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Senate issues subpoenas to top contractors

Senate President Francis Escudero on Monday signed subpoenas for several contractors who failed to attend the initial hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee...

PBBM: Anti-corruption probe to cover other infra projects

Not even allies would be spared in the crackdown on corrupt officials involved in substandard or “ghost” flood-control projects, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said...

Romualdez endorses updated Metro Manila flood control plan after ‘Carina,’ habagat downpour

Speaker Martin Romualdez is pushing for the urgent update and implementation of the flood management master plan for Metro Manila in the wake of...

Infra spending surged by 11% to P1.4t in 2023

Infrastructure spending increased 11 percent in 2023 and exceeded the government’s target, the Department of Budget and Management said Wednesday. “Overall infrastructure disbursements were bolstered...

Biden pushes giant infra spending for ‘American century’

Crystal Lake, United States—President Joe Biden pushed his giant infrastructure spending plans Wednesday in a speech urging the country to modernize and create “an...

Infra spending up 28.6% in November

Infrastructure spending of the national government rose 28.6 percent in November last year due to higher disbursements from the Department of Transportation and the...

Infrastructure spending increased 18% in August

Infrastructure spending increased 18 percent in August to P40.1 billion from P34 billion a year ago, bolstering the total government spending for the month,...

Govt spending P8.4t in infra to lift 10m above poverty line

The Duterte administration is increasing infrastructure spending over the next five years to lift about 10 million Filipinos above the poverty line.  Public Works Secretary...

Infra spending slowed in April

THE infrastructure spending and other capital outlays of the government in April 2017 declined 21 percent to P33.5 billion from P42.5 billion a year...

Growth can reach 9% in 3 years under Duterte govt, says Salceda

Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda said the Philippines’ gross domestic product could hit 9 percent in three years, supported by President Rodrigo Duterte’s policy...

Infra spending posted sluggish growth in July

Infrastructure spending posted a sluggish growth in July, the first month in office of the Duterte administration, data from the Budget Department show. The Budget...

HSBC expects 2016 growth to hit 6.3%

British lender Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. on Tuesday upgraded its growth forecasts for the Philippines over the next two years on the Duterte...

Abad expects faster infra spending in Q1

Infrastructure spending is expected to accelerate in the first quarter of the year as notices of awards will be awarded earlier to the Department...

Infrastructure spending rose 58% in Q3 – Abad

The government’s infrastructure spending jumped 58 percent to P92.6 billion in the third quarter of the year from P58.8 billion year-on-year, but still fell...
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