Casecnan Irrigation and Hydroelectric Plant is a dam diverting water from the Casecnan and Taan Rivers to the Pantabangan Reservoir through a 26-kilometre (16 mi) long tunnel located near Pantabangan and Muñoz in Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines . The multi-purpose dam provides water for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation while its reservoir affords flood control. It was considered one of the most expensive hydroelectric plants built in the country, being next only to San Roque Dam .
12-675: The Casecnan Irrigation and Power Generation Project is also located in Rizal, Nueva Ecija . The P6.75-B Project provides irrigation to 26,920 hectares of new farms in the Science City of Munoz, Talugtog, Guimba, Cuyapo, and Nampicuan, all of Nueva Ecija. It generates 150 megawatts of power for the Luzon grid that will supply cheap electricity to millions of people in Luzon including Metro Manila. [1] [2] In August 1987, former President Corazon Aquino signed Executive Order 136, which provides for
24-444: A barrio called Nazareth. Because of the steady arrival of new settlers, a council of elders was formed. Selected as head was Apo Juliano Paraiso, one of the eldest within the group, who headed the request to the government to convert Nazareth into an independent town. Through the help of Governor Manuel Tinio and Assemblyman Isauro Gabaldon, the request of the elders was approved in 1908. On December 26, 1912, Vice Governor Newton signed
36-515: A barrio of which the area was taken from barangay Canaan and in 1954 Villa Paraiso was created into a barrio separating it from Barangay Canaan and was named in honor of late Mayor Gaudencio V. Paraiso. During World War II, Japanese Imperial forces occupies and entering the town in Rizal in 1942. In 1945, combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground troops including the local various recognized guerrillas and Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas liberated
48-578: Is a part of Barangay Agbanawag. In January 1968, Barangay Casilagan became a barrio thru Res. No. 2 of the Provincial Board on January 3, 1968, which was formerly a sitio of Canaan, which was bisected by the Bulalakay Creek, and it was divided into two barrios known as Canaan Este and Canaan Weste. On July 20, 1970, Sanggunian Panlalawigan passed Resolution No. 220 approving the creation of Barangay Maligaya in accordance with R.A. No. 3590,
60-548: The Municipality of Rizal ( Ilocano : Ili ti Rizal ; Tagalog : Bayan ng Rizal ) is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 70,196 people. Rizal is 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Cabanatuan , 49 kilometres (30 mi) from Palayan , 151 kilometres (94 mi) from Manila , and 123 kilometres (76 mi) from Bayombong . Historically, two groups were known to have settled in
72-603: The act and simultaneously issued a proclamation creating the town of RIZAL. The town was named after Dr. José Rizal . On January 1, 1913, Don Julian Paraiso took his oath as the first Alcalde of the Municipality. In 1917 and 1918, the Bureau of Land surveyed the Municipality into homestead and residential lots. In 1930, Barangay Paco Roman became barrio thru the leadership of the late Mr. Florentino Castelo, separating it from Barangay Estrella. Sometime in 1940, General Luna became
84-790: The area to be taken from the Barangay Bicos and on July 12, 1971, then the Provincial Board Resolution No. 231, Villa Labrador became a Barrio separating it to Villa Paraiso. In July 1990, Rizal was close to the epicenter of a magnitude 7.7 earthquake . The town suffered unknown fatalities and damage to almost 1,000 homes, as well as total destruction of its city. Rizal is politically subdivided into 26 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . Poverty incidence of Rizal Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Hukbalahap Too Many Requests If you report this error to
96-409: The area. The main group consisted entirely of the pioneer-settlers who were Ilocanos , while others, who arrived later, were of different tribes with different dialects. They merged and formed a new neighborhood, originally called Bunobon after the bunobon seedlings that thrived in the soil. It became a sitio of Cabucbucan under the jurisdiction of Bongabon municipality. In 1904, sitio Bunobon became
108-687: The diversion tunnel after two years after the Phase I of the Casecnan project was done. In 2012, the Aquino government approved the construction of the second phase of the Casecnan project. When the Ramos government approved the start of the Casecnan project, the constructed power plant was planned to have produced 150 megawatts. However, it only produced 140 megawatts after the power plant began operation. The original output for irrigation of Casecnan
120-680: The establishment of a Watershed Forest Reserve out of the Casecnan River. The reserve covered an area of 57,930 hectares (143,100 acres). By May 1993, former President Fidel Ramos sought out investors to fund the Casecnan Phased Transbasin Project. It became one of the flagship programs of the Ramos government and by 1995, the Casecnan Project got approved for construction. In September 2001, former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo finally opened
132-478: The town and defeated Japanese Imperial forces and ended the Second World War. After the war, many families started business and agricultural and farm lands. In 1954, Rizal lost some of its territory when the barrios of San Felipe and San Alfonso were separated to form the town of Llanera along with some territory from Talavera and San Jose . In 1963, Villa Pascua was renamed Barangay Pag-asa which
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#1732790308203144-650: Was the irrigation of around 50,000 hectares (120,000 acres) of farmland. It currently irrigates 26,920 hectares (66,500 acres) in Nueva Ecija and 55,000 hectares (140,000 acres) in Pampanga. The Aquino government laid seven billion pesos to further enlarge the irrigation capacity of Casecnan which was planned to irrigate an additional 20,231 hectares (49,990 acres) of land in Nueva Ecija and another 40,000 hectares (99,000 acres) in Pampanga by its completion in 2016. Rizal, Nueva Ecija Rizal , officially
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