Tugade confident Bicol Int'l Airport completed within the year Published May 14, 2021 10:57am Bicol International Airport under construction (FILE PHOTO) Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has assured the public that construction works at the Bicol International Airport will be completed within the year. In a statement on Friday, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Tugade led the inspection of infrastructure projects in Bicol on May 13. The first stop of the inspection, it said, is the Bicol International Airport (BIA), of which construction works are 24/7 since last year on Tugade’s directive. The Transportation chief said the DOTr and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), under Director General Jim Sydiongco, will be pushing for the nonstop construction works at the airport to meet its target completion date within the year.