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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction, rehabilitation, improvement, and maintenance of 311.5 lane kilometers of national roads, 12 bridges, and 99 flood-control structures in Region 8 under the 2020 General Appropriations Act (GAA). This was announced by DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, citing DPWH Regional Office’s Year-end Report disclosing that […]
Public school teachers will assist the national government in its vaccination program through information drive. This is what Education Secretary Leonor Briones emphasized in a recent press briefing, clarifying that teachers would not administer vaccines against COVID-19 once it is available. “Dini-deny namin iyong perception na ang mga teachers ay sila mismo ang mag-vaccinate ng […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently turned over an evacuation center for emergency purposes built in the amount of P37.4 million to the local government of Esperanza, Agusan del Sur. Secretary Mark Villar, citing a report from DPWH Region 13 Director Pol Delos Santos, said that the facility consists of a 2-storey accommodation […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is on track for the 2021 opening of Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge connecting Estrella Street in Makati City and Barangka Drive in Mandaluyong City. Secretary Mark Villar said the expansion of the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge, also known as the Rockwell Bridge, into a two-way four-lane bridge is expected to greatly […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced the completion of a tourism access road leading to the Anas View deck in Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte. “The dusty and bumpy road has been rehabilitated into a two-lane concrete tourism road providing easy access for locals and nature-loving tourists,” Villar said. According to DPWH Region 8 […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed additional healthcare facilities in Iloilo City as part of its contribution towards fighting COVID-19 pandemic. DPWH Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark Villar, citing DPWH Regional Office 6 (DPWH-RO6) Director Lea Delfinado’s report, said that the newly-completed facilities at Barangay Sooc, Arevalo district in Iloilo City include […]
Residents of the adjacent Barangays of Berang and San Pedro in the Municipality of Sta. Rosa in Nueva Ecija lauded the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the completion of a hanging bridge that now connects the two villages separated by a creek. In his report to DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, DPWH Nueva […]
A slide-prone portion of Cebu – Balamban – Transcentral Highway is now much safer with the recent completion of a slope protection project along the road in Barangay Cansomoroy, Balamban, Cebu. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, citing a report from DPWH Cebu 3rd District Engineering Office (DEO), said that the newly-completed project involves […]
Despite the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office 1 and its 10 District Engineering Offices were still able to implement and complete in 2020 a total of 94 road construction and improvement projects, 50 bridge construction and repair/retrofitting, as well as 65 flood-control projects. DPWH […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the NLEX Corporation are accelerating the construction of the first five-kilometer section of NLEX Connector from Caloocan Interchange, C3 to España Boulevard in Manila as they aim to complete the project by year’s end. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar led the project inspection along 4th Avenue in […]