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Infra, capital spending jumps to P81B in Nov

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Credit to Author: Mayvelin U. Caraballo, TMT| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:25:27 +0000

STATE infrastructure and capital spending expanded last November on the back of public works, transport and agricultural projects, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reported on Thursday. In its latest disbursement report, the DBM said spending increased to P80.9 billion that month, a 28.6-percent increase from P62.9 billion in the same month in 2018. […]

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‘Build, Build, Build’ not an effective job-creating program — Ibon

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:42:48 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte’s flagship infrastructure program “Build, Build, Build” which is also expected to create jobs for Filipinos is not an effective job-creating program, an economic research think tank said Sunday.

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Senate-realigned P11B infra fund to hurt ‘Build, Build, Build’ — Marcoleta

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:00:10 +0000

The Senate has realigned some P11-billion worth of road right of way projects from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) which would hurt the Duterte administration’s massive “Build, build, build” infrastructure program, Senior Deputy Majority Leader Rodante Marcoleta bared on Wednesday.

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Recto wants big-ticket infra projects exempted from poll ban

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 03:27:32 +0000

Recto wants big-ticket infra projects exempted from poll ban

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Thursday backed Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s call for the exemption of big-ticket infrastructure projects from the election ban to catch up on the government’s “Build, Build, Build” initiative timetable.

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DPWH ‘massively investing’ on calamity-resilient infrastructure in 2019

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:00:46 +0000

DPWH 'massively investing' on calamity-resilient infrastructure in 2019

The government is “massively investing” on calamity-resilient infrastructure projects across the country to prepare for natural calamities, Secretary Mark Villar of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assured Wednesday.

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Palace won’t stop Senate move to delete P75 B add’l DPWH funding

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:31:35 +0000

Malacañang is not opposing the Senate’s move to delete the P75 billion additional fund for the 2019 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways.

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Soil tests begin for $3.7-B Makati subway project

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 04:25:24 +0000

Soil tests begin for $3.7-B Makati subway project

Publicly listed Philippine Infradev Holdings Inc. — formerly known as IRC Properties Inc. — has begun the first physical phase of its proposed Makati City subway by undertaking soil testing ahead of the $3.7-billion project’s actual construction.

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Infra ‘insertions’ in 2019 budget P75B, not P51.8B — Diokno

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:44:06 +0000

Infra 'insertions' in 2019 budget P75B, not P51.8B — Diokno

The controversial infrastructure budget in the 2019 budget was P75 billion, not P51.8 billion, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said.

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