Lawmakers want Mindanao Railway Project probed over right-of-way issues

MANILA, Philippines --- Two lawmakers from the House of Representatives have filed a resolution seeking an inquiry into the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) which is allegedly being beset with right-of-way issues. Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte and Benguet Rep. Eric Yap said in a statement there is a need to check the manner in which the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has done its right-of-way acquisitions, saying they have received reports that the project would pass through key and densely populated areas. The legislators filed House Bill No. 286, noting reports that revealed the project was conceptualized "without the appropriate geological surveys or proper p...

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