The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has approved the catch-up plan to fast-track the PHP759 million Tacloban Airport passenger terminal building construction to ensure its completion by next year, an official of the Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC) said. Meylene Rosales, regional director of the National Economic De...

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on Thursday approved several high-impact initiatives, which include expediting the processing of infrastructure flagship projects (IFPs) and the reconstitution of the NEDA Board. In a briefing, NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the NEDA Board chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. confirm...

Top officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) participated at the Global Infrastructure Cooperation Conference (GICC) 2023 on September 19-20, 2023 at the Grand Inter Continental Seoul Parnas, Korea. Hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of the Republic of Korea (MOLIT) and organized by the International Co...

Last July 24, 2023, President Bongbong Marcos delivered the 2023 State of the Nation Address. This was held at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives in Batasang Pambansa Complex (or Batasan), Quezon City. He was joined by Senate President Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez. President Marcos’ speech lasted for 1 hour and 11 minu...

Top officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, as well as the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), met on Wednesday, September 12, 2023 at the DPWH Central Office for the 3rd DPWH-JICA Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) Meeting on the ongoing Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) for...

Several infrastructure flagship projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) under the “Build, Better, More” Program are on showcase at the South Wing Lobby of the House of Representatives in Quezon City. A two-day photo exhibit entitled “Redefining the Country’s Infrastructure Program: A Look into the Build, Better, More Flagship Pro...

India’s GMR Group has expressed interest in investing in the Marcos administration’s ambitious “Build Better More” Infrastructure Program, particularly in airport, road and energy projects, Malacañang said Friday. This developed after GMR Group’s top executives made a courtesy call on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on the sidelines of the 10th Asian...

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan provided the updates of key infrastructure development projects in the Philippines under Official Development Assistance (ODA) of the Government of Japan in a bilateral discussion held at Meiji Kinenkan Chitose Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Secretary Bonoan together with Senior Undersecr...

Construction activities declined in the second quarter of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday. The PSA said the number of approved building permits declined by 14.9 percent to 36,136 from 42,478 in the same quarter last year. These permits are equivalent to 7.2 million square meters of floor area valued at PHP87...

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) sees large-scale infrastructure projects thriving under the “efficiency and flexibility” of its partners in the private sector. In his message during the contract signing of four of the DOTr’s Infrastructure Flagship Projects’ (IFP) consultancy services, DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said the private sector’s exp...

Around 76 high-impact infrastructure flagship projects amounting to PHP2.4 billion will be pursued in Mindanao to boost economic development in the region. During the first Philippine Economic Briefing in Davao City on Wednesday, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said some of the infrastructure projects aim to ease congestion and improve connectivity i...

A substantial portion of the proposed PHP214.3 billion budget of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for 2024 will be earmarked for the implementation of the Marcos administration’s “Build Better More” infrastructure program, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Thursday. In a statement, the DBM said a total of PHP176.4 billion of the...

The construction of the Tacloban causeway project that will provide a shorter route from the city’s downtown to the airport will commence soon after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secured the approval of the city council here, an official said on Thursday. DPWH Eastern Visayas regional director Edgar Tabacon said the city council li...

The United States Embassy in Manila raised concerns over the possible environmental impact and the "ties" of a Chinese firm to the ongoing Manila Bay reclamation projects in the capital. In a statement sent to reporters Wednesday, the US Embassy in Manila said they are concerned that the projects have ties to the China Communications Construction Co. (...

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was able to carry-out massive infrastructure development nationwide under the” Build Better More” Program in the first full year of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan discussed the administration’s infrastructure accomplishments at the Post-State of the Nation (SONA) Disc...

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. approved on Wednesday the solicited proposal to rehabilitate and expand the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project. In a briefing, NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the PHP170.6-billion Solicited NAIA...