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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was able to implement various infrastructure projects in 2021 that have helped the people of Eastern Visayas recover from the economic losses due to the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. DPWH Secretary Roger Mercado, who hails from and is a former local executive in Eastern Visayas […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) unveiled its first-ever completed last mile school in Eastern Visayas during a turnover ceremony in Calbiga, Samar recently. “This is only the first step to the many developments under the Public Schools of the Future framework,” Secretary Leonor Briones said. “We will continue to close the gap between the geographically […]
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 […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways has completed the conversion and construction of 17 additional quarantine facilities that augmented Eastern Visayas’ coronavirus disease (COVID-19) bed capacity by 800. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, citing DPWH Regional Office 8 Director Nerie Bueno, announced that two facilities were completed on September, 10 in August, five in July, […]
“Thirteen Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations and 17 Institutional Markets will be our partners in implementing the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) program in various provinces of Region 8 (Eastern Visayas).” This was the statement of Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles who was the main guest speaker in the 6th Virtual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) […]