President Duterte said he is aware that many people in his native Davao City are upset with him due to the lack of "appreciable infrastructure" there despite having the prerogative to build them. President Rodrigo Duterte (bowing) attends the inauguration rites for the new facilities of the General...
As soon as the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Wednesday, Nov. 3, said he would push for the construction of infrastructure for clean and renewable energy. PHOTO FROM MAYOR ISKO MORENO FACEBOOK PAGE/ MANILA...
A total of 3,669 applications for construction of communication towers were approved and processed by local government units (LGUs), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Wednesday night, Oct. 6. In a briefing with President Duterte, Año noted that...
Caloocan City has completed the distribution of the cash assistance (ayuda) to its constituents that were severely affected by the declaration of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) , the first Local Government Unit (LGU) in Metro Manila to do so. Overall, Department of the Interior and Local...
The Duterte administration achieved more than triple the infrastructure accomplishment of its predecessor, from P820.4 billion between 2011-2015 to P2.536 trillion between 2016-2020, or a 209 percent increase. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar made the...
Tropical storm Dante has so far caused P268.52 million worth of infrastructure damage to the country, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday, June 3. DAMAGED BY DANTE-- Infrastructure damage caused by tropical storm Dante reached P268.52 million as of June 3, 2021. (Photo...
Local government units have until June 30 this year to submit all the documentary requirements for the P13.6 billion local government support fund-financial assistance to local government units (LGSF-FALGUs) for local infrastructure and development projects, the Department of the Interior and Local...
Razon-led firm Prime Infrastructure Holdings Corporation (Prime Infra) has set up a subsidiary company that will carry out its targeted investments that will transform the country’s massive wastes into ‘black gold’ or a venture into waste-based fuels production. The new corporate vehicle,...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has tapped ‘green’ architect and urban planner Felino “Jun” Palafox to master plan its Bulacan airport city and put sustainability features into its Pasig River Expressway (PAREX) and future infrastructure projects, president and chief operating officer Ramon S....
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is tripling its capital expenditure for 11 big-ticket railway infrastructure from P90.756 billion this year to P278.3 billion in 2022, at the end of the Duterte administration, with 8 projects either completed or partially operational. The railway...
The government’s new infrastructure projects are expected to fuel housing demand outside of Metro Manila, according to one of the country’s top property developers. Red Rosales, president of Bria Homes a subsidiary of Villar-owned Golden MV Holdings, Inc., said the current infrastructure...
Prime Metroline Infrastructure Holdings Corporation (Prime Infra), the core infrastructure business of port magnate Enrique K. Razon Jr., and its foreign partners are planning to put up a massive biorefinery within Metro Manila. To be specific, Prime Infra is partnering with WasteFuel, a...
