DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 Dec) –The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has yet to determine whether the financing requirement to build the first Tagum City-Davao City-Digos City (TDD) segment of the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) will come from a foreign
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 July)—Three private companies have expressed interest to fund the construction of the Mindanao Railway Project, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Leo Tereso Magno said. In a press conference on the first day of the two-day
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 8 June)— President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assured Mindanawons that his administration will pursue the Tagum City-Davao City-Digos City (TDD) segment of the Mindanao Railway Project. In his speech during the “Distribution of Presidential Assistance to
A Facebook post that claims that the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) is now dead on its track is false. Philippine Construction Boom posted Thursday a social media card that reads: “Bye! Mindanao Railway Project,” with a sad emoji accompanying it.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 June) – Transportation Secretary Art Tugade said on Tuesday that the government aims to award the contract for the project management consultancy services of the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) to the winning bidder next month.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) – The construction of the 102-kilometer first phase of the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) is expected to begin in the third quarter of this year, an official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 April) – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) targets to complete the acquisition of the road right of way (RROW) for the 102-kilometer phase 1 of the Mindanao Railway Project by the third quarter of 2021.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 March) – The plan of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) even for a “partial operability” of the long-delayed Tagum City-Davao City-Digos City (TDD) segment of the Mindanao Railway Project before the end of President Rodrigo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 July) — Infrastructure projects under President Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program will continue in his remaining two years in office to help revitalize the economy, an official said Thursday. In a press briefing here, Presidential
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 June) – The multi-billion phase 1 of the Mindanao Railway Project and the Davao City-Island Garden City of Samal (Davao-IGACOS) Bridge project will continue even as the country is still grappling with the impact of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 January) – The government will build a single-track diesel-run railway instead of a modern dual-track electricity-powered one for the first 102-kilometer portion of the Mindanao Railway Project, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Assistant Secretary Romeo Montenegro said. The
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 August) – Newly installed Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chair Emmanuel “Piñol said he will discuss with Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade the issues affecting the implementation of the first phase of the Mindanao Railway Project. During the turnover
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 Aug) – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) remains hopeful that the construction of phase 1 of the 1,550-kilometer Mindanao Railway Project can still be pushed through in the remaining 2 years and 10 months of the term of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 February) – Members of Monteritz Classic Estates Homeowners Association Inc. (MCEHAI) has asked the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to consider the “unquantifiable emotional cost” on their part if the agency pushes through with the planned railway alignment
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 February) – Phase 1 of the 1,550-kilometer Mindanao Railway Project is moving slow with only three years to accomplish it before President Rodrigo Duterte’s term ends in 2022, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Abul Khayr Alonto said
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 30 January) – Negotiating for the road right of way (RROW) for phase 1 of the 1,550-kilometer Mindanao Railway Project is not the job of the local government unit, an incensed Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte told
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Jan) — Five local government units in Davao Region signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for the transfer of funds for the road right of way (RROW) and site acquisition
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 Nov) – The government has yet to firm up agreements with the Chinese government for the official development assistance (ODA) of the first Tagum City-Davao City-Digos City segment of the Mindanao Railway Project three months
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/31 August) – The construction of phase 1 of the Department of Transportation’s Mindanao Railway Project with funds from Chinese Official Development Assistance “is a done deal,” project manager Patmei Ruivivar said. Ruivivar told a press conference on
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 31 July) – The recent change of leadership in the House of Representatives will not hamper the implementation of big-ticket projects in Mindanao, an official said on Tuesday. “It’s just a change of leadership and so far
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 July) – Negotiations with property owners to settle road right of way matters for the implementation of phase one of the Mindanao Railway Project will start this year, an official from the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 August) – The committee on appropriations in the House of Representatives has earmarked an initial amount of P6.58 billion to start the construction of the 1,500-kilometer Mindanao Railway Project (MRP), the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced. The budget
