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Fiscal agencies are pushing for higher infrastructure spending in 2017 in a bid to further improve public infrastructure, raise potential economic growth, and reduce poverty in the country. This will entail not only allocating more funds to build quality infrastructure, but also linking medium-term plan priorities to annual budgetary considerations. 

To ensure quality health care for all Filipinos, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will work with the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Education (DepEd) in establishing thousands of public school-based barangay health stations (BHS) nationwide. 

The Philippine Public-Private Partnership Center (PPP Center) and International Project Finance Association (IPFA), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and The Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (PSE) held a PPP forum, titled Accessing the Philippine Capital Markets for PPPs–Innovations in Infrastructure Financing, last Friday at the New World Makati Hotel. 

A militant lawmaker is seeking to prohibit the conversion of prime agricultural lands into other uses to avoid food insecurity and protect the environment and ecology of the country. 

The safety rating of what’s once considered a high-risk road leading to Baguio City has improved with the integration of engineering countermeasures. 

The election-ban period has prevented the city government of Iloilo from proceeding with the construction of school buildings intended for the Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-to-12) Program. 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has entered into an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) to establish a new fund to support private infrastructure investments across Asia and the Pacific. 

  By Daryl Rose Virtudazo The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) disclosed recently that housing for informal settlers has been allocated a total of P5.2 billion under the 2016 national budget. 

State-owned Pag-IBIG Fund has declared more than P14 billion in dividends, the highest payout in the 35-year history of the agency. 

By Weng C. Ocfemia Another public-private partnership (PPP) project of the Aquino administration suffered a big blow after bidders snubbed the bidding for the P122.8-billion Laguna Lakeshore Expressway-Dike Project (LLEDP), which was scheduled on March 28 at the Department of Public Works and Highways office in Manila’s Port Area.