The business sector has proposed a ten-point recommendation to the Duterte to push for economic recovery. At the Sulong Pilipinas Pre-SONA forum of the Economic Development and Infrastructure Clusters, Ambassador Benedicto V. Yujuico, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and...
No wonder President Duterte thinks Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar is "amazing". (DPWH Secretary Mark Villar/ Photo screengrab from PCOO Facebook page) Villar, the Duterte administration's chief builder, said during the pre-SONA (State of the Nation Address)...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started building another set of "pop-up" hospitals at the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) in Quezon City, the agency said in a statement Sunday, April 25. DPWH secretary and isolation czar Mark A. Villar said that the modular health...
A modular hemodialysis facility will soon rise within the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City to accommodate patients with kidney illness who need to undergo regular lifesaving treatment amid the surging cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). NKTI Hemo-Facility The...
The construction of the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge that links Mandaluyong and Makati has entered the "wrap-up" stage, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Saturday, April 24. Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge The bridge project entering the "wrap-up" stage means the substructure and...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) today (April 22) formally opened the Nagtahan northbound and southbound exit ramps of the new Skyway Stage 3 elevated expressway enabling motorists north and south to access Sta. Mesa and the City of Manila directly, in record time, announced President Ramon S. Ang. San...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Almost four years after President Rodrigo Duterte launched its “Build, Build, Build” program, Philippine government’s most ambitious infrastructure plan — computer-generated images which were once used to present a vision are turning into actual roads and...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Sunday (April 11) opened two of three lanes of the Skyway Extension project's northbound section , with no toll fees until further notice. The northbound section covers four kilometers from Susana Heights to Sucat in Paranaque and can be used by Class 1 vehicles with...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) now allows telcos to occupy a portion of the government's Right of Way (ROW) to hasten rollouts and network infra maintenance in the next three years. PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) Tuesday (April 6) welcomed DPWH's newly issued...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) continues to crank out coronavirus disease (COVID-19) care facilities on top of its regular deliverables on road work. (DPWH) Another five of these COVID-19 facilities were recently completed and turned over to the Provincial Government of Iloilo,...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When I was in college, I dreamt about the Philippines I did not see. I wanted to explore the 81 provinces with my own eyes, to meet the Filipinos who live there, to find out their dreams and aspirations. As I jump from one province to the other, I realized that...
Subsection 5 of the P24.2 Billion Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) , a 7.2-kilometer link from Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Interchange to Silang East Interchange, Cavite has achieved 83% construction progress and will open to motorists by third quarter, 2021. DPWH Sec. Mark A. Villar is joined by...
