u00f1a has issued cautionary letter among contractors who were behind the target date of the agreed project completion.<\/p>\n<p>The move is in line with the new administration thrust to efficiently improve the existing irrigation facilities in a timely manner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong my mandate is to give higher priority to the increase of irrigation area through rehabilitation of existing irrigation facilities,\u201d said Lavi\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p>The concerned contractors which attained very low or poor physical accomplishments as of December 2016 were given a warning to improve their contract performances.<\/p>\n<p>They were also directed to come up with their respective catch-up plans to address the delays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are giving you (contractors) 30 calendar days to submit your firm\u2019s commitment to complete the obligated works as specified in the contract,\u201d Lavi\u00f1a added.<\/p>\n<p>Just recently, Lavina told all contractors dealing with NIA that he will not hesitate to suspend all the contractors who will fail to meet their obligations and will use sub-standard materials for the projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will impose necessary actions in accordance with the provisions in the contract documents once they failed to adhere to their obligations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lavi\u00f1a also cleared his name for those who are deceitfully using his name and his office to gain favor and extort money from the NIA field offices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to declare that I have never authorized anyone to use my name and my office in transacting business with the Agency,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013NIA Administrator Peter Tiu Lavi\u00f1a has issued cautionary letter among contractors who were behind the target date of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":85593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95,1],"tags":[7498,13796],"class_list":["post-85592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","category-uncategorized","tag-nia","tag-peter-tiu-lavina","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}