Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon raised concern over discrepancies in Siargao infrastructure reports after an on-site inspection revealed several projects were far from finished despite official claims of completion. The DPWH chief visited Surigao del Norte on...
The P189-billion Panay-Guimaras-Negros Island bridges project is fast approaching a key milestone as its detailed engineering designs near completion, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday, Sept. 18. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said the Panay-Guimaras segment, a...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has launched a 24-month feasibility study for the construction and replacement of 25 priority bridges across 11 regions in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, through Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain, said the study...
BOSTON (AP) — For the second straight game, the New York Knicks found themselves in a hole the Boston Celtics have rarely let teams out of this season. The Knicks again found a way — almost the same way, in fact — to pull off the improbable. And now they are two wins away from knocking the...
BACOLOD CITY – Senatorial candidate Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao backs the Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) bridge project for its potential to drive economic growth and create job opportunities in rural areas in Western Visayas. PACQUIAO (Glazyl Masculino) Pacquiao, speaking in a press...
NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges is being traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the New York Knicks, where he will join Jalen Brunson and his other former Villanova teammates, two people with knowledge of the details said Tuesday, June 25. Mikal Bridges (AP) The first trade between the New York rivals...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 (Western Visayas) has sought the creation of a Regional Steering Committee (RSC) to properly coordinate preparations for the proposed bridges connecting the islands of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros. A PERSPECTIVE of the...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges turned himself in to authorities in Lincoln County, North Carolina, on Friday, Oct. 13, after an arrest warrant was issued on domestic violence charges from a 2022 incident. Miles Bridges of the Charlotte Hornets (AFP) The 25-year-old...
ILOILO CITY — In his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 24, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. mentioned the proposed mega-bridges for Western Visayas region as well as improvement in the power transmission highway. Marcos said that the bridges linking the...
Bacolod City Rep. Greg Gasataya welcomed the reassurance of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to link Negros, Panay, and Guimaras via the P189.53-billion Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) Island Bridges Project that starts in 2025. Gasataya, who was present in the second State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA)...
The P8.3-trillion Build Better More (BBM) infrastructure program would address the water shortage and connect islands through bridges and expressways, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Monday, July 24, during his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa...
