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Inquirer.net - Sep 23, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has called the breakthrough of a tunnel boring machine at the Quezon Avenue station in Quezon City as an important milestone in the construction of the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP). During his inspection on Wednesday, Marcos said the tunnel boring machine has completed excavation of the section from

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