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DPWH EYES DEC. 2023 OPENING OF PANGUIL BAY BRIDGE

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced that the ongoing works for the Panguil Bay Bridge Project stays on track within the target completion of December 2023. Villar said that progress of works for the Northern Mindanao’s mega inter-island connection is now at 22 percent as major equipment intensifies preparation of the bridge foundation. “Northern Mindanao’s mega […]

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MORE COVID-19 BEDS AT LUNG CENTER READY – VILLAR

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar inspected the newly built offsite hospital at the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) compound in Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. “I am grateful and thankful for all those involved who helped this much-needed hospital facility be completed,” Villar said. Five cluster units of modular hospital facility with a total […]

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DPWH LAUNCHES ONLINE JOBS FAIR – VILLAR

Thousands of jobs will be up for grabs as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) launched its nationwide virtual job fair dubbed Bigay Trabaho: DPWH Jobs Fair 2021. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that the job fair, in partnership with the Department’s contractors nationwide, was conceptualized to provide local employment […]

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DPWH BUILDS MORE ROADS IN MARAWI – VILLAR

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) continues to provide road network infrastructure towards revitalizing the economy of Marawi City. Secretary Mark Villar said the rehabilitation of the Marawi Transcentral Road Phase 1 under a grant aid program of the Government of Japan has provided better access to basic services, increased trade, and contributed […]

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DPWH GIVES LUNG CENTER MORE COVID-19 BEDS – VILLAR

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is preparing to turn-over additional hospital facilities for patients’ treatment especially with the reported more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). DPWH Secretary and Chief Isolation Czar Mark Villar said that additional hospital beds will soon be available with the construction of modular health facilities […]

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NEW ROAD IN ROSALES, PANGASINAN TO OPEN SOON

A newly-constructed 5-kilometer diversion road traversing Rosales, Pangasinan will soon be serving motorists going other parts of eastern Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Nueva Viscaya. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar inspected the project dubbed Carmen East-West Diversion Road including the overpass across the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX). Villar was joined in the project ocular […]

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DPWH COMPLETES ACCESS ROAD TO FATIMA HILLS

Tourists and local community are now benefiting from the recently-completed access road leading to Fatima Hills, among the most visited places listed as religious center in the town of Macrohon, Southern Leyte. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that the dusty and bumpy 595-linear meter road was converted into a two-lane concrete paved […]

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DUTERTE INAUGURATES ESTRELLA-PANTALEON BRIDGE

President Rodrigo Duterte inaugurated the Estrella – Pantaleon Bridge, a modern bridge that will take motorists from Mandaluyong City to Makati City and vice versa in just 5 minutes. The President was joined by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar, Senator Bong Go, and […]

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DPWH MAKES ROAD BIKE LANES ACCESSIBLE – VILLAR

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has installed reflectorized thermoplastic pavement markings, road signages, and bike lane separators along key roads in Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, and Metro Davao to ease accessibility for cyclists. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that more than “new normal” mode of transport, the use of […]

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QC IS 1ST LGU WITH HEALTHY FOOD PROCUREMENT POLICY

Fueled by its advocacy to promote the health, nutrition and safety of its residents, employees and beneficiaries, Quezon City became the first local government unit (LGU) in the country to establish a healthy food procurement policy. Mayor Joy Belmonte issued Executive Order No. 16 S-2021 entitled “Quezon City Healthy Public Food Procurement Policy”, which aims […]