The fishing boat of missing Aeta leader Ernesto Coching collided with a speedboat owned by Shangri-la and Spa Resort-Boracay, according to a Malay Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office report
ILOILO CITY – A P140-million new road connecting two ports at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province is now open.
An aerial view of the new 1.4-kilometer road in Boracay Island. It connects the Cagban Port and Tambisaan Port. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH / MANILA BULLETIN)
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
When I was still in elementary, my father Manuel and mother Elnora, would tell me about the San Juanico Bridge, a 2.16-km bridge connecting the island provinces of Samar and Leyte. Whenever we went home to Iloilo, I’d often wonder why we had to take boats or airplanes to travel to nearby Negros Occidental. There were not many bridges at that time.
The 2.1 km San Juanico Bridge, which was built in 1969, is still the longest bridge fifty years after. The Build, Build, Build team has worked since 2016 on a masterplan the Mega Bridge Project a series of short and long-span bridges linking island provinces to eventually connect Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao via land travel.
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Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
When I was in college, I dreamt about the Philippines I did not see. I wanted to explore the 81 provinces with my own eyes, to meet the Filipinos who live there, to find out their dreams and aspirations. As I jump from one province to the other, I realized that traveling across the country is difficult. Even the trip to the airport could take two hours.
As a student, I dreamt of a nation without roadblocks. I didn’t realize that 10 years after, I’d be part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” team. And since July 2016, according to Secretary Mark Villar, DPWH has completed 25,343 kilometers of roads, and 5,271 bridges.