Angat water not enough, Pampanga needs rains to irrigate farms

BUSTOS, Bulacan— Angat Dam will still require strong rains to be able to irrigate 2,000 hectares of Pampanga rice fields being tended by farmers who took the risk of planting early this month despite the onset of El Niño, according to the Bulacan office of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) on Tuesday.

Enrique Carlos, who ...