ADB lends $200M for PH infra project feasibility studies

The Philippines and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a loan agreement worth US$200 million in additional financing to the Philippine government to…

Mindanao rail project cost jacked up by 131%

The Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CabCom) of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board on July 10 approved the increase in project cost…

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…

PH adopts National Transport Policy

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board on June 27 has approved for adoption the National Transport Policy (NTP) which seeks to unify…

NEDA’s ICC green-lights 3 rail projects

The Mindanao Railway Project’s (MRP) Tagum-Davao-Digos (TDD) segment and two other rail projects of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) were among the projects recently…

PH massive infrastructure program detailed

The Philippine government detailed its massive infrastructure program dubbed “Build, Build, Build” at The Dutertenomics Forum on April 18. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said…

MinDA, PEZA partner up to propagate ecozones in Mindanao

The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) have signed a pact to encourage concerned agencies to participate in promoting…