PH signs $935M loan with Japan for 1st phase of MM subway
The Philippines and Japan have signed the JPY104.53 billion (about US$934.75 million) loan agreement for the construction of the first phase of the Metro…
DOTR rejects Miascor request for reconsideration of terminated contract
The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) has denied the appeal of Miascor Ground Handling Corporation to reconsider the termination of its contract as ground-handling…
Philippine Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has ordered immediate improvements made to the equipment and terminal facility of Zamboanga International Airport (ZIA) after being dismayed…
Chelsea joins firms vying to develop regional airports
Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corp. (CLC) has submitted an unsolicited public-private partnership (PPP) proposal for the bundled development, operation, and management of Davao and New…
Joint venture proposes to construct $12B aviation hub in Sangley
A consortium comprised of All-Asia Resource Reclamation Corp. and Belle Corp. has submitted an unsolicited proposal for a US$12-billion project to finance, construct, and…
DOTr to put up railways training center with JICA, academe
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has partnered with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and various academic institutions to establish the first-ever Philippine Railways…
PCG launches first Vessel Traffic Management System in Cebu
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has inaugurated the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) first Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) in Cebu that is expected to…
Moratorium on enforcement of truck anti-loading policy extended anew
The Philippine Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Transportation (DOTr) have once again extended for another six months the moratorium…
EO identifying DOTr as overseer of MTOs almost ready
The draft executive order (EO) that will designate the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as the Philippines’ competent national body that will oversee multimodal transport…
Philippine Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has ordered the filing of administrative charges against a Department of Transportation (DOTr) official for allegedly accepting bribes from…
New air traffic management system elevates PH air traffic safety, efficiency
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has finally inaugurated the new communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) systems that will bring air…
MIASCOR loses contract at Manila airport, will appeal decision
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) will no longer renew the contract of MIASCOR Ground Handling Corporation following recent incidents of baggage pilferage involving…
The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DOTr) received an 11% hike in budget for 2018 to carry out improvements in the country’s water, air, road,…
Tollway company NLEX Corporation (NLEXC) is setting aside around P19 billion in 2018 for various projects aimed at helping solve Metro Manila’s daily traffic…
The construction of the South East Metro Manila Expressway Project (SEMME), which is expected to decongest major thoroughfares in Metro Manila once completed, has…
DOTr fast tracks construction of North-South Commuter Railway
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Philippine National Railway (PNR) will undertake advance construction mobilization for the PNR Clark Phase 1 to fast-track…
Clark International Airport (CRK) surpassed in 2017 its passenger volume record made five years ago, an official of Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) said.…
Groundbreaking rites held for Clark airport expansion project
Construction of Clark International Airport’s (CRK) new terminal building has finally been set into motion. The Department of Transportation (DOTr), Bases Conversion Development Authority…
7 companies form alliance for NAIA rehab, operation
A group of infrastructure and property development firms in the Philippines are forming a consortium to rehabilitate, operate, and maintain the Ninoy Aquino International…
