MANILA, Philippines — Some congressional districts have huge budgets for infrastructure in 2021 to fund their big-ticket infrastructure projects, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Vilar explained on Thursday. There are some districts that happened to have high-ticket, big-ticket infrastructure budgets that are being implemented,” he said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel. Villar also explained that some DPWH projects are “continuous projects” that need to spread-out funding across many years. Villar, however, said he does not have the authority to select contractors as the selection will have to undergo the normal procurement process. “I don’t have the authority to select contractors.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 05, 2020 02:15 UTC