DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is building its first housing project outside its territorial jurisdiction in Mati City in Davao Oriental province. The groundbreaking ceremony of the KAPYANAN (Kapayapaan sa Pamayanan) housing project in partnership with the city...
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) said the government is making progress on the construction of the Kaliwa Dam that is expected to be completed before President Marcos concludes his term. MWSS Administrator Leonor C. Cleofas told reporters that the Kaliwa Dam Project which...
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno gestures during a meeting with technical experts and officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on March 15, 2024. The officials tackled ways to improve flood mitigation in the...
Last February 19, 2024, the Metro Manila Development Authority issued MMDA Regulation No. 24-022 series of 2024, prohibiting the traversing of e-vehicles, such as e-bikes and e-trikes, as well as tricycles, pedicabs, pushcarts, and "kuligligs" on national, circumferential, and radial roads in Metro...
Countryside Investments Holdings Corporation (Countryside), a company wholly owned by Leandro Leviste, is investing over P5 billion to help propel the development of rural Batangas. In a statement, Leviste said this will be done in partnership with his renewable energy firm Solar Philippines Power...
TACLOBAN CITY – The plan to develop an ocean power project on Capul Island at the San Bernardino Strait in Northern Samar gained momentum with foreign experts on tidal energy arriving next week to conduct an assessment on the progress of the project that seeks to energize the whole-island...
CABATUAN, Isabela – The Department of Public Works and Highways recently completed the Magat River flood control project in Barangay Culling East here. THIS flood control project in Cabatuan, Isabela will protect people and properties from hazards during the rainy season. (Photo via Liezle...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) lSecretary Jaime Baustista inspects on Thursday, March 7, 2024, the current status of the Metro Manila Subway Project CP101 North Avenue Station which is scheduled to begin excavation this month using a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). The Metro Manila...
The agency in charge of securing funding for the Metro Manila Subway project has assured that the country’s first subway system is designed to withstand not only flooding but also other natural disasters. Given that the Philippines is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world, the...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is set to sign two loan agreements with the Philippines this month for a road project in Northern Luzon and the Metro Manila subway project (MMSP). The Department of Finance (DOF) said that JICA and the government are finalizing loan deals for the...
The Earth is warming at an alarming rate. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, global warming has already reached 1.1 degrees Celsius since the 1850s. The impacts of climate change are already being felt around the world, in the form of more extreme weather events,...
The Philippine government is expected to get the third tranche of its loan from Japan for the continuous construction of the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) next month, the Department of Transportation (DOtR) said as it expressed confidence that there will no delay in its target completion date....
