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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) opened to traffic two new lanes of the Laguna Lake Highway, formerly known as C-6 Dike Road. 

The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the six key shelter agencies (KSAs) under its administrative supervision provided assistance to the typhoon victims as part of the government’s collective immediate response and to help the families recover from the aftermath of Typhoon Nina. 

The Project Development and Monitoring Facility (PDMF) Committee approved the funding for the conduct of feasibility studies and transaction advisory services for the San Ramon Newport Project. 

The Public-Private Partnership Center (PPPC) issued new guidelines that provide information and definition on what constitutes unsolicited proposals with detailed discussion on the requirements and approval process for each stage of the project under this route. 

The House of Representatives is eyeing a review of the law governing the Public Private Partnership program as it questioned the announcement of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) inviting bidders for the development, operations and maintenance of five unbundled airport projects. 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) mobilized $8.3 billion for private sector projects in the region, a 15% increase over last year and a new record for the multilateral.

The P542.48-million Tacloban By-Pass Road along Daang Maharlika Highway will be completed in April of this year, according to Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar. 

The investor’s conference for the P1.47 billion ($32.75 million New Nayong Pilipino at Entertainment City PPP Project is a) tourism-oriented facility is set on February 9, at Makati Shangri-La. 

Beijing has agreed to study Manila’s proposal to implement through hybrid or co-financing arrangements with multilateral institutions the big-ticket Philippine projects that had been submitted to China for possible funding by the Duterte administration. 

A total of 64 big-ticket projects ranging from major road networks, railway systems and bus rapid transit systems to airport and seaport modernization are either for implementation or in the pipeline as part of the Duterte administration’s envisioned “golden age of infrastructure.”