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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The construction of a cut-off channel has solved the perennial problem of flooding during heavy rainfall in Candaba, Pampanga, said the Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH). Secretary Mark Villar, citing a report from Undersecretary Emil Sadain who in-charge of the DPWH Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Operations, said that the Candaba Cut-Off Channel […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office 8 aims to complete the widening of at least 31 national bridges to improve mobility all over Eastern Visayas. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that a total of P1.1 Billion from the 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA) was allocated to implement the […]
Sorsogon Governor Francis Escudero urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to ensure that inmates or persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) would be able to exercise their rights to vote in the May 2022 local and national elections. In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Escudero said the rights of these PDLs should be upheld […]
The tourism industry in the southern part of Negros Island is seen to thrive after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently constructed a bridge that now facilitates a more convenient access to the pristine beaches of Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. Secretary Mark Villar said that the construction of the 75-lineal meter bridge […]
Responding to a recent flooding incident, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now declogging and cleaning drainage inlets in various roads in Manila. “Regular declogging and desilting operation is being undertaken by the Department, along with drainage improvement projects, and construction of additional pumping stations to minimize flooding along Metro Manila roads,” Secretary […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced that the Department has completed two new shore protection works along the northernmost coastal areas in Agoo, La Union. “We have constructed shoreline structures or groins along Barangays Sta. Rita Sur and Sta. Rita Central to serve as protection against coastal flooding,” Villar said. “We have constructed shoreline […]
In an effort to ramp-up available facilities for isolation of COVID-19 infected persons in Western Mindanao, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the conversion of the old Zamboanga Convention Center in Pasonanca, Zamboanga City. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar announced that the newly-converted Convention Center into a mega-quarantine facility with 188 beds will […]