golden age of infrastructure
Shift in strategy to speed up infrastructure...
10 May, 2018 at 09:28
The government agencies leading massive airport, railway and road projects have vowed to hasten the completion of the crucial infrastructure buildup.
‘Golden Age of Infrastructure’ not possible sans...
8 May, 2018 at 09:20
Relying on government funds and foreign assistance could never be enough to solve the perennial crisis in infrastructure in the Philippines.
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.”
Business leaders stay upbeat on admin’s infra...
4 July, 2017 at 12:00
A year after President Rodrigo Duterte took office, some of the biggest local and foreign business chambers in the country still have high hopes for the administration, betting on the promise of a “golden age of infrastructure” on top…
12M new jobs in next 6 years
18 May, 2017 at 10:39
Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III said there would be 12 million new jobs by the end of the Duterte administration in light of the government’s infrastructure development program.
[OPINION] Perspectives on ‘Dutertenomics’
24 April, 2017 at 10:04
Build, build, build” is the new mantra of the Duterte administration, as our top infrastructure officials joined Cabinet economic managers in the “Dutertenomics Forum” held earlier this week.
Gov’t sets infra links for 12 industries
28 February, 2017 at 16:22
Twelve priority manufacturing and service industries are set to benefit from an infrastructure convergence program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
Big goals… but can they deliver?
11 October, 2016 at 08:00
Budget Secretary Ben Diokno shared the administration’s bold plans in a presentation before the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF). Deficit, he said, will expand to 3.0 percent of GDP over the Medium-Term to support expenditure priorities.
Golden age of infrastructure
26 July, 2016 at 10:30
I like the way the Duterte administration sets high, seemingly impossible and audacious goals. At last we have an administration who recognizes the sad fact we are simply so far behind and we have to make up for years of “neglect.”
Gov’t to spend P900B on infra projects
21 July, 2016 at 14:00
The Duterte administration’s plan to jack up infrastructure spending to as much as 7 percent of the economy by 2022 would bring about a “golden age of infrastructure” in the next six years, Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said Wednesday.
