MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) program is not a failure but it can do better, according to the presidential adviser for flagship programs
Vivencio Dizon said the administration had still spent nearly P1 trillion for infrastructure to boost the economy despite the government revising its initial list of 75 flagship projects under the BBB program following studies that showed some of these were not feasible.
Dizon acknowledged that the administration put a number of wrong projects on the list, hence the revision.Some were shelved because studies showed these were not yet feasible, he explained. Of the initial 75 flagship projects, two were completed and more than 20, including interisland bridges, had been shelved as studies showed these were too expensive and the technology to complete these was not available.
The COA, he said, found that the DPWH spent only 34 percent of its budget for new public infrastructure projects in 2017 while the DOTr used only 25.6 percent of its allocation.
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