Manila, Oct. 14 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday praised the nearly completed Camalaniugan Bridge in Cagayan province, calling it one of the most "beautiful" and well-executed infrastructure projects undertaken by government - and a testament to Filipino engineering.

"We are looking at one of the most beautiful bridges that we have created in the Philippines," Marcos said during his inspection of the 1,580-meter cable-stayed bridge connecting the towns of Aparri and Camalaniugan.

"The design was done locally. Kahit parang ginaya 'yung mga tulay sa ibang bansa, talagang ito lahat galing sa atin (It may look like the bridges in other countries but this is really ours)," he added, emphasizing that Filipino engineers are capa...