NATIONAL
Bong Go seeks 30-year roadmap for national infra development
Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday, July 15, filed Senate Bill No. 2331, otherwise known as the Masterplan for Infrastructure and National Development (MIND) Act, seeking to institutionalize a long-term, coordinated approach to infrastructure planning through the establishment of a 30-year Comprehensive Infrastructure Development Masterplan (CIDMP) and the creation of the Masterplan for Infrastructure and...
REGIONAL
Council to bolster mental health and school security
By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council is strengthening mental health services and school safety following recent violent incidents involving students in different parts of the country. Councilor Lorenzo Villafuerte, chairperson of the Committee on Social Services, said the city already has programs under its Mental Health Code but needs more social...
OPINION
Laurel’s ₱500-B gambit & Dizon’s order (LETTERS FROM DAVAO by Jun Ledesma)
Maybe Marcos found the the proposition of Laurel so preposterous he did not give any mention of it in his SONA. DA Sec Laurel asks for ₱500B with zero roadmap. Nothing that farmers from Central Luzon and Central Mindanao can hear nor see. Nothing for irrigation, nothing to fully revive the functions of the National...
BUSINESS
The Hidden Barrier to AI Adoption in Construction
by Avtandil Mekudishvili, APAC Regional Lead at PlanRadar Mobile inspections, field reports, issue tracking, and progress photos are ubiquitous on jobsites today. The shift to digital documentation matters because the jobsite runs on information, and information has to move faster than the work. But on many projects, the information is still scattered across disconnected systems,...