Midway through his term, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. remains committed to delivering infrastructure projects “with a heart for people’s comfort, security, and progress.” However, the same challenges continue to hound his administration’s pursuit of “building better more.”
The sentiments of Samal residents have worried environmental groups and a family that has protected the island's reefs for years. The bridge construction will destroy corals and affect the pristine waters that make Samal beaches a favorite destination.
For as long as the government continues to build or tolerate contractors building sub-standard public infrastructures, much of the money from our taxes will be going to repairs and reconstruction of disaster-damaged structures.
Inaccurate parcellary or lot boundary plans in the initial feasibility studies for the Malolos-Clark Railway Project led to a domino of right-of-way and land acquisition issues on the part of the Department of Transportation.
Marine scientists have raised concerns over the initial exclusion of the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins on the list of species threatened by the construction of the Panay-Guimaras-Negros Bridge. This needs context.
The completion dates of at least six Infrastructure Flagship Projects of the Marcos administration have been adjusted due to delays.
Two years into office, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. admits that delays have been hounding the country’s infrastructure drive, making him cling to various measures in hopes of "Building Better More.”
When completed, the Cavite-Bataan Interlink Bridge will be the second longest in the Philippines, but it is nowhere near the longest in the world, as Marcos claimed.
How will the Marcos administration deliver on its BBM projects without leaving behind a Philippines sinking deeper and deeper into debt?
What is the status of the Marcos administration's 12 "mega bridge" projects? How will the government fund their construction? Here are three things you need to know.
