Construction

The Japanese government and the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) recently discussed Japan’s offer of support for the institutionalization of urban infrastructure planning and formulation in Davao City with President Rodrigo R. Duterte. 

A reelected lawmaker is not giving up on his advocacy for the exemption of Filipino homes from the real property tax.

Qualified villages may avail themselves of P1 million worth of development projects under the Bottoms-Up-Budgeting (BuB) program. 

The best and brightest civil engineers in the country have joined the government service through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). 

The Department of Trade and Industry’s Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) strengthened its enforcement activities for construction materials last week and inspected 50 hardware stores in cities of Quezon, Caloocan, Parañaque, and Muntinlupa. 

Capping the National Housing and Urban Development Summit, heads of national government agencies, non-governmental organizations, civil-society groups, people’s organizations and other stakeholders signed the Unity Statement on upholding the right to adequate, decent and affordable housing. 

Hundreds of thousands of Ilocano students are now utilizing 708 new school buildings completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). 

The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) has given its go-signal for Cemex Holdings Philippines, Inc. to conduct an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The cement producer will be offering 2.03 billion shares at a maximum price of P17. 

A Philippine-South Korean cooperation project will put up a P450-million training center in Banban, Ayungon. 

As part of its preparations for the onset of La Niña, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) inaugurated two rehabilitated floodwater pumping stations in Taguig City.