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NGO wary of immediate corporate income tax cuts

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Posted at Aug 31 05:33 PM

A non-government group cautions against the planned immediate reduction of corporate income tax that is included in the proposed Corporate Income Tax and Incentive Rationalization Act (CITIRA) bill. Karla Yu of Action for Economic Reforms says the government has to first assess whether or not it could afford the planned reduction even as the country's economic status is due to change in the next few years. She also urges Philippine lawmakers to expedite budget deliberations to speed up the rollout of the government's infrastructure projects. Read more »

DPWH tiniyak na ligtas dumaan sa construction sites

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Updated as of Aug 19 09:43 PM

Tiniyak ng DPWH na ligtas dumaan sa construction site ng mga itinatayong impraestruktura ng gobyerno. Read more »

PH in 'golden age' of infrastructure amid 'Build, Build, Build' initiative

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Posted at Aug 17 02:24 PM

Digital and culture transformation firm, Hungry Workhorse, believes the Philippines is in the golden age of its development.   Read more »

DOTr formally awards Bulacan airport project to San Miguel unit

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Posted at Aug 14 10:30 PM

The Bulacan Airport is expected to help decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, and is targeted for operations within 4 to 6 years Read more »

American Chamber expects modernized PH airports by 2022

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Posted at Aug 14 06:37 PM

Since airport infrastructure projects are one of the key items in the Duterte administration's 'Build, Build, Build', AmCham expects a modernized Ninoy Aquino International Airport by 2022.   Read more »

Dissecting Data: Progress of 'Build, Build, Build'

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Updated as of Aug 13 11:57 AM

ABS-CBN's Data Analytics team breaks down the impact of the delayed passage of the 2019 national budget to the 75 flagship projects under the government’s Build, Build, Build program. Read more »

Booming property sector fuels growth in Davao

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Posted at Aug 08 11:12 PM

Davao City has come a long way since President Rodrigo Duterte became the Philippine president.  Read more »

'5-minute challenge': Faster Cubao-Makati travel attainable by yearend, says official

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 07:53 PM

The government remained optimistic that it could complete enough infrastructure projects to attain the 5-minute travel time from Cubao in Quezon City to Makati City by December, a public works official said Wednesday. Read more »

Ramon Ang's Eagle Cement posts strong income growth amid gov't infra push

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Posted at Aug 06 09:07 PM

Eagle Cement's net income grew 44 percent to 3.3 billion in the Jan. to June from P2.3 billion during the same period last year. Read more »

New Skyway segment opened, cuts Manila-Makati travel time

Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 02:56 PM

A new segment of the Skyway Stage 3 tollway was opened to the public on Monday cutting travel time from Buendia in Makati to Paco, Manila to just 6 minutes from an hour previously.    Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 17, 2019

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Posted at Jul 18 12:09 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Building the MRT 7 common station

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 03:16 PM

Department of Transportation (DOTr) representatives join its construction partners during a media tour of the partially completed facilities of the MRT 7 Common Station at the North Avenue in Quezon City on Wednesday.  Read more »

Mindanao Railway price tag balloons due to project revisions

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Posted at Jul 15 04:28 PM

The Mindanao Railway Project Phase 1-Tagum-Davao-Digos Segment will now cost P82.9 billion, or more than double its previous price tag of P35.9 billion in 2017.  Read more »

Ilang airport projects ng ‘Build, Build, Build’ tapos na

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Posted at Jul 12 12:44 AM

Ito'y para ma-decongest ang Metro Manila at para maikalat ang progreso sa iba pang bahagi ng bansa. Read more »

DPWH: Kalahati ng 'Build, Build, Build' projects, nagawa na

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Posted at Jul 05 12:13 AM

Sa pagpasok ng ikatlong taon sa puwesto ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, kalahati na rin ang nagawang mga proyekto sa ilalim ng "Build, Build, Build" program. Read more »

'370,000 kabahayan makikinabang sa flood control projects ng gobyerno'

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Posted at Jun 25 10:10 PM

Aabot sa 370,000 kabahayan ang makikinabang sa nakaambang flood control projects ng gobyerno, ayon sa Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. Read more »

On-site training para sa construction course ng TESDA ikinasa

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Posted at Jun 23 06:29 PM

Hindi na lang sa loob ng classroom maaaring pag-aralan ang mga tech-voc course sa construction dahil puwede na rin ito sa mismong construction sites ng mga proyekto ng gobyerno. Read more »

American Chamber sets up 'tracker' to monitor big infra projects

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Posted at Jun 12 06:30 PM

The American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham) has set up an infrastructure tracker to monitor the major public works projects of the Duterte administration.  Read more »

US envoy ready to work with newly-elected PH lawmakers

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 12:00 PM

MANILA – The United States envoy to the Philippines on Thursday said Washington is ready to work with Manila’s newly-elected lawmakers, a roster dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte's allies seen to consolidate his power and push for his legislative priorities in Congress. Read more »

204,000 jobs available in gov't Labor Day fair

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Posted at Apr 30 04:01 PM

Close to 18,000 jobs out of the total are vacancies in the government, the Department of Labor and Employment said in a statement.    Read more »