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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will be deploying an additional water master dredger with rake attachment to control the proliferation of water hyacinth that hamper the waterflow and ferry boat operation in the Pasig River. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said that the DPWH Sagip Manila Bay Team reported its recent DPWH coordination […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a 5.9-kilometer farm-to-market road (FMR) project in the municipality of Kadilingan, Bukidnon Province. According to DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, the completed the FMR project in the amount of P67-million is a convergence project of DPWH with the Department of Agrarian Reform – Mindanao Sustainable Agrarian […]
A long walk to the deep well just to fetch water in some public schools in Samar will no longer be needed with the recent installation by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of rainwater collection systems (RWCS). According to DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, 20 units of 4,000-liter tanks have been installed in various […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said the recent completion of various road improvements along Roman Expressway will further boost the economic potential of Bataan Province. Citing DPWH Bataan 2nd District Engineering Office’s report, Villar said that Roman Expressway – a national arterial road traversing 10 Bataan towns – was the recent recipient of […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced the completion of a 128-bed capacity quarantine/isolation healthcare facility in Barangay Dagatan, Lipa City, Batangas. “Our DPWH Batangas 4th District Engineering Office has finished the conversion of Lipa Academy of Sports, Culture, and Arts (LASCA) into a temporary medical facility for individuals who will be identified as […]
A “pop-up” hospital is now being built at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City to boost the hospital’s health care capacity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The 16-bed capacity modular hospital is being put up by the DPWH Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Local and National Health Facilities that will support […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced the opening of the biggest mega quarantine facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Metro Manila. Villar said the 525-bed capacity Solaire-PAGCOR Mega Quarantine Center located at at the Bagong Nayong Pilipino in Parañaque City was funded by the Razon Group. The facility was inaugurated along with a newly-constructed […]
Additional quarantine and isolation facilities at the Davao International Airport are being built by the Department of Public Works and Highways for arriving airline passengers. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said he has instructed DPWH Undersecretary and Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Local and National Facilities Emil Sadain to put up more isolation facilities for […]
Works are on-going for the building of a 64-bed capacity dormitory/isolation facility for frontliners in Cebu City. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that the project, which involves the conversion of container vans into a 16-bed capacity isolation facility at Lot 17, NOAH Complex, South Road Properties, Cebu City is aimed for completion […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways is proposing in its 2021 budget the inclusion of the Cagayan de Oro Coastal Road Phase 2 project that will extend the coastal road from Barangay Puerto in Opol, Misamis Oriental to Barangay Gusa in Cagayan De Oro City. “To further ease mobility in the city, we hope […]