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If we want to reduce car ownership and usage, the incentives of doing so need to be changed as well

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Senior Undersecretary Emil Sadain has presented the Philippines' “build back better’’ approach in the planning for infrastructure projects at the International Recovery Forum (IRF) 2023 in Kobe, Japan. In a statement released on Tuesday, Jan. 31, the

The Marcos administration’s first national expenditure program underwent thorough scrutiny and was subject to intense debates by lawmakers before it was ratified. Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Sonny Angara gave this assurance when he presented the bicameral conference committee report

When we hear the terms ECC and ROW, we know what they mean.

It's the Department of Public Works and Highways' (DPWH) is obligation to improve the salaries and working conditions of construction workers contracted under government infrastructure projects, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano told the agency. Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano (Senate PRIB Photo) Durin

UNDERWAY. The Panguil Bay Bridge Project is 58 percent complete as of September 2022. It will connect Tangub town, Misamis Occidental and Tubod town in Lanao Del Norte province and reduce travel time from 2.5 hours to just 7 minutes. (Courtesy of Project Lupad Facebook) MANILA - President Ferdinand "Bongbong Marcos Jr. wants all bridges already under construction to be completed as soon as possible, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Friday. DPWH Secretary Ma...

Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (PNA photo) MANILA - The proposed PHP5.268 trillion national budget for 2023 will serve as a "springboard for the economy's full-speed recovery," the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Friday. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said the 2023 budget spending plan was crafted based on and in support of the Marcos administration's eight-point socioeconomic agenda. "The administration's first full-year budget shall serve as ...

Marcos Jr.'s priority is to ensure that the neoliberal policies that his predecessor President Rodrigo Duterte passed are maximized to create the most favorable environment for big businesses, including foreign capital. To become an investment destination, the administration will provide massive tax breaks to corporations through the CREATE Law and provide foreign companies more profit-making opportunities with the amended laws on public services and foreign investments.

NIGHT OWL It’s a new day for our nation. President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. has been sworn in as the 17th President of the Republic of the Philippines. We welcome a new government that has given us hope for a renewed country—renewed in the sense that we shall overcome the crippling effects