KONSTRUKSYON NG MINDANAO RAILWAY, MAGSISIMULA NA SA 2018

On one of President Rodrigo Duterte's speech on last year's campaign, he promised to keep an eye on Mindanao's economic development. That includes building a railway connecting the main cities of Mindanao such as Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City, Butuan, Surigao, Davao and General Santos. 

On a report submitted by Department of Transportation, the said railway project in Mindanao will be starting to be constructed on the second quarter of 2018. It has a total budget of P35B and has a length of 20,000 kilometers. 

The first part of the railway which is 102 kilometers will be built from Davao del Norte to Digos City in Davao Del Sur. The Department f Transportation is now polishing the land site where the railway is going to be constructed.