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THE recently launched Smart Water Infrastructure and Management (SWIM) Research and Development (R&D) Center intends to provide community-tailored comprehensive water resources management plans for Batanes, Quirino, Cauayan and Nueva Vizcaya. It is also expanding its R&D jurisdiction from the Magat Dam to the Angat Dam and the Cagayan de Oro River Basin.
VISAYAS Container Terminal (VCT), a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) in Central Philippines, is transforming the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (ICPC) into a more competitive and efficient trade gateway, attracting a wider range of shipping lines.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed infrastructure projects in Luzon and the Visayas worth P314.68 million.
When Ferdinand Marcos Jr became president, he laid out a policy of immediate digitalization of vital government services to boost the ease of doing business and combat corruption. This was an important policy as the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department observed that digital transformation can be an important boost to the Philippines’ economic recovery in the post-pandemic period. Globally, digital transformation is nothing new as the ongoing process of digitalization has been shaping how countries do business and trade.
MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos have a “nuanced” view on the possible impact of lifting the foreign ownership restrictions in the 1987 Constitution, according to Pulse Asia president Ronald Holmes.
The Department of Agriculture, on May 6, urged Congress to restore the National Food Authority’s function as a rice price stabilizer and increase its fund allocation for programs to enhance rice production and farmers’ incomes as lawmakers’ deliberate on measures seeking to extend the Rice Tariffication Law.
MANILA, Philippines — There has been a lot of discussion lately about the Philippines' energy security. It is highly understandable given the country's economic growth rate that currently leads the pack among equally fast-growing ASEAN and Asian economies.
MANILA, Philippines — To speed up the implementation of major infrastructure projects, President Marcos ordered government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to further simplify the permitting process for these developments to support the country’s continuing economic transformation.
MANILA, Philippines — Executive departments and government agencies should take advantage of the hot and dry season to finish their infrastructure projects, House committee on appropriations chair and Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co said yesterday.