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Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar recently inspected the Mangatarem-Sta. Cruz Road or “Daang Kalikasan,” a mountain road project linking the Provinces of Pangasinan and Zambales dubbed to ensure that its construction is on track. Villar said that “Daang Kalikasan” which passes through rolling hills and mountains will soon be an emerging tourist attraction […]
Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) met recently to strengthen Philippines’ coastal management program and policies. The talk between DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, JICA Coastal Disasters and Management in the Philippines Senior Representative Ayumu Oshima, Undersecretaries Emil K. Sadain and Roberto R. Bernardo centered […]
The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc. (PHILRECA), National Association of General Managers of Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (NAGMEC), and the National Center of Electric Cooperative Consumers, Inc. (NCECCO) slammed the National Association of Electric Consumers for Reforms, Inc. (NASECORE) over its “absolutely erroneous and outright malicious” allegations against National Electrification Administration (NEA) Administrator Edgardo R. […]
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said the Malabon Exit of the NLEX Harbor Link C3-R10 Section on Dagat-Dagatan Avenue will officially open on February 21. This as Villar ordered NLEX Corp. to finish the Malabon Exit of the NLEX Harbor Link in seven days. The public works head and NLEX […]
Former Catanduanes police officer Vincent Tacorda, who initially confessed, but later denied his statement of killing 54-year-old Catanduanes-based newspaper publisher Larry Sy Que, was found guilty in a separate frustrated murder case. In an 11-page decision released on February 14, Virac Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 42 Presiding Judge Genie G. Gapas-Agbada convicted Tacorda in […]
A new 154.8-meter bridge on the Minuhang Cabarasan Road is now providing residents ease of travel to other parts of Barangay Minuhang, in Barugo town, Leyte. Citing a report from Region 8 Director Nerie Bueno, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the DPWH Leyte 2nd District Engineering Office (DEO) has recently completed the new permanent P142.3-million […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has warned contractors with delayed projects anew as it ordered the blacklisting of a contractor for its failure to finish on time the construction of a school building project in Cavite. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar is hoping that the banning of St. Gerrard Construction, General Contractor and […]
Quezon City Representative Precious Hipolito-Castelo yesterday called for the construction of the country’s first quarantine facility to help the country deal with situations such as the novel coronavirus threat. Hipolito-Castelo, vice chairman of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development, said there was an obvious struggle among authorities as to where they should quarantine persons […]
The Bonifacio Global City (BGC) to Ortigas Center Road Link Project is now 45 percent complete, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has reported. During inspection of the P1.6-billion project, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said that once finished, the road link will be a traffic game changer as it will reduce to […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now speeding up the construction and improvement of access roads leading to seaports in Lucena City, Quezon Province. Expected to boost tourism, improve the delivery of goods and services, and reduce transportation costs, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the project’s 79 percent completion rate is good […]