Subic Freeport Expressway open until Jan 15

From Dec 28 to January 15, 2021, the expanded section of the 8.2-kilometer Subic Freeport Expressway will be open from 6am to 6pm The…

Skyway Stage 3 connecting SLEX with NLEX partly opens on Dec 29

Skyway Stage 3 partially opens on December 29 Toll waived for a month Connecting SLEX with NLEX, Skyway Stage 3 also serves as an…

No toll on SMC, MPTC expressways during the holiday

San Miguel Corp. and Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. are waiving all toll fees on their expressways from 10 p.m. on December 24 to 6…

DOTr places P367B order for MM subway train cars

The Department of Transportation signed a P367-billion contract for the provision of rolling stock for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) Phase 1 by…

QC imposes partial truck ban on Visayas, Mindanao avenues

The Quezon City government will implement a partial truck ban along Visayas and Mindanao Avenues from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 5…

NLEX Corp resumes toll fee collection with pledge to solve RFID issues

NLEX Corp.’s business permit is reactivated after it was suspended by the Valenzuela City government over issues with the cashless toll collection scheme With…

Senate urges suspension of cashless toll collection scheme

The Senate wants the mandatory cashless toll collection program on expressways suspended following the massive gridlock it caused Senate Resolution 596 suggested actions to…

BOC seeks to avoid port congestion with return of truck ban

Bureau of Customs coordinating with terminal operators and shipping lines to avert congestion at Manila ports with the re-imposition of the Metro Manila-wide truck…

2 key Central Luzon Link Expressway sections completed

Two sections of the Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX)—Tarlac Section and Rio Chico River Bridge Section—are 100% complete The finished sections form part of…

NLEX Corp. to relocate RFID installation stations to ease Valenzuela traffic

NLEX Corp. will transfer immediately the RFID sticker installation and account reloading stations located on North Luzon Expressway’s Karuhatan and Mindanao Avenue toll plazas…

ICTSI’s Polish terminal achieves historic 500,000th TEU move

Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), the Polish unit of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) at the Port of Gydnia, capped 2019 with a milestone…

TPLEX’s Sison-Rosario segment opens to public free of charge

The Sison-Rosario segment of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) has been formally opened on December 23. The 4-kilometer (km) segment is expected to cut…

PH exports up 5% in Q3 on strong services performance

Philippine exports of goods and services expanded by 5.1% year-on-year to US$25 billion in the third quarter of 2019, an improvement from the year-on-year…

Valenzuela site clearing signals start of metro subway construction

Construction of the Metro Manila Subway Project has formally started with site clearing works for the partial operability section of the subway in Valenzuela…

NEDA ICC gives green light to 12 mega infrastructure projects

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) has approved 12 infrastructure projects, including the unsolicited proposals to develop Davao International…

Cebu Pacific orders 15 planes worth $2B

Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific has signed an order for 15 aircraft valued at US$2 billion, part of an earlier purchase agreement it made with…

PH domestic trade in goods rebounds in Q3

Philippine domestic trade increased in both volume and value in the third quarter of 2019, latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.…

P141M worth of shabu seized in Pasay

A total of 20.8 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu and estimated to be worth P141.440 million, has been intercepted by Bureau…

BOC Manila intercepts P54M in misdeclared sugar

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized P54 million worth of refined sugar misdeclared as steel, tex screws, clamp nails, and hardware fittings and…

DTI unveils program to boost manufacturing

The Department of Trade and Industry has laid down plans to revitalize manufacturing sector. At the recently held Manufacturing Summit 2019, Trade Secretary Ramon…