ILOILO CITY – The 100-volume inventory for the Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras (CMPG) project has been unveiled. Hundreds gathered at the Iloilo City campus of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) on Friday, June 19, for the turnover the published books of the CMPG...
The P189-billion Panay-Guimaras-Negros Island bridges project is fast approaching a key milestone as its detailed engineering designs near completion, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday, Sept. 18. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said the Panay-Guimaras segment, a...
ILOILO CITY — Former Senate President Franklin Drilon said construction of the bridges connecting the islands of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros in the Visayas might start in 2026. “We hope the start of the project is one year from now,” said Drilon on Friday, Aug. 29, at the general membership...
BACOLOD CITY – Senatorial candidate Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao backs the Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) bridge project for its potential to drive economic growth and create job opportunities in rural areas in Western Visayas. PACQUIAO (Glazyl Masculino) Pacquiao, speaking in a press...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 (Western Visayas) has sought the creation of a Regional Steering Committee (RSC) to properly coordinate preparations for the proposed bridges connecting the islands of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros. A PERSPECTIVE of the...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
ILOILO CITY — In his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 24, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. mentioned the proposed mega-bridges for Western Visayas region as well as improvement in the power transmission highway. Marcos said that the bridges linking the...
Bacolod City Rep. Greg Gasataya welcomed the reassurance of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to link Negros, Panay, and Guimaras via the P189.53-billion Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) Island Bridges Project that starts in 2025. Gasataya, who was present in the second State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA)...
The Export Import Bank of Korea-Economic Development and Cooperation Fund (KEXIM-EDCF) has sealed a loan to the Philippines to finance the engineering services for the Panay-Guimaras-Negros Island bridges project. In a statement, the Department of Finance (DOF) said that the Philippines and Korea...
ILOILO CITY—Presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his sister Senator Imee Marcos vowed the construction of the proposed bridges linking the islands of Panay, Guimaras and Negros. “It will be a priority . This will be an integral part of national development,” Marcos...
ILOILO CITY -- If elected president, Senator Manny Pacquiao vowed to prioritize the construction of the bridges linking the islands of Panay, Guimaras and Negros in the Visayas. “Of course, it will push through. We will continue the “Build, Build, Build” program of President Duterte,”...
