DOTr gets P51.4B budget for 2018, up 11%

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,…

NEDA investment committee okays 4 project revisions

Changes to the scope of two transport projects have been approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CC).…

DOTr explains how common rail station site, cost were determined

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) clarified issues surrounding the memorandum of agreement (MOA) it entered into for the construction of the common station that…

LRT Line 1 extension project gears up for groundbreaking 

Groundbreaking rites for the elevated rail extending the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 to Cavite are expected to push through later this month…

PH House transport body to probe costs of rail common station, airport projects

The Philippine Lower House Committee on Transportation (COTr) will conduct inquiries on two of the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) projects—the mass transit rail common…

Location of LRT, MRT common station finally identified

After years of legal wrangling, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) reached a consensus among shareholders to identify a single location for the Common Station…

LRTA execs indicted for graft due to faulty adoption of maintenance contract

The Philippine Office of the Ombudsman has filed graft charges against top officials of the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) over the allegedly anomalous…

NEDA Board OKs 4 rail, airport projects costing P126B

Infrastructure development efforts to sustain economic growth continue with the recent approval of four major transportation projects worth P126.51 billion by the National Economic…

LRT 2 extension leads various infra projects given NEDA nod

The project to extend the Light Rail Transit 2 to Port Area in Manila has been approved by the National Economic and Development Authority…