Promise 88: Improve infrastructure to tourism sites

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We will have a complementary infrastructure system that will include the construction and repair of roads, bridges, airports and seaports to increase accessibility to our sites.

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The Aquino campaign platform: Action plans on Tourism

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July 3, 2012: The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has successfully bidded out 91 percent or 2,227 of the 2,452 infrastructure projects slated for FY 2012, with 87 percent or 2,132 of these projects already given Notices to Proceed. (Continue Reading)

June 14, 2012: The Department of Transportation and Communications will start rehabilitating and expanding seven airports in the provinces to accommodate the rapid trade and tourism growth in these areas. (Continue Reading)

May 15, 2012: “The earliest time that the Laguindingan airport can be opened for commercial operation is November 2013,” Engr. Edgardo Mangalili, project manager of the P7.85-billion Laguindingan Airport Development Project (LADP) reported during the May 10 meeting of the Regional Development Council (RDC) Special Committee on LADP chaired by Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno. (Continue Reading)

May 8, 2012: Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Mar Roxas announced several measures that the department is implementing to address current runway congestion issues at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) due to the growing air transport industry in the country. (Continue Reading)

April 26, 2012: Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Mar Roxas today said procurement for the P500-million airport X-ray screening and security equipment project will open up bidding in May. The project aims to improve security in different airports in the country with commercial flights by installing, upgrading, and properly layering security screening of passengers. (Continue Reading)

March 5, 2012: Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas announced plans to procure additional airport security devices approximately worth P500 million to make the country’s airports safer. The plan is in line with the department’s mission of providing convenient and reliable transportation system and in support of the government’s “Kayo ang Boss” advocacy. (Continue Reading)

February 6, 2012: To hit the government’s tourism target of ushering in 4.6 million tourists in 2012, the Aquino administration has lined up several government programs and projects to make the Philippines one of the most vibrant tourism destinations in the world. (Continue Reading)

January 2, 2012: The Aquino administration will start the New Year with a bang as it has lined-up P141.8-billion worth of infrastructure projects, funded by the recently-enacted General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2012, which are ready for implementation starting this month. (Continue Reading)

October 13, 2011: Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas said that the DOTC’s five-year infrastructure projects will create thousands of jobs in consonance with President Aquino’s government stimulus package, which aims to help Filipinos keep their jobs and reduce poverty. (Continue Reading)

October 6, 2011: Department of Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas today formally unveiled a P565-billion, five-year plan during a round table briefing sponsored by the Makati Business Club, highlighting major infrastructure projects aimed at providing reliable, safe, and affordable public transportation system nationwide. (Continue Reading)

August 22, 2011: The Department of Budget and Management has released P1.42 billion for the preventive maintenance of national roads and installation of road safety devices throughout the country to fulfil the government’s commitment to have all national roads paved by 2014. (Continue Reading)

July 6, 2011: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the implementation of P2 billion worth of infrastructure projects in the Western Visayas Region. (Continue Reading)

April 18, 2011: Tourism chief Alberto Lim says the public can expect better facilities and services at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The assurance came, as a travel website ranked the NAIA as the worst airport in Asia and fifth worst in the world. More from Joel Caballero. (View video)

April 18, 2011: The terminals at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will get a face-lift in the coming months, Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim said May 18. A recent report from a travel site might have touched some nerve, as the government official promised “quick fixes” to the years-old terminals 1 and 3. (Continue reading)

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