Construction

The Philippines is a couple of decades behind its neighbors with regard to infrastructure, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said during a business forum held recently in Makati City.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the De­partment of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to create a Con­vergence Program on road connectivity for industry and trade development.

The Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP) has urged members of the Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) to exercise prudence and professionalism to preserve the integrity of the construc­tion industry.

President Rodrigo Duterte led the ground-breaking ceremony of the Bicol International Airport (BIA) in Barangay Alobo, Daraga, Albay.

The government is spending a whopping P860.7 billion on large-scale infrastructure projects next year, which represents 5.4 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in keeping with its commitment to disperse growth and create enough jobs for Filipinos, especially in the countryside. 

A hefty part of President Duterte’s unparalleled public investments on his watch will be devoted to infrastructure servicing the tourism industry in keeping with his goal of transforming this sector into one major engine of growth to sustain the Philippines’ momentum as one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies. 

The Department of Public Works and Highways and the Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC) signed the concession agreement for the implementation of the North Luzon Expressway-South Luzon Expressway (NLEX-SLEX) Connector Road under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project. 

The proposed com­prehensive tax re­form program, if ap­proved in toto, will let the Duterte administration improve 44,000 kilometers of national and local roads; build 6,700 health centers and hire nearly 10,000 doctors, nurs­es and midwives; and attain 100 percent health insurance coverage, along with building 80,000 more classrooms and hiring 157,000 teachers over the next five years, according to Finance …

Davao City will have 10 bypass road proj­ects worth P7.6 billion in a bid to alleviate the worsening traffic situation in the city’s urban areas.

The Department of Public Works and Highways is com­mitted to complete the con­struction of Radial Road 10 (R- 10) by January 2017 to provide alternate route to Edsa and C-5 from Quezon City to Ma­nila and Pasay.