The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the agency largely involved in the construction of temporary treatment and monitoring facilities nationwide will put up more off-site hospitals to cater the increasing number of people suffering from virus infection. DPWH Secretary and Chief Isolation Czar Mark Villar said that capacity expansion of major hospitals are ongoing […]
Author: Belen Natividad
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has built additional COVID-19 treatment facilities at Batangas Medical Center in Batangas City. Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark Villar said that off-site hospital buildings completed by the DPWH Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Local/National Health Facilities together with Batangas 2nd District Engineering Office are being readied […]
The P38.2-million widening project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) along a section of Kabankalan-Bais Road in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental will speed up delivery of agricultural products and better travel to and from southwest portion of the city. Secretary Mark Villar, citing reports from DPWH Regional Office 6 (DPWH-RO6), explained that […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar recently announced the completion and opening of the new two-lane Natulongan Bridge in Kibawe, Bukidnon. Linking Barangay Talahiron with Barangay Magsaysay in Kibawe town, the 134.9-lineal meter bridge across Pulangi River in Sitio Kikipot, Talahiron is a much-needed connectivity infrastructure of the populace. “Prior to the implementation of […]
Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) nationwide headed by Secretary Mark Villar recently signed a Pledge of Cooperation and Oath of Honesty Manifesto in partnership with the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC). The online event held all over the country via the web platform Zoom was attended by the members of the […]
Farmers and residents of Barangay Diaman in the Municipality of Maria Aurora, Aurora Province now have improved mobility and access to services with the completion of Diaman-Dikildit Road implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Citing a report from DPWH Aurora District Engineer Roderick Andal, Secretary Mark Villar said that the opening of […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction of four new healthcare facilities in Capiz, providing the province with additional support in its fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark Villar, the facilities include an isolation/quarantine facility and off-site dormitory at the Roxas Memorial Provincial […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is currently undertaking final finishing works for the 16.4-kilometer Koronadal-Lutayan-Columbio-Matanao Road in Sultan Kudarat which is already 99.06 percent completed. Secretary Mark Villar, based on a report by Regional Director Basir Ibrahim of the project’s implementing office DPWH Regional Office 12, said that the road network extends […]
Authorities are hot on the trail of the alleged killer of John Michael Decano, a massage therapist and beautician who was killed more than a year ago and who was erroneously referred to as a broadcaster. Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), through its Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel Egco, recently released to the public […]
Farmers and residents of Barangay Bulawan in Payao Town, Zamboanga Sibugay now have better mobility and access to basic social services with the completion of the farm-to-market road (FMR) project implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Citing a report from DPWH Region 9 Director Cayamombao Dia, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said […]