Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has teamed up with Japanese experts in a move to improve the Philippines disaster risk reduction countermeasures through coastal engineering. DPWH Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain spearheaded the first joint coordinating committee meeting for...
Photo: The Panguil Bay Bridge Project is 58 percent complete as of September 2022. It will connect Tangub town, Misamis Occidental and Tubod town in Lanao Del Norte province and reduce travel time from 2.5 hours to just 7 minutes. (Courtesy of Project Lupad Facebook) President Ferdinand "Bongbong Marcos Jr. wants all bridges already under construction ...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has retained its International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 Quality Management System Certification after SOCOTEC Certification International conferred the agency's official accreditation on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at the D...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways Construction work on the Pampanga Delta Bridge Project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Masantol, Pampanga is now making a steady pace of progress. DPWH Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain, in his report to Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, said that the bridge is 88% complete ...
Photo credit: Rappler Around PHP2.5 billion have been allocated to modernize various airports nationwide and help generate more job opportunities in the country, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said giving the Department of Transportation (DOTr) a total of PHP2.5 billion fo...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways Key individuals from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) attended the special briefing requested by the Committee on Flagship Programs and Projects of the House of Representatives. Upon instruction of DPWH Secretary Manuel M. B...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday met with the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) to explore possible cooperation for the development of infrastructure, water, and energy sectors. The Office of the President (OP), on its official Facebook page, shared several photos taken during Marcos' meeting with PSAC at Malacañan Palace in M...
The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) -- a group composed of leaders of private companies involved in the infrastructure sector -- has expressed its support for the completion of ongoing and upcoming infrastructure programs of the Marcos administration. In a meeting with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in Malacañang on Friday, PSAC conve...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Finance (DOF) met on Friday, September 2, 2022 for the review of flagship infrastructure projects funded by Official Development Assistance (ODA). DPWH Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain said that the review meeti...
Photo: 24 June 2022 - Mr. Antonio Peñalver (Executive Director, Aboitiz Construction, Inc.) at the Philippine Infrastructure and Construction Club, Seda Hotel BGC [Photo by Marcelle P. Villegas] Last 24 June 2022 in Seda Hotel BGC, Philippine Infrastructure and Construction Club hosted their first face-to-face luncheon of the year with executives from...
Transport Secretary Jaime Bautista and Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian restart “negotiations for major transport projects” in a formal meeting at the Chinese Embassy in Makati City on Aug. 11, 2022. They also tackled three China-funded railway projects -- the PNR South Long Haul Project (North-South Commuter Railway), Subic-Clark Railway and Mindanao Rail...
Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways The Korea Eximbank (KEXIM) Manila Representative Office, implementing agency of the Korean Government’s Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) Official Development Assistance (ODA) program in the Philippines, is keen on levelling up funding support to infrastructure development priorities of t...
Photo credit: Rappler - Binondo-Intramuros Bridge, Manila The government will build several bridges in Metro Manila to further improve mobility, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Tuesday. Secretary Manuel Bonoan said construction and development in the National Capital Region (NCR) will include “I think, five or six bridges, ac...
An official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Tuesday said the Metro Manila Subway Project has reached 60 percent completion rate on procurement. “Metro Manila Subway is 33 kilometers (km) from Valenzuela all the way to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), around 17 stations. We expect to provide daily ridership from 400,000 to as...
Photo: The government will review other funding options for several major railway projects that were proposed to be financed by China. Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the Japanese government, the World Bank, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are among the options to finance the projects. (PNA file photo) The government will review fun...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is inching closer to delivering the entire 30-kilometer Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) Project which is 96 percent overall complete to date. In his report to Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, DPWH Undersecretary for Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Operations Emil K. Sadain said that the first...
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