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Sen. Juan Miguel F. Zubiri urged the government to speed up infrastructure construction as the best two-pronged strategy to create more jobs and modernize transport infrastructure. 

By Weng C. Ocfemia The government should encourage the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) as the country embarks on a massive infrastructure program in the next six years, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (Pice) National President Ernesto de Castro said. 

A new ASTM International standard is providing a test method that uses a specialized tool to prepare samples of and to test the density of roller compacted concrete (RCC), which is expected to help companies that design mixes of RCC, as well as laboratories that test it. 

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) ordered its regional directors (RDs) and district engineers (DEs) in the Visayas and Mindanao to develop a comprehensive master plan to address flooding and climate change. 

Sen. Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian renewed his call for the abolition of the Road Board at the Senate budget briefing with the Department of Transportation last Wednesday. 

Are you a business owner? If so, then you know how important it is to have efficient and secure networking equipment nowadays. Such equipment is needed in running a business more smoothly. But do the equipment you have now perform at their absolute best?

What a wonderful week last week was. What an awesome year 2016 is turning out to be for Filipino movies—and for one uncommon and uncompromising filmmaker, in particular. 

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Arthouse Cinema, in cooperation with Society of Filipino Archivists for Film (Sofia), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and the University of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation Inc., presents Manuel Conde@100 at the CCP Tanghalang Manuel Conde on Sept. 24, and Oct. 1 and 8. 

San Francisco—Social-media sites Facebook and Twitter, as well as traditional media outlets, have joined a number of technology companies to form a network tasked to launch a collaborative verification platform and create a voluntary code of practice against false news. 

To kick off a series of yearlong events celebrating the birth centennial of revered komiks (comics) writer and artist Mars Ravelo, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) opened on Thursday an exhibit, titled Mars Ravelo Reinterpreted, at the CCP Bulwagang Juan Luna (Main Gallery) and Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (third-floor Hallway Gallery).