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Some P30 billion from Build, Build, Build budget reallocated for COVID-19 response: DPWH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 07 12:47 PM

MANILA - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Tuesday said that around P30-billion from the Build, Build, Build projects will be reallocated to critical areas to help government in its fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.   Read more »

'Build, Build, Build' to take minimal hit from coronavirus pandemic: DPWH chief

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 12:25 PM

Construction of several infrastructure projects was halted for at least a month as the government directed its efforts to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. But the DPWH chief says the effect will be minimal.    Read more »

LGUs urged: Focus on food, not infra projects, in COVID-19 fight

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 10:34 AM

MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Monday urged local governments to prioritize funding aid to families instead of setting aside money for infrastructure projects. Read more »

COA: Deal with Villar-owned water firm caused P8-million revenue decline in Tarlac district

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 09:09 PM

State auditors noted that during the four years of operation of the JVA from 2016 to 2019, the net income of the district diminished by P8.414 million or 31.08 percent compared to the average net income prior to the JVA for 2011 to 2014. Read more »

PH grid operator says virus outbreak affecting firm's power projects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 07:23 PM

The Philippines' power grid operator said on Wednesday the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is affecting some of its projects as vendors and manufacturers put on hold deliveries of critical equipment.    Read more »

Construction amid COVID-19

Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 10:21 PM

A man wearing a protective mask walks beside a construction area along EDSA in Quezon City on Thursday.  Read more »

Duterte sets meeting with Manny Pangilinan: Go

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 10:16 PM

“Kaibigan naman sila (They are friends),” Go told ABS-CBN News. Read more »

Virus slows China's major projects in Asia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 03:07 PM

The outbreak that emerged in China in late December and spread to dozens of countries has cut off the Chinese labor supplies and equipment imports needed to keep major infrastructure projects running.   Read more »

ADB opens Clark office for Central Luzon projects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 12:36 PM

The office in Clark will serve as hub in Central Luzon for ADB-financed projects and will "help advance" the $2.75 billion (P140 billion) Malolos-Clark Railway project, the lender said in a statement.    Read more »

Duterte wants ADB to boost support for ‘Build, Build, Build’

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 04:26 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he wants an improved relationship with the Asian Development Bank to further push his administration’s ‘Build, Build, Build’ infrastructure program.   Read more »

ADB lauds reduction of poverty rate in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 10:39 PM

ADB noted that the country's poverty rate fell to 16.6 percent in 2018 from 23.3 percent in 2015 thanks to high economic growth rates.  Read more »

Amid impact of COVID-19 outbreak to tourism, Cayetano urges gov't to fast-track infra projects

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 07:38 PM

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday asked the executive branch to implement infrastructure projects as the country deals with lower tourist arrivals because of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). Read more »

Confused by the new traffic scheme in Alabang? Here’s a clear explanation

Jacs T. Sampayan
Posted at Feb 21 04:13 PM

Last Sunday, construction continued for the Skyway expansion project in Muntinlupa. To make way for this, traffic was rerouted all over the place, which expectedly led to mayhem. Read more »

'Win-win' solution sought on MRT-7 QC Circle row: transport dept

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 05:07 PM

The DOTr is in talks with Quezon City to find a "win-win" solution, Asec. Goddess Hope Libiran told ABS-CBN News, after environmentalists and historians flagged the project for encroaching the Quezon Memorial Circle, a city landmark and heritage site. Read more »

Coronavirus slows China's Belt and Road push

Keith Zhai and Matthew Tostevin, Reuters
Posted at Feb 18 05:28 PM

Travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the disease have idled much of the world's second-largest economy and choked key elements of Xi's signature Belt and Road Initiative. Read more »

How Mactan Airport beat Singapore's Jewel Changi in world architecture tilt

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 02:31 PM

Architect Winston Shu said that from the start, the designers of the Mactan Cebu International Airport wanted something different from other commercial airports. Read more »

OPINION: Metro Manila highways over rivers, a Duterte legacy?

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Mar 02 03:24 PM

How about a “Metro Manila Grand Circuit Freeway”? Read more »

DMCI says fire that damaged Skyway Stage 3 did not come from its yard

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 06:18 PM

Construction firm DMCI said the massive fire which damaged a part of the Skyway Stage 3 tollways last week did not originate from its construction yard.    Read more »

Skyway fall

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 03 04:52 PM

San Miguel Corporation personnel inspect on Monday the vicinity of a portion of Skyway Stage 3 in Pandacan, Manila which collapsed after a massive fire engulfed the nearby San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation on Feb. 1. Read more »

Cavite-Bataan, Panay-Guimaras-Negros mega-bridges get NEDA Board approval

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 10:06 PM

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board said it has approved a proposed bridge connecting the provinces of Cavite and Bataan, and another bridge linking the islands of Panay, Guimaras and Negros.  Read more »