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Chinese contractors to build Philippines fastest, longest railway: ambassador-

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MANILA (Xinhua): The Philippine government has signed a commercial contract worth US$2.8bil with Chinese contractors to build the "fastest and longest railway" in the country that connects southern Luzon provinces, China's Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said in a statement on Tuesday (Jan 18).

The government can now apply for a loan with China for the financing of the Philippine National Railways Bicol project after the Department of Transportation signed a deal with a group of Chinese contractors for the construction of the project’s first phase.

The Department of Transportation (DoTr) is asking the Department of Finance (DoF) to secure a loan agreement with China that would finance the P142-billion contract for the first 380 kilometers of the PNR Bicol Project — the government’s single, largest rail deal to date. In a text message to reporters on Wednesday, Transportation Undersecretary for […]

Philippine National Railways (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Transportation (DOTr) awarded the single largest rail contract worth PHP142 billion, or about USD2.8 billion, to a Chinese joint venture to build a 380-kilometer Philippine National Railways (PNR) route. The construction will run from Barangay Banlic in Calamba, Laguna to Daraga, Albay. The contract was signed on Monday by DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade and representatives of the China Railway Group Ltd., China Railway No. 3 Engi...

Chinese contractors to build Philippines fastest, longest railway: ambassador-

Ibrahima Kone put Mali in front before Musa Barrow drew the sides level in the 90th minute.

The Asian Development Bank plans to lend some $3 billion (P154 billion) to the Philippines this year as the country continues its way toward economic recovery from the pandemic.

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