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Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to take a more proactive approach in moving the Mindanao Railway forward, saying even limited groundwork would show that long-term development is not confined to Metro Manila. During the senate plenary debates for the proposed 2026 budget of the department, Cayetano asked the […]
Finance Secretary Ralph Recto should consider visiting Japan to seek Tokyo’s assistance in funding the long-delayed Mindanao Railway Project (MRP), Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel said. “We do not want Mindanao to be left behind in the government’s railway infrastructure development plan,” said Pimentel, a senior member of the House committee on flagship programs […]
Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte and Benguet lone district Representative Eric Yap have filed a House resolution (HR) calling for a congressional investigation on the proposed Mindanao Railway Project (MRP). HR 286 specifically seeks an inquiry on the way the Department of Transportation (DOTr) carried out its right-of-way acquisitions and expropriation of private […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has identified infrastructure and peace as among the top priorities in the government’s Mindanao development agenda, a Palace official said. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go bared this in a recent speech in Compostela Valley, noting that problems hounding Mindanao are no longer at the bottom of the government’s priority list. […]