Barely three days before its commercial operation, the P7.9-billion Laguindingan Airport is already in need of expansion to meet the expected influx of air passengers in Northern Mindanao.
The contract for the planned reconstruction of unit II of the Carbon Market complex should have City Council approval before it is awarded to a winning bidder.
TWO provincial hospitals in Balamban town and Danao City are expected to be completed next month. Provincial Engr. Hector Jamora told reporters that some portions of the hospitals have already been used. He said the Danao City hospital is 90 percent complete and is already accepting patients. “Before there’s a change in administration, it will [...]
The government plans to open up the state infrastructure market to more foreign contractors by 2015, Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson said Tuesday.
Going on the stump in this town for administration candidates, President Aquino on Monday vowed to finish the bulk of the national government’s infrastructure projects before he steps down in 2016.
Buoyed by record-breaking tourist arrivals, President Aquino has announced a government plan to pour P13 billion more into “tourism roads” next year that would take tourists to all parts of the archipelago.
Administration senatorial candidate Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara on Tuesday pledged to allocate P100 million—or half of the annual pork barrel entitlement of senators—for the construction of classrooms and the upgrading of equipment in the public schools, particularly in the provinces.
Norma Asiw-ang said she was 5 years old when the construction of the Aluling Bridge here was started in the 1970s. Now 41, Asiw-ang finally saw Ilocos’ “longest bridge” open on Thursday, following 36 years of work under the watch of six Philippine presidents.
Team PNoy senatorial candidate Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Thursday called on the government to immediately act on the state of local airports, citing his own experience while campaigning in the provinces.
THREE Cebu City engineers who were meted preventive suspension by the Ombudsman-Visayas received support from 15 City Hall contractors.
RESIDENTS in forested areas were reminded not to burn weeds lest it causes forest fires this summer.
While admitting that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was handicapped by “negative perceptions and the stigma of being one of the most corrupt government agencies,” Secretary Rogelio Singson nevertheless stressed the DPWH was “slowly gaining ground in its paradigm shift to elevate the essence of public service.”
In December 2008, officials of Barangay (village) Villarica in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, were notified that their village was richer by P39.9 million as its share from the real property tax paid by the builder and operator of the Casecnan Multipurpose Irrigation and Power Project.
