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The effects of Typhoon Carina could have been mitigated if the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) had completed its long overdue flood control projects, according to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano. This came after Metro Manila and 5 neighboring provinces were placed under a state of calamity after being submerged by heavy flooding due […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero called on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to put an end to chronic flooding in Metro Manila after Typhoon Carina and southwest monsoon or “habagat” submerged the nation’s capital region and brought it to a halt. Escudero also wants a thorough […]
Riverside communities in Palimbang and Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat are now better protected against flooding with the completion of two flood control structures by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The completed projects identified by DPWH Region 12 Director Basir Ibrahim are the construction of a 400-meter riverbank protection structure in Barangay Baranayan, Municipality […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) confirmed that the current budgetary cost for the New Senate Building (NSB) is now higher than the estimates provided by Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Nancy Binay. “Ito po problema, nung sinubmit niyo additional submissions niyo, luma na ang presyo. Meaning that lagpas na sa P23 billion […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has constructed a 3.95-kilometer section of an ongoing access road that will provide a fast, convenient, affordable, and scenic access to the tourist destinations in the southern part of Sorsogon Province. In a report to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan, DPWH Regional Office 5 Director Virgilio Eduarte cited […]
The rehabilitation of 360-meter Barat Flood Control Structure along Sta. Cruz River, by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), has positively impacted the farmers of Barangay Barat, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan, citing a report from DPWH Region II Director Reynaldo Alconcel, said that since the rehabilitation of flood control structure, […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is undertaking the construction of a flood mitigation structure along the Labiranan River in Barangay San Jose, Dulag, Leyte. According to DPWH Region 8 Director Edgar Tabacon, the project is now 66 percent complete and is being implemented by DPWH Leyte 2nd District Engineering Office to alleviate potential […]
Students, farmers, and other daily road users are now benefiting from an all-weather road constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Barangay Tinagacan, General Santos City. DPWH Region 12 Director Basir Ibrahim, in his report to Secretary Manuel Bonoan, said that the paved road gives two local communities better access to […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently completed the paving of a vital road utilized daily by farmers, students, and residents in the municipality of Polomolok, South Cotabato province. Based on a report submitted by DPWH Region 12 Director Basir Ibrahim to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan, the new 3.5-kilometer concrete road in Barangay Maligo […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently completed the first phase of a long-span bridge project to improve connectivity in the town of Tagudin, Ilocos Sur. In his report to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan and Undersecretary Eugenio Pipo, Jr., DPWH Regional Office I Director Ronnel Tan said that the construction of the 245.9-meter […]