The dialysis center being constructed in St.a Maria, Bulacan is already nearing completion, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Saturday, Oct. 15. DPWH Bulacan 2nd District Engineer George DC. Santos said the health facility project has a total floor area of 788.2 square...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has accelerated the construction of two bypass roads in the municipality of Pontevedra and Roxas City in the province of Capiz to address the congestion of traffic in Western Visayas (Region 6). Courtesy of DPWH The two composite projects have a...
It's the Department of Public Works and Highways' (DPWH) is obligation to improve the salaries and working conditions of construction workers contracted under government infrastructure projects, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano told the agency. Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano (Senate PRIB Photo) During the...
The ongoing P965-million parallel bridge project in Isabela, one of the big-ticket bridge projects of the national government, is now over 51 percent completed, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Wednesday, Oct. 12. DPWH Regional Director Nomer Abel P. Canlas said the...
Experts from the academe, private sectors and various advocacy groups urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to prioritize more consumer-friendly and ensure transparency in rebooting the economy through infrastructure projects. Prof. Victor Andres Manhit, president of the Stratbase...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has expressed his intention to pursue "grander" infrastructure initiatives in the country under his watch. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the groundbreaking ceremony of the Metro Manila Subway Project - Contract Package 104: Ortigas and...
Just like most of the Philippines’ economic sectors severely affected by the pandemic, the recovery process for the Real Estate Market has been sluggish, but has gained momentum ever since the economy fully opened. The government’s decision to continue many of the programs initiated by the...
"Build, Better, More"--or BBM for short--is officially a program of the Marcos administration, and the executive branch is asking P1.196 trillion from Congress in order to fund it next year. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Budget...
The Marcos administration would spend at least a fifth of its first full-year budget for infrastructure projects, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Monday, Aug. 22. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said a total of P1.196- rillion have been allocated for the...
President Marcos has approved the review of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. At the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) forum on Wednesday, Aug. 17, Socioeconomic...
The Department of Finance (DOF) wants to amend the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law to lure private investments to Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 16, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the DOF is planning to...
For Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel, the project name "Build, Build, Build" doesn't matter as long as the actual project will live on under President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s administration. Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (Facebook) Reflecting on the...