MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday slammed as a “dismal failure” the Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Build” program, citing that only nine of the 75 flagship projects have started construction. ADVERTISEMENTDrilon, in an interview with reporters at the Senate, said the execution of the program was “simply dismal.”“Sad to say, this ‘Build, Build, Build’ program of this administration is a dismal failure. During the Senate deliberations on the proposed 2020 national budget, Drilon had asked for the status of the projects under the Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program. However, the National Economic and Development Authority was only able to present the number of projects expected to be finished until 2022. “Forty-three will be completed beyond 2022,” Angara, chair of the Senate finance committee, told Drilon.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 12, 2019 07:39 UTC