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Agatha Gregorio

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<p>MANILA - The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has blacklisted the contractor that built Bustos Dam’s rubber gate that was damaged due to extreme heat, according to NIA Office of the Legal Services’ Lloyd Cudal. </p><p>Cudal said this after Senator Joel Villanueva asked about the status of the dam given warning that damage to the remaining rubber gates could affect nearly 13,000 farmers.</p><p>A demand letter also tells the contractor, TP Guangxi, to replace all of the dam’s six rubber bladders. </p><p>NIA also submitted a draft complaint to the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) to help in filing a case.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/5/3/bulacan-govt-urges-nia-to-replace-all-bustos-dam-rubber-gates-1616"><strong>Bulacan gov&#x27;t urges NIA to replace all Bustos Dam rubber gates</strong></a> </div><p>“Immediately we’re tasked by the administrator to ask for funding from the Office of the President. Simultaneously with that, we sent a demand letter to the contractor… TP Guangxi for the replacement of all not only rubber gate 5 but all, I think 6, rubber bladders. While doing that, we also endorsed the matter to the statutory council of NIA, which is the OGCC, and we were advised several remedies. Among the remedies which we already complied or implemented is the blacklisting of the contractor. Another, we have submitted our draft complaint to the OGCC in the intention of aiding them in facilitating the filing of the case,” Cudal told senators during a hearing on Thursday about NIA’s budget.</p><p>NIA Administrator Eduardo Guillen said they are asking for additional funding from the Office of the President to replace the rubber gate.</p><p>“In May 2025, mayroon pong rubber gate doon sa Bustos Dam that deflated and collapsed. I have been following this up for quite some time because I am from this area. And the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office attributed the breakage to extreme heat index… It has been said over and over that if the remaining rubber gates of this Bustos Dam will be damaged one after the other, it could affect 15,706 hectares of rice and vegetable and 12,904 farmers with an estimated loss of P880 million to P2.69 billion to the agricultural sector,” Villanueva said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/10/16/nia-denies-ghost-project-in-lanao-del-sur-1836"><strong>NIA denies &#x27;ghost project&#x27; in Lanao del Sur </strong></a> </div><p>In response, Guillen said, “We are securing additional funds from the Office of the President para ho ma-replace natin ‘yung rubber dam. NIA has previously submitted a request for additional funding.”</p><p>The NIA administrator later said they are ready to address the issue surrounding the dam and are simply in need of the additional funds. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DSEwKetl3vk?&amp;t=1s&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has blacklisted the contractor that built Bustos Dam’s rubber gate that was damaged due to extreme heat, according to NIA Office of the Legal Services’ Lloyd Cudal.</p>

The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has blacklisted the contractor that built Bustos Dam’s rubber gate that was damaged due to extreme heat, according to NIA Office of the Legal Services’ Lloyd Cudal.

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Contractor for damaged Bustos Dam rubber gate blacklisted

Agatha Gregorio,

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Published Oct 16, 2025 08:15 PM PHT

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