The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Wednesday that the country’s infrastructure spending went up by 33.9 percent in September year-on-year, as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) intensified its construction programs this year.

Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said that in line with the increase in infrastructure spending, the government will also raise fourth-quarter infrastructure funding through the reconstruction efforts in areas in the Visayas struck by the Super Typhoon Yolanda.

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