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,…

PH admin’s 2018 budget allots P27.7B for rail infra

The Philippine government is allocating P27.72 billion of the proposed 2018 budget for the upgrade the country’s rail infrastructure, including the construction of Phase…

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…

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…

P69B MRT-7 breaks ground

Residents of Quezon City, Caloocan City, Bulacan, and neighboring areas in the northern outskirts of Metro Manila can look forward to a faster and…