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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Quezon City District 2 Councilor Winnie Castelo is urging authorities to put up covered motorcycle lay-by areas along major roads in Quezon City and other parts of Metro Manila. His appeal is contained in a resolution he introduced in the city council and is addressed to the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Department of Public Works […]
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 […]
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 […]