Construction

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has completed negotiations with 212 landowners affected by the Pampanga section of the Subic-Clark-Manila-Batangas (SCMB) Railway Project. In a statement, BCDA said it has completed negotiations with 212 lot owners, 163 of whom have already received either partial or full compensation. The  SCMB railway project runs for 26.9 kilometers in Porac and Floridablanca, …

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) inaugurated a two-story socio-civic facility in Orani, Bataan worth P50 million last week,  Since its completion in August 2024, the socio-civic center has been used as a learning facility for the students of Governor Efren B. Pascual Sr. Orani Integrated Central School (GEPS-OICS). With over 1,200 enrollees, GEPS-OICS has long been struggling with …

The  Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) said the construction of San Miguel Corp.’s (SMC) two toll road projects may start within the first quarter.  “ NALEX and SALEX, the TRB targets to issue and approve the final engineering design and issue the notice to proceed. The construction will proceed in the first quarter,” TRB Executive Director Alvin A. Carullo explained. The …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed to go after those responsible for the collapse of the Cabagan-Sta. Maria Bridge in Isabela. The bridge collapsed when three dump trucks carrying boulders weighing about 102 tons tried to cross the ramp.  It was opened last February 1, 2025, and collapsed 26 days later. Marcos said the lowering of the project cost from P1.8 …

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will terminate its agreement with the contractor of the Unified Grand Central Station due to excessive delays. The said station was intended to link major railways Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1, Metro Rail Transit Line (MRT) 3, and MRT 7.  The project was conceived during the time of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Transportation …

NLEX CORP., a unit of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), has started construction of the P2.2-billion NLEX-C5 Northlink Section 1A.  “The project plays an integral role in our ongoing expansion, which aims to improve access between NLEX, Valenzuela City, and Quezon City,” MPTC President and Chief Executive Officer Jose Ma. K. Lim said during the project’s groundbreaking ceremony last week. …

San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said the expansion of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) is now 70 percent complete and will be finished by yearend. “The SLEX expansion will be a significant boost to the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon (Calabarzon) region, which currently generates almost 20% of the country’s GDP (gross domestic product),” SMC President and Chief Executive Officer …

By Jinky Jorgio Some projects under the modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will continue after the United States exempted the $336-million fund from its foreign aid freeze. AFP Public Affairs Office Chief Colonel Xerxes Trinidad made the announcement during a press briefing,  saying this is a welcome development. “On the development of its particular use, …

ABS-CBN Corporation said  that it has already signed a deal with Ayala Land Inc (ALI) for the sale of a portion of its property in Quezon City. A Memorandum of Agreement was signed by ABS-CBN Corporation and Ayala Land last  Feb. 27, 2025, for the sale covering 30,000 square meters out of the total 44,027.30 sqm of the property for …

To protect the local cement industry, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has slapped a provisional safeguard of P400 per metric ton on two types of imported cement. In an order published last week,  the DTI said it decided to impose the cash bond following the safeguards investigation covering ordinary Portland cement and blended cement that entered the Philippines …