THE first National Civil Aviation Security Committee (NCASC) meeting held under the new administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and the 12th
The national government has earmarked for this year P12.4 billion for the payment of private properties needed to be bought because they stand in the way of public infrastructure projects under the “Build Better More” projects of President Marcos.
MEDIUM RARE
There will be 150 million of us by the year 2050 – it’s flying toward us at the speed of a jet plane. By that time, warns Jun Palafox, “we will need 100 new cities, otherwise existing cities and emerging metropolitan areas will be congested worse than Metro Manila today.”
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OF TREES AND FOREST
One of the critical challenges facing the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is the problem of transportation. And one particular problem revolves around our airports. This was in full public and global view on New Year’s Day when a severe power outage at the na
(File photo) MANILA - Around eight airports nationwide will receive funding under the 2023 national budget to undergo rehabilitation and improvement, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Thursday. In a statement, the DBM said the appropriation of funds was in line with the implementation of at least eight airport projects provided under the 2023 General Appropriations Act (GAA). Tacloban City Airport would get the highest budget amounting to PHP1.42 billion for its modernization, the DBM said. Following Tacloban Airport were Laoag International Airport and Antique Airport which would receive around PHP785 million and PHP500 million, respectively. The government, the DBM said, would also earmark PHP200 million for New Zamboanga International Airport, PHP80 million for the Bukidnon Airport, PHP50 million for Vigan Airport, PHP43 million for the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and PHP15 million for M'lang Airport. DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said funding the p