TARLAC CITY, Philippines—The towns of Anao, Pura and Victoria are likely to become new investment hubs similar to export processing zones following the opening on Monday of the 16.7-kilometer Tarlac City-Gerona portion of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway…
The 89-kilometer Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX), which is expected to boost business and tourism in central and northern Luzon, may be fully completed ahead of schedule by 2015, one of its stakeholders said on Sunday. Conglomerate San…
Two days before the start of the Tokyo Motor Show 2013 here, the coverage of the national tragedy caused by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: “Haiyan”) to the Philippines remains top priority for international cable news channels like…
Private Infra Dev Corp. (PIDC), the all-Filipino consortium backed by conglomerates San Miguel Corp. (SMC) and DMCI Holdings Inc., is set to open on Oct. 30 the first phase of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX), the first…
Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. is investing about P6 billion in 2014 as it expects to begin construction of a new section of a toll road that will link Manila’s harbor area with North Luzon Expressway, a company…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is considering going “underground” to solve Metro Manila’s traffic problems. Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Abaya said on Tuesday that the government has been considering a subway…
The alleged misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), commonly known as the pork barrel, has gradually been brought to light. The PDAF is a lump sum appropriation in the national budget, allocating P200 million a…
