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"Build, Better, More"--or BBM for short--is officially a program of the Marcos administration, and the executive branch is asking P1.196 trillion from Congress in order to fund it next year. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Department o
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has submitted for deliberation the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to the House of Representatives in a turnover ceremony on Monday, Aug. 22. DBM Secretary Pangandaman (left) turns over the 2023 NEP to Speaker Romualdez (Photo from Speaker Ma
THE education sector and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) received the biggest allocations amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the 2022 budget law, which President Duterte signed on Thursday. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said this year's national budget — the last under the Duterte administration…
(photo via DPWH) The Department of Public Works and Highways announced Wednesday that the road widening of the 2.61-kilometer section of the Manila North Road in Sta. Praxedes, Cagayan has been completed. The improved portion of the road serves as a direct connector road between Cagayan Valley and the Ilocos region. Under a P65.46-million fund, the previously two-lane road has been improved into a four-lane road. According to Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, this will allow for better inter-regional connectivity in the area. “The road network upgraded by DPWH Cagayan 2n...
DENR-CSDEO/ MANILA BULLETIN The widening of the Manila North Section, with a project cost of P60-Million, is now open to the public, according to a report from the office of DPWH Officer-in-Charge (OIC)-Regional Director Loreta M. Malaluan. Meanwhile, District Engineer Lorna Asuten of the Cagayan Second District Engineering Office (CSDEO) said that the widening of Manila North Section consisted of widening it from a two-lane road to a four-lane road network, and this would aid in traffic decongestion in the area. She noted that more motorist will benefit from the widening of the road as thi...