Logistics part of NEDA’s PH national transport policy

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has released the draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Philippine National Transport Policy (NTP), which…

New execs posted to DOTr rail, toll road operations

TWO new officials have been appointed to the railway and toll road units of the Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr). President Rodrigo Duterte promoted…

Angara introduces bill pushing for Mindanao railway network

Philippine Senator Juan Edgardo Angara has filed a bill creating a state-owned Mindanao Railways Corporation as a first step in building a railway in…

Kintanar named PH transport usec for rail

Noel Eli Kintanar, assistant vice president (AVP) and executive director of property giant Ayala Corporation (AC), has been named as transport undersecretary for rail,…

PH North-South rail project draws in five bidders

The Philippine government’s biggest public-private partnership (PPP) project—the  P171-billion North-South Railway Project (NSRP)—has attracted five prospective bidders, according to the Public Private Partnership Centre.…