The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has accelerated the construction of two bypass roads in the municipality of Pontevedra and Roxas City in the province of Capiz to address the congestion of traffic in Western Visayas (Region 6). Courtesy of DPWH The two composite projects have a...
It's the Department of Public Works and Highways' (DPWH) is obligation to improve the salaries and working conditions of construction workers contracted under government infrastructure projects, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano told the agency. Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano (Senate PRIB Photo) During the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has expressed his intention to pursue "grander" infrastructure initiatives in the country under his watch. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the groundbreaking ceremony of the Metro Manila Subway Project - Contract Package 104: Ortigas and...
"Build, Better, More"--or BBM for short--is officially a program of the Marcos administration, and the executive branch is asking P1.196 trillion from Congress in order to fund it next year. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Budget...
The Marcos administration would spend at least a fifth of its first full-year budget for infrastructure projects, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Monday, Aug. 22. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said a total of P1.196- rillion have been allocated for the...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Recently, we received some good news that among several bills that recently lapsed into law was the increase in the social pension for indigent senior citizens from the present ₱500 to ₱1,000 per month or from ₱6,000 to ₱12,000 annually. We filed this bill...
Pasig lone district Rep. Roman Romulo confidently declared Wednesday, Aug. 10 that Filipinos are "much better" in the field of music and television dramas than what is seen on popular K-drama and K-pop from Korea. Pasig City lone district Rep. Roman Romulo (Screenshot from Facebook live) During the...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Among the highlights of President Marcos, Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) was when he said that the government must bring healthcare to the people and not wait for them to come to the country’s hospitals and health care centers. The...
PLDT, Inc. (PLDT) is backing the Better Internet Act, which calls for providers to cover unserved and underserved areas in the country within three years. The telco made the statement Tueday, July 19, after The Better Internet Act was re-filed in the 19th Congress. “We remain committed to...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Last week, our country, with representatives from the Kingdom of Spain led by the Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jorge Moragas Sanchez, physically gathered in Baler, Aurora to celebrate the 20th Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day and the 123rd Anniversary of...
Senator Grace Poe has refiled her bill seeking to improve internet service and access across the country. (Office of Senator Grace Poe) “The internet has become a necessity as indispensable as electricity and water. We rely on it for health, education, business, governance and more," Poe said....
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Throughout the 18th Congress, we worked hard to come up with laws that respond to the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as benefit a wide range of sectors. Not all of our proposed legislation gets approved, as in every Congress. Several are taken...
