Photo credit: The Department of Public Works and Highways Motorists may soon enjoy seamless access from North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to España Boulevard in Manila City with the completion of the Section 1 of NLEX-SLEX Connector Road. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan and Department of Transportation (DOTr) Se...

Photo: NLEX-SLEX Connector Road Project The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will receive over PHP495 million for the acquisition of right-of-way for the NLEX-SLEX Connector Road Project (NSCRP), the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced Tuesday. This, after DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman approved the Special Allotment ...

Delfin Lorenzana, chairperson of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority delivers his message during the BCDA Fellowship for Central Luzon Media at Hilton Clark Sun Valley Resort in Clark, Pampanga province on Tuesday (Feb. 28, 2023). Lorenzana calls on all sectors to unite for the progress and development of New Clark City as well as nearby areas ...

The Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Luzon (DPWH-3) said on Monday it will implement a total of 2,452 infrastructure projects this year. DPWH-3 Regional Director Roseller A. Tolentino said some PHP98.47 billion was allocated for the implementation of various projects in the region. Tolentino said Central Luzon received a 35.24 perc...

Photo credit: The Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) once again met with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on the implementation of the JICA-grant – Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) on Road Disaster Preventions and Other Countermeasures on Mountainous Roads in the Philippines. He...

Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the agency in charge of administering Government of Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA), is committed to support the Philippines wide ranging infrastructure program focused on socio-economic development. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr...

Photo credit: South East Asia Infra The Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) is expected to improve living standards, including the riding public, and propel the country’s economic rebound, Transportation Secretary Bautista said Monday. At the groundbreaking ceremony for the MMSP’s Contract Package 103, Bautista said the big-ticket railway project has...

Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez, the chairperson of Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council. (Photo by Ormoc city government) The Regional Development Council (RDC) will form a task force to prepare a concept note for the Eastern Visayas railway system eyed more than 20 years ago. RDC chair and Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez said the reg...

Photo credit: The Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) convened a public forum as it continue to engage project stakeholders in the efforts of intensifying infrastructure development in Mindanao towards better economic productivity and boost the sectors of tourism, agriculture and trade to achieve h...

Photo credit: Department of Public Works and Highways A top official from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) discussed Philippines’ experiences and learnings and build back better approach from the impact of natural disasters and calamities at an international forum intended to promote collaboration and cooperation among global and regi...

Photo credit: The Department of Public Works and Highways The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Monday said three major projects under the Luzon Spine Expressway Network (LSEN) Program are set to be completed this year. During the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023 - 2028 Forum held at the Philippine International Convention Cent...

Photo credit: DOTr The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will work closely with the contractor of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 2 project to ensure that issues are addressed after its projected completion date was delayed by eight months. In a statement on Monday, the DOTr said the project, initially slated for completion in J...

Photo: The design of the new passenger terminal building of the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban City. The airport will be an international airport by 2025 with ongoing and future projects lined up to improve the facility, an official of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) here said. (Photo from FB page of Martin Romualdez) Th...

Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno (File photo courtesy of DOF) The proposed sovereign wealth fund of the Philippines is another option to help finance the government’s infrastructure requirements, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Thursday. During the Philippine economic briefing attended by economic managers, officials of financial institution...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (center) presses the button to launch the Metro Manila Subway Project's tunnel boring machine in Barangay Ugong, Valenzuela City on Monday (Jan. 9, 2023). It marks the start of the construction of the tunnels for the PHP488-billion Metro Manila subway, which will span 33 kilometers across seven cities from Valenzuela City...

The infrastructure program of the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. got a boost following the signing of six bilateral agreements and one project implementation between the Philippines and China on Wednesday. Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, who signed the agreements and completion documents on behalf of the Philippine government, s...