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PH gov't approves 12 infrastructure projects worth P600-B

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 02:06 AM

The Philippine government's Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee has approved 12 infrastructure projects.  Read more »

8 big-ticket infra projects likely approved on Friday, says official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 10:21 PM

Eight of out 10 big-ticket projects included in the government's expanded priority infrastructure list are likely to be approved on Friday. Read more »

Higit P55-M halaga ng kawa sa SEA Games kinuwestiyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 08:12 PM

Kinuwestiyon ni Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon ang higit P55 milyong presyo ng cauldron o iyong kawa na sisindihan sa pagbubukas ng 30th Southeast Asian Games. Read more »

The ANC Brief: Playing politics in the war on drugs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 04:02 AM

Is Vice President Leni Robredo overextending her duties in the drug war or is the Duterte government ganging up on her? Here are the stories making the headlines on ANC today. Read more »

Meet the wizard of the 13.5 B peso New Clark City and the new face of Build, Build, Build

Audrey Carpio
Updated as of Nov 20 01:35 PM

At only 45, Bases Conversion Development Authority Chief Vince Dizon is already in charge of some of the largest billion and trillion- peso infra projects in the country. After being named Presidential Adviser for Flagship Programs and Projects a few months back, he has become the face of the government’s Build Build Build program—which has gained him believers, and his projects the watchful eye of critics Read more »

An insider’s tour of the much-talked-about PHP 13.5 B New Clark City | Ces & The City

ANCX
Updated as of Nov 17 01:37 PM

The budget for the New Clark City sports facilities was recently questioned at the Senate, but it looks like it’s all systems go for BCDA Chief Vince Dizon, the man of the hour, “the wizard of Clark” when he drove us around the mammoth developments whose completion he’s been making sure will meet the SEA Games deadline. Read more »

Gov't to start all 'Build, Build, Build' projects within Duterte term, adviser says

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 04:03 PM

Duterte's "Build, Build, Build" list of trains, railways, airports, roads and bridges was recently expanded to 100 from the original 75.   Read more »

Gov't expands infra project list to 100, insists program 'absolutely not' a failure

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 06:18 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has officially revised the list of flagship infrastructure projects under its Build Build Build program deferring some items which were deemed “not feasible,” an official said Wednesday.  Read more »

Gov’t revises list of flagship infra projects, drops unfeasible items

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 09:03 PM

The number of flagship projects increased to 100, even though a few ones were scrapped because they were "not economically viable." Read more »

BCDA president named Duterte adviser

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 05:02 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed the president of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority as one of his new advisers. Read more »

New Clark airport terminal can withstand powerful quakes, says BCDA president

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 30 02:00 PM

MANILA - The new passenger terminal currently being constructed for the Clark International Airport (CIA) can withstand a powerful earthquake, an official of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority said Tuesday. Read more »

BCDA chief refutes article on economy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 12:08 PM

A recently published article criticizing the economy under President Rodrigo Duterte contained "misrepresentations of reality," said Bases Conversion and Development Authority President Vince Dizon. Read more »

Disaster management agencies, DPWH also moving to Clark: official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 11:02 AM

Disaster management agencies and the Department of Public Works and Highways would soon be moving their offices to the Clark in Pampanga, the official in charge of the area's development said Friday. Read more »

Are 'blacklisted' Chinese firms on board Duterte's infra projects?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 02:39 PM

Blacklisted or not, Chinese companies may bid in infrastructure projects under the Duterte administration's ambitious "build" campaign as long as accredited by their government, a Philippine official said. Read more »