BATANGAS – The provincial government of Batangas has granted San Miguel Corporation (SMC) a 35-year concession to design, build, operate, and maintain a four-lane, 61-kilometer toll road that would hopefully spur economic growth here. The SMC is undertaking the P44.77-billion Nasugbu-Bauan...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Quezon Rep. David Suarez on Friday, March 24, led the groundbreaking ceremony for a P15-million public water system project what will benefit some 1,500 households in three barangays here. Suarez said these projects materialized because of the generosity of persons who...
As the world goes mad crazy for good eats matched with beautiful ambiance, food spots are getting creative when it comes to designing their spaces. Locally, one of the cafés that champion both is the coffee shop chain Coffee Project. Inside Coffee Project (Photo from Coffee Project website)...
Early this week, scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) released the synthesis report of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). This contains the consolidated and summarized findings of previous reports that describe the recent state of the world in terms of...
A housing program for soldiers and police officers is now in the works, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. “We have begun to craft the program for the housing of the uniformed personnel, the policemen and the military,” Marcos said. The President met with Philippine National Police...
ROXAS, Isabela – The construction of the Siffu Bridge in Barangay Siffu, Roxas, Isabela is 75.66 percent complete as of Dec. 31, 2022, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Region 2 (Cagayan Valley), said. The project implemented under the Multi-Year Contractual Authority...
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For President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., it was a happy occasion to see for himself the projects that the national and local governments have been doing for Bicolanos in Camarines Sur, the hometown and stronghold of his erstwhile rival for the presidency, former Vice President Leni Robredo....
Oil spills are one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters, causing immediate and long-term impacts on the health and livelihoods of affected communities. The MT Princess Empress, which sank in Oriental Mindoro on Feb. 28, 2023, was carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel. The oil spill...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. asked government agencies and private sector partners involved in his administration's housing project to always follow the rules, saying the program's success depends on their cooperation. Marcos said this as he led the groundbreaking of Camarines Sur's...
BALLESTEROS, Cagayan – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is constructing a seawall on the shoreline of this town that will protect residents from high waves during the rainy season. The Cagayan Second District Engineering Office led by officer-in-charge District Engineer Rellie S....
Marinduque Gov. Presbitero Velasco Jr. expressed confidence that the desalination project of the Marinduque Water District (MWD) with the Pasig City-based Peak Off-Grid Innovations and Solutions would end a decades-old potable water supply problem in the province. MWD awarded the project to the...
