Infrastructure News
Independent body needed to review airport proposals:...
17 April, 2018 at 10:36
An independent body tasked to take a holistic approach is key in solving the country’s air traffic infrastructure, according to Mitre Corp. the technical partner of Megawide-GMR in its bid to upgrade NAIA.
[OPINION] Understanding the two proposals to rehabilitate...
16 April, 2018 at 16:48
How serious is NAIA’s congestion problem?
NEDA body approves San Miguel’s Bulacan airport,...
4 April, 2018 at 15:30
San Miguel Corporation’s P700-billion proposal to build, operate, and maintain an airport in Bulacan – along with 8 other infrastructure projects – has been approved by a National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) body.
Construction of NLEX-SLEX Connector Road to start...
2 April, 2018 at 13:49
The tollways unit of Manuel Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) will start building a toll road connecting the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) by July this year.
Thailand can hit bold renewable energy target
22 March, 2018 at 12:00
Thailand has become Asean’s leader in solar and wind power, and the government is targeting 40 per cent of electricity generation from renewables by 2036.
NAIA rehabilitation by Megawide-GMR
19 March, 2018 at 12:30
NAIA… Clark… Bulacan… Sangley… Twenty months into the Duterte administration and government has yet to decide where the country’s principal gateway will be.
10 new Metro bridges OKd
16 March, 2018 at 14:00
Economic managers have approved the construction of 10 new bridges crossing the Pasig and Marikina rivers in Metro Manila and a massive flood control project in Mindanao, all included in the Duterte administration’s 75 flagship projects seen ushering in a “golden age of infrastructure.”
4 Things Rodrigo Duterte Did to Make...
12 March, 2018 at 12:00
A recent survey from US News and World Report tabulated the top countries to invest in in 2018.
‘Third player’ selection will not wait for...
8 March, 2018 at 12:00
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will not wait for the passage of the law allowing for higher foreign investment in the telecommunications industry, and will stick to its timetable for naming a third player by midyear.
[OPINION] NAIA mess
7 March, 2018 at 15:00
Why do I get the feeling Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has reassumed his old position of Transportation Secretary? Over the past weeks, the Speaker has emasculated DOTr Sec. Art Tugade. He intruded into Tugade’s realm and the supposed DOTr chief surrendered.
NAIA rehab, upgrade bid heats up
5 March, 2018 at 14:06
The group behind the ongoing upgrade of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport will go head-to-head against a consortium made up of some of the country’s biggest conglomerates in the bid to rehabilitate and upgrade Ninoy Aquino International Airport…
[OPINION] How to build infrastructure
1 March, 2018 at 11:49
The Duterte administration has recognized the failure of past administrations to build infrastructure. So it has, wisely, put infrastructure at the forefront of the President’s agenda: Build, build, build.
3rd Naia runway costly; best option is...
28 February, 2018 at 15:00
Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan appears to back the construction of a new international airport near Sangley Point, Cavite, as a future replacement for Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia).
Gov’t seeks bidders for Clark
28 February, 2018 at 13:00
The Duterte administration is readying an invitation to bidders for the operation and maintenance of the Clark International Airport in Pampanga province.
