Passengers line up at the Trans-Asia Shipping Lines Cebu main ticketing office Chelsea Logistics and its three shipping lines, namely Starlite Ferries, SuperCat, and Trans-Asia, deployed Chelsea Travel, a unified online booking system, which will provide passengers an easy, fast, and stress-free...
The Japanese government has vowed continued support to the Philippine government’s infrastructure push under the Marcos administration, the Department of Finance (DOF) said Friday, Aug. 5. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said that Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa...
The International Finance Corp. (IFC) said it will assist the Communication and Renewable Energy Infrastructure (CREI) Phils Inc. in funding the construction of shared telecommunications towers across the country. Jean-Marc Arbogast, IFC Philippines country manager, said on Thursday, Aug. 4, that...
A DPWH-Mountain Province District Engineering Office backhoe clears a landslide on the Bontoc-Tocucan Road in Bontoc, Mountain Province. (DPWH-MPDO) BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported P491.117 million in damage to infrastructure in the Cordillera region...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has expressed interest to participate in the infrastructure program that the Marcos administration wants to pursue over the next six years. In a briefing, Jose Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said the pension fund...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Region 6 is seeking the assessment of the structural integrity of infrastructure across Western Visayas following the magnitude-7 earthquake in Northern Luzon Wednesday, July 26. In a July 27 memorandum, OCD-Region 6 director Jose Roberto Nuñez...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. wants to keep the momentum going in terms of the country's infrastructure development. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 25, 2022. (Noel Pabalate) In his first State of the Nation Address...
A rendering of the Malolos–Clark Railway Project. (Photo courtesy of JICA.) Quality manufacturing that surpasses competitors Vinh Hung JSC is one of the pioneering enterprises building Vietnamese national brand of transportation mechanical equipment and exporting products to countries in the...
Public infrastructure spending increased in May this year driven by the ongoing two railway projects, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reported on Tuesday, July 19. Based on the DBM's May disbursement performance report, the government’s infrastructure and other capital outlays...
China has revealed that it has been "negotiating technical issues" with the Philippines over its infrastructure projects, adding that it is open for more discussions on future projects under the new administration. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi...
Neophyte Senator Mark A. Villar has filed the Build, Build, Build Act which seeks to institutionalize and create a 30-year National Infrastructure Program. Sen. Mark A. Villar Villar, a former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary, explained that this is in line with his...
REP. Ma. Lucille Nava addresses members of the Guimaras Provincial Board during its inaugural session. (Guimaras PIO) ILOILO CITY – Ma. Lucille Nava has outlined her top priorities in her last term as Guimaras congresswoman. “We have geared towards what we have considered as an integral...
