Argumentative Essay

Build! Build! Build! The project is a Duterte administration program aimed at restoring the
"Golden Age infrastructure." The program's goal is to increase public infrastructure spending
from an average of 2.9 percent of GDP to around 7.3 percent by the end of the presidency. But,
did this initiative do successfully under his presidency? What changes have occurred as a result
of this project? So far, based on the news, the Build! Build! Build! 29.264 kilometers of roads,
5,950 bridges, 11,340 flood control projects, 222 evacuation centers, 89 Tatag ng Imprastraktura
para sa Kapayapaan at Seguridad (TIKAS) projects, 150,149 classrooms, and 653 COVID-19
facilities were completed as part of the project program (Manila Bulletin. July 21, 2021). This
program had a significant impact on the development of the Philippines. It also allows many
individuals to reach at their location in less time than previously. But what is the issue with
this project?

Many people believe that this project will not assist to reduce traffic on the Edsa because the
Edsa is a major road that serves as a shortcut to several provinces and cities around the
Philippines. Because of the tremendous traffic on Edsa, it was one of the challenges in the
Philippines. The administration builds sky highway for some cars; however, this is a paid
road that’s why it was not helpful especially for those poor Filipinos who has no fund for it.
Since they have no funds, they have no choice but to use the main roads. This situation can
literally explain the social status in many decades, the rich people are always the one who
has privileged than those poor people.

However, if we are going to see the positivity of the Build! Build! Build! project,
we can say that it lessens the people hassles because of the infrastructures that were
improved and build. Let’s take for example the extended LRT-2, as a student living in Rizal,
it will only take me 40 mins to arrive in FEU since the location of the LRT was nearer than
before (Marubeni, 2021). Same with CALAX project wherein the travel time from
CAVITEX to SLEX was reduced by approximately 40 minutes than 90 minutes before
(Road Traffic Technology, June 2017). Base on my personal experience, it lessens our travel
time and we easily reached our destination using the CALAX route. My point is, this project
may not exceed or reach the expectation but the most important thing is the improvement. It
less the hassle of the traffics of the people living in those places.

As McMichael explained globalization project, it creates global competitive that

can lead to negativity to domestic economy. He explained that, in order to attract foreign
investors, some businesses promote low wages that can cause offshoring of many people in
the country. We can relate this situation to Philippine current status today. Many Filipinos
choose to work on abroad because of the low opportunity and insufficient salary because of
the business mindset of the people that set up Filipino to suffer in underemployment. That’s
why I do agree that sustainability project must be encourage because globalization project
can create local hierarchy and discriminations among the society. What I love about
sustainability project is the balances of the environmental, social, economic aspects that
aims to meet the current need of the future generation (APM, 2019). As relation to BBB
project, it will helps the future generation to have lessen hassle regarding to traffics and
reduction of travel time to their destination.

For me, as a Filipino, development at Philippines is a low process. However, it may

cause negatively since we are being held back than the other countries but for me,
improvement will be good since we have growth. But, having a good governance and
cooperation of the community and unity mindset can helps the Philippines to meet our
dream country.
References:
https://scad.gov.ph/build-build-build/

https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/21/what-has-build-build-build-achieved-so-far/

https://www.marubeni.com/en/news/2021/release/00059.html

https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/dpwh-bgc-ortigas-bridge-opening-a962-
20210612

https://mb.com.ph/2021/06/22/a-look-back-on-build-build-builds-milestones-as-it-reaches-its-
final-year/

https://propertyreport.ph/news-and-events/2021/07/09/21245/in-the-legacy-of-building-a-look-
at-dpwhs-accomplishments-under-the-build-build-build-program/

https://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/cavite-laguna-expressway-calax/

https://business.inquirer.net/303501/from-build-build-build-to-rebuild