Department of Public Works and Highways(DPWH)

Hi, hope you can help me gather information on infrastructure plans of the country for the current year:

1.  Data on status (usage/excess/etc.) of previous years'  budget as well as current year's budget

2. Development plans for the current year, including priority areas and strategy

3. Projected political and economic impact of these plan (GDP, Taxes, other econ. metrics)

4. Opportunities for foreign investment (most particularly Japanese Investment) based on these plan

5. Other information/references/publications you may deem relevant

Let me know if you need more details. Thank you!

Further to my request, hope you can provide details on:

1 Overview of the countries infrastructure construction sector, including relevant programs like Build Build Build and Public-Private Partnerships.

2. Top 10 projects from the previous years and top 10 priority projects for the current and next years. Also, an overview of each project.

3. Top 10  contractors in the country for these projects, as well as an overview of them

4. Opportunities for investment of Japanese companies in the infrastructure sector.

 Hope to hear from you soon. Many thanks!

Further to the top 10 contractors, hope you can also provide which projects each of those companies handled, as well as their respective fees and the criteria for choosing them (why the won the project). Thank you!

Hope to hear from you soon. Many thanks!

February 11, 2019

Dear Gwendolyn,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jan 30, 2019 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for 2019 Infrastructure Plans.

Response to your request

We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. You may retrieve your requested information from http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/projects/infrastructure.

Further, considering the complexity of the data that is being requested, it is advised to personally visit our Planning Service Office, 3rd Floor, DPWH Central Office, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila in able to coordinate the specific needed data for your research.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Office of the Secretary, DPWH Central Office, Bonifacio Drive, port Area, Manila. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
Andro Santiago
FOI Officer