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MPIC subsidiary proposes linking China-funded bridge project in a P40-B expressway plan
The Cavitex Infrastructure Corp. (CIC), a subsidiary of the Metro Pacific Investments Corp., is planning to build a P40 billion expressway connecting the Cavite Laguna Expressway (Calax) to the proposed Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge (BCIB) project.
PH faces SIM registration challenges amid rising cybercrime threats
As the SIM Registration Act approaches its second year, the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center reports that approximately 54 million SIM cards, or 32 percent of those in circulation, remain unregistered.
DA forecasts nearly twice as much rice hoard by year end than last
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday projected the national rice inventory to round the year nearly twice the level achieved in 2023 to 3.64 million metric tons (MT), the debilitating impact of the El Niño notwithstanding.
SMC resurrects previously abandoned, now more environmentally-sensitive PAREX project
The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) on Sunday said the San Miguel Corp. (SMC) proposal to build an expressway over the Pasig River, reported earlier to have been abandoned, is pushing through after all..
“Optimize use of existing coal-fired infrastructure”
Coal-fired power plants will continue to provide the base load upon which electrical grids in the Philippines will provide in the next forty years unless a new power source is found, the Department of Energy (DOE) said.
