infrastructure Topic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 06:03 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's P8-trillion infrastructure program provides an opportunity to reassess how urbanization should take into account the environment and public health. Read more »

Metro Manila flood control project secures Chinese financing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 04:36 PM

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said it approved $207.63 million (P10.6 billion) in funding for a flood control project in the Philippine capital. Read more »

Weaker peso will help investment, Espenilla says

Stanley White, Reuters
Posted at Sep 26 01:30 PM

A decline in the Philippine peso is in line with economic fundamentals and will support growth by encouraging more investment in infrastructure, central bank Governor Nestor Espenilla said on Tuesday. Read more »

Japan still top source of PH development loans: NEDA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 03:51 PM

Japan remained the Philippines' top source of development loans in the first half of the year, the country's economic planning agency said Thursday. Read more »

Metro Manila needs 'smart lighting' to be a 'smart city': Philips

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 07:24 PM

Jagan Srinivasan of Philips Lighting says Metro Manila also needs to consider upgrading its lighting system which is over two decades old. Read more »

Megawide shrugs off competition from abroad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 12:15 AM

Listed contractor Megawide is eager to continue its early success in building infrastructure projects for government despite rising competition from abroad. Read more »

Chinese capital bans winter construction to improve air quality

Reuters
Posted at Sep 17 04:50 PM

Beijing will suspend construction of major public projects in the city this winter in an effort to improve the capital's notorious air quality, official media said on Sunday, citing the municipal commission of housing and urban-rural development. Read more »

Economic managers going to China to promote 'Build, Build, Build'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 02:20 PM

Some of the Philippines' economic managers are going to China at the end of the month to drum up support for the Duterte administration's "Build, Build, Build", the Department of Finance said Friday. Read more »

Infrastructure is key to 7 pct growth: Standard Chartered economist

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 10:59 AM

MANILA - Philippine growth could accelerate to 7 percent next year if the government's infrastructure program takes off, a Standard Chartered economist said Friday. Read more »

Metro Manila subway gets Duterte approval

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 03:06 PM

The proposed Metro Manila subway has been approved by a body chaired by President Rodrigo Duterte, one of his economic managers said Wednesday. Read more »

Japan's Abe to launch $17-B Indian bullet train project as ties deepen

Tommy Wilkes and Kiyoshi Takenaka, Reuters
Posted at Sep 12 06:44 PM

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will lay the foundation stone for India's first bullet train in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state this week, in a tightening of ties just days after New Delhi ended a dangerous military confrontation with China. Read more »

Private-public funding for infrastructure lives: official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 03:09 PM

Private businesses can still take part in infrastructure projects even if the government has made room for funding from foreign aid, the head of the Public Private Partnership Center said Thursday. Read more »

Mega Manila subway to partially open within Duterte term

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 09:51 AM

The capital's first ever subway system will be partially opened before President Rodrigo Duterte steps down in 2022, one of his economic managers said Wednesday. Read more »

Metro Pacific unit to secure P8-B credit line for infrastructure

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 09:51 AM

Metro Pacific Investments Corp said Tuesday it authorized its infrastructure unit to secure a standby P8-billion credit line for potential investments. Read more »

Tax reform to power stocks past plateau: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 09:36 AM

The passage of President Rodrigo Duterte's tax reform package is key for the stock market to rally to the 9,000 or 10,000-point level, an analyst said Tuesday. Read more »

Finance chief says may call for veto of 'watered-down' tax reform bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 07:27 PM

MANILA - The chief of the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Monday it would ask President Duterte to veto the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) bill if lawmakers pass a watered-down version that is not in line with the government's programs Read more »

Admin's infra and tax push impacts Forbes list of wealthiest Pinoys: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 09:13 PM

The Duterte administration's massive infrastructure push and tax reform efforts have made an impact on the list of wealthiest Filipinos, Forbes reporter Grace Chung said on Monday. Read more »

OPINION: Skeptical over ‘Mega Manila Subway’

Buddy Gomez - Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Aug 25 08:25 PM

Metro Manila’s decongestion and population dispersal and redistribution evidently far outstrip a subterranean subway of questionable utility. Read more »

2 Chinese firms once debarred by World Bank eye Clark airport terminal project

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 08:06 PM

Chinese companies, including two that were previously slapped sanctions by the World Bank, joined local firms eyeing the construction of the new passenger terminal building of the Clark International Airport on Tuesday. Read more »

Bangko Sentral ready with full 'arsenal' to defend peso

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 10:06 AM

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Nestor Espenilla said Monday he was ready to deploy the "full policy and regulatory arsenal if necessary" to defend the peso against speculators. Read more »

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