Bataan-Cavite bridge construction to start late this year - DPWH

The construction of the 1 . -billion ataan-Cavite nterlink ridge ro ect over anila ay will start late this year, the epart ent of ublic orks and ighways announced.

ecretary anuel onoan said the 32-kiloeter pro ect, which was initially expected to begin construction in the first uarter of 2 2 , will break ground earlier than expected.

etailed engineering design is now ongoing it s about percent co plete and we told the resident it will be ready within the year to ground break the i pleentation of this very significant bridge, he told reporters following his eeting with resident erdinand . arcos r. in alaca ang.

onoan said the ai s to finish the pro ect before the end of the resident s ter .

onoan said the pro ect is expected to significantly i prove econo ic develop ent not only in u on but the entire country.

o less than the sian evelop ent ank has indicated that the economic rate of return of this bridge is ore than 2 percent and that s big, he said.

The ataan-Cavite nterlink ridge ro ect is a cable-stayed bridge to be built over anila ay to reduce the travel ti e between the provinces of ataan and Cavite fro five hours to 2 to 3 inutes.

ts starting point will be in arangay las-asin in ariveles town, ataan, crossing anila ay, and ending in aic town, Cavite.

eanwhile, onoan also said that the is going to i ple ent ore than , a or and local pro ects all over the country with a budget allocation of about 8 billion.

e said the agency will also prioriti e the construction of ore classroo s, far -to- arket roads, roads leading to tourist destinations and production areas, a ong others.

Murder raps OK’d vs. Bantag, 11 others for Percy Lapid’s death

MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the filing in court of urder charges against suspended ureau of Corrections uCor chief erald antag and 11 others for the killing of radio broadcaster ercival ercy apid abasa and alleged iddle an un illa or, a national penitentiary in ate.

The resolution of the panel of prosecutors stated that antag and his supposed right-hand an, for er uCor deputy security o cer icardo ulueta, will face charges as principal by induce ent.

The panel of prosecutors also found probable cause to charge antag s for er deputy, upt. icardo ulueta, self-confessed gun an oel scorial, brothers srael and d on i aculangan, and a certain alias rlando.

lso na ed in the urder charges were ew ilibid rison in ates enver ayores, lvin abra, ldrin alicia, lfie e aredonda, and Chrisopher acoto.

antag, ulueta, abra and alicia are also being charged for the death of in ate Cristito illa or alaa, alias un illa or doy Crisanto illa or, the supposed iddle an in the slay contract. urther, the otive of the urder was also suciently described - the two videos uploaded by apid about respondent antag and showing the latter s house with a nu ber of vehicles parked in front, the departent said. abasa was shot by ar ed en near his ho e in as i as City on ct. 3, 2 22. scorial then faced the edia on ct. 18 to ad it his role in the killing. n the sa e day, illa or died of unknown causes at the ospital. eanne ichael enaranda

Charged as acco plices in illa or s death were inates ario lvare , oseph eorfo, Christian a ac, icky algado, onnie dela Cru and oel eyes.

The said there is su cient circu stantial evidence to establish that antag was the aster ind behind apid s death.

The prosecution notes that the ti ing of the uploaded videos and the co ence ent of the planning of apid s assassination is not coincidental, it added. rosecutor eneral enedicto alcontento approved the indict ent of antag and 11 others for urder in connection with the killing of abasa in ctober last year.