LINGAYEN, Pangasinan: President Rodrigo Duterte wants an international airport to rise in Lingayen, Pangasinan, before his term ends in 2022, according to Department of Transportation (DoTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade.

"I already have the instruction from the President and also the budget for that and before the end of [his] term [next year], there should be and there must be a commercial [and international] airport in Lingayen," Tugade said in English and Filipino during a meeting on June 12, 2021, with provincial officials of Pangasinan led by Gov. Amado Espino 3rd..

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