Construction

More than 80 road and infrastructure projects worth over P3 billion have been proposed by various sectors in local government units for endorsement to the Regional Development Council-Negros Island Region 18. 

Labor Secretary Rosa­linda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday ordered Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco A. Lagunzad III and Overseas Workers Welfare Admin­istration (Owwa) Director Albert Valenciano to leave immediately for Saudi Arabia and assist Philippine Over­seas Labor Office (POLO) officials in Riyadh and Jeddah in negotiating for the salaries and benefits, as well as for the release and exit, if necessary, of overseas Filipino workers …

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Region 1 said the construction of the third phase of the more than P600 million-four lane Laoag bypass road is now at 97 percent and will be completed in two years.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P11.8 billion to the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) for the expansion of irrigation across the country, as well as the P500-million Quick Response Fund (QFR).

Board of Investments (BOI) Managing Head Dr. Ceferino Rodolfo told the visiting South Korean delegation in the country that the Philippine economy is ripe for foreign investments.

The Mindanao Develop­ment Authority (MinDA), the US Agency for Interna­tional Development (Usaid) and the Asian Develop­ment Bank (ADB) signed an agreement that will spur development in Mindanao, particularly in the South Central Mindanao Corri­dor (SCMC).

Tabuk City, Kalinga—It’s all systems go for the groundbreaking of two World Bank (WB) fund­ed farm-to-market road (FMR) projects amount­ing to P298 million in the province of Kalinga under the Philippine Ru­ral Development Project (PRDP).

Two construction giants in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Oger Ltd. and Saudi Binladin Group (SBG), which employ a large number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are having problems affecting their workers that have been recurring even before the global oil-price downturn, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). 

Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. said a “business directed infrastructure program” is needed to address unemployment in the country. 

By Daryl Rose Virtudazo President Aquino has accepted the resignation of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center Executive Director Cosette V. Canilao.