The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reopened a collapsed section of the Bukidnon-Davao highway in Sitio Kipolot, Barangay Palacapao, Quezon, Bukidnon, on Wednesday, Jan. 14. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said the 460-meter gravel road is now at least 90 percent complete. The reopening...
More than 16,000 new classrooms are set to rise across high-need areas nationwide after the Department of Education (DepEd) secured government approval for a P105.7-billion public-private partnership (PPP) project— a major infrastructure push expected to ease chronic overcrowding and directly...
A comprehensive database on the Philippine infrastructure system and its most urgent demands is necessary for guiding infrastructure investments, according to a recent study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). The study titled “Transport Infrastructure in the Philippines:...
President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 72 which adopts an integrated and harmonized process for formulation, approval, budgeting, implementation, and monitoring of master plans for the infrastructure sector. (MB file photo) In his EO, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on...
With about three-fourths of loan proceeds reaching billions of pesos still unspent just months before they expire, the Philippines wants to extend for two more years the financing for a delayed major flood control project in Metro Manila, the country's business and commercial hub that's also the...
President Marcos has pitched his administration's $161-billion infrastructure development program in inviting European businesses and investors to the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) During the 2024 European-Philippines Business Dialogue and...
The Philippines will continue to be aggressive in its implementation of key infrastructure projects to boost the propagation of innovation. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. graces the thanksgiving for the beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Social Benefits Program (CSBP) in Davao City...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito is pushing for the institutionalization of a comprehensive master plan for the country's infrastructure development. Speaking at the Stratbase Forum titled "Revitalizing Infrastructure Development in the Philippines through Public-Private Partnerships" held...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed four road maintenance projects through asphalt overlaying in San Isidro and Gapan City in Nueva Ecija, it said on Friday, June 30. *(Photo: DPWH) * According to DPWH Regional Office 3 Director Roseller A. Tolentino, the road upgrade...
The Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) is vital in accelerating the implementation of infrastructure projects of the national government, National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said. De Leon said in a news forum on Saturday, June 3, that the MIF would allow the government to generate more funding for key...
The accomplished goal of the upgrade of Maruaya Road is a welcome breakthrough to the tourism development in Piddig, Ilocos Norte based on the report of the Department of Public Works (DPWH). (Photo: DPWH) In a report to DPWH Regional Office 1 Director Ronnel Tan, DPWH Ilocos Norte First District...
ESBJERG, Denmark – The re-purposing of the country’s major ports will be very crucial for a successful larges-scale offshore wind farm projects in the country, according to Energy Secretary Raphael P. M. Lotilla. In a visit of the Philippine delegation to the facilities of the Blue Water...
