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Ayala infra arm eyes more projects after NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 04:50 PM

AC Infrastructure is looking for other projects after its consortium were awarded the Original Proponent Status (OPS) to rehabilitate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Read more »

House rescinds abolition of Road Board

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 01:41 AM

The House of Representatives has rescinded approval of House Bill 7436 or the abolition of the Road Board. Read more »

Trade deficit widens to $3.55 billion in July

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 02:35 PM

The July trade deficit is higher than $3.35 billion in June but lower than the $3.7 billion deficit in May.   Read more »

SMC says ready to back 'incapable' subsidiary in Bulacan airport project

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 07:51 PM

San Miguel Corp (SMC) on Monday said it is ready to back its subsidiary San Miguel Holdings Corp (SMHC) which is seeking to build a new international airport in Bulacan. Read more »

Davao Region most favored; others get cuts, token hike in infra budgets

Malou Mangahas, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted at Sep 05 10:26 PM

IT'S AS GOOD as it gets for Davao Region, home and bailiwick of President Rodrigo R. Duterte.  Read more »

Senators want to amend DPWH budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 11:49 PM

Senators want to amend the Department of Public Works and Highway's lower budget for next year to give way to a project seen to help improve the environment.  Read more »

China's Xi may announce 'more funding' for Philippines, Diokno says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 09:00 AM

Beijing earlier committed $9 billion in state funding for Manila. The first tranche includes 2 bridges in the capital that will both be completed by 2020. Read more »

Gov't urged to prioritize NAIA, Clark upgrades to solve air traffic woes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 12:05 AM

A business group official has urged the government to prioritize upgrades at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and Clark International Airport.   Read more »

Philippines, China to fast-track infra projects: DOF

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 24 02:59 PM

Preparations for the projects have been "moving quite fast ahead," Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi on Beijing last Aug. 22, the DOF said.   Read more »

PH urged to invest more in IT infra instead of roads, bridges

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 07:34 PM

Peter Lundgreen, founding CEO of Lundgreen Capital, said that while the Philippines needed better roads and other infrastructure, the country would see a bigger return on its money if it built better IT infrastructure. Read more »

Vietnam telecom firm Viettel eyes Philippine market

Khanh Vu, Reuters
Posted at Aug 23 05:58 PM

Vietnamese telecommunication company Viettel has set its sights on the Philippines as the next destination in its overseas expansion drive, the company said on Thursday, as the archipelago's economy clears the way for the entry of a third operator. Read more »

Makati subway: City gov't eyes December groundbreaking

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 03:12 PM

The $3.7-billion project, which can serve more than 700,000 passengers daily was proposed by Filipino firm IRC Allied with several Chinese partners.   Read more »

Parañaque residents want gov't to fast-track new airports to decongest NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 12:01 AM

Residents living near Ninoy Aquino International Airport want authorities to fast-track new airports and reduce the congestion in the country's main gateway. Read more »

'Build, Build, Build' gets $300-M boost from ADB

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 01:40 PM

Through the loan the ADB said it was hopeful Manila could "create the enabling policy environment that will allow public-private partnership (PPP) projects to flourish using private sector expertise and innovation." Read more »

Economic team to meet with Chinese officials in Beijing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 11:51 AM

The Filipino delegation will give updated on projects that China had committed to fund, including the Chico River Pump Irrigation Project, the DOF said. Read more »

OPINION: The doom of Manila: Absence of foresight, abandoned priorities

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Aug 18 05:47 AM

The entire length and breadth of Metro Manila has become one urban mass that appears beyond solution by whichever dispensation holds the reins of political administration. Read more »

Dry run of driver-only EDSA car ban to start Aug. 15 despite protests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 10:53 AM

MANILA - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will push through with the dry run starting August 15 of the proposed ban on private vehicles with only one person aboard during rush hours along EDSA.  Read more »

OPINION: Travel Notes: My love affair with America

Buddy Gomez -- CYBERBUDDY*
Updated as of Aug 11 09:48 AM

For as long as I can, I will partake of the joys of ‘romancing’ the American express roadways. Inevitably, I will always be drawn towards the state of public civil works in the country of my birth, the Philippines. And I am crushed with sentimental frustration. Read more »

COA flags P957-M unfinished DA farm-to-market road, other projects

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 04:33 PM

The Commission on Audit has flagged 12 Department of Agriculture projects that are already past their completion deadline. Read more »

Job fair para sa 'Build, Build, Build' aarangkada na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 02:21 PM

Magkakaroon ng isang job fair ngayong darating na Linggo upang ialok ang libo-libong trabahong kakailanganin sa malawakang konstruksiyon para sa "Build, Build, Build" program ng gobyerno. Read more »