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The Philippine Board of In­vestments (BOI) is implement­ing a number of initiatives to further stabilize and fast track the socio-economic rehabili­tation and re-development in the areas devastated by super typhoon Yolanda back in 2013.

Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto has called for the item­ization of Yolanda reconstruc­tion projects in next year’s proposed P37.2 billion Ca­lamity Fund “in order to com­plete all rehabilitation work by end of 2017.”

The Duterte administration will soon launch the big­gest infrastructure push in Philippine history to propel economic growth in the next five-and-a-half years.

The Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) is working on a roadmap that will include engi­neering services as a new growth area for the country’s Informa­tion Technology and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) sector.

Interior and Local Govern­ment Secretary Ismael ‘Mike’ D. Sueno instructed local gov­ernment units (LGUs) to carry out proactive measures and implement temporary closure of roads, bridges, and oth­er critical thoroughfares not limited to rivers, streams and other bodies of water that are being used for public trans­port upon alert of impending disasters.

Thirty six contractors were or­dered blacklisted by the Con­struction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP) for var­ious offenses committed in the implementation of government infrastructure projects.

Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto blamed the past administration for the slow pace of Yolanda rehabilitation effort.

The Philippine Embassy in Baghdad expressed hope that more Fil- ipino companies would explore investment opportunities in Iraq following the recent inauguration by Manila-based International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) of its USD 130-million port development project Basra.

To minimize delay in project implementation, the Department of Public Works and Highways created a task force that will handle right-of-way acquisition. 

The Department of Public Works and Highways place the partial damaged to infrastructure by typhoon Lawin in Central and Northern Luzon at P870.222 million.