NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Before I entered government, I was a humanitarian worker who traveled to all 18 regions in the country. I worked with both the United Nations Development Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. On Nov. 8, 2013, Super-typhoon Yolanda...
Public service is a thankless job. Criticisms, now amplified via social media, are part of daily life. Do little, then a public servant is deemed worthless; do more, then a public servant is accused of grandstanding or credit grabbing. It is hard to find the perfect balance but if there is one...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) released “The Project for Study on Improvement of Bridges through Disaster Mitigating Measures for Large-Scale Earthquakes,” a study it undertook in collaboration with the Department of Public Works and Highways...
A significant increase in the fund- ing allocation for infrastructure in Zamboanga Peninsula has led to an additional 1,817 kilometers of roads built in the region since 2016, the Depart- ment of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. According to the department, Region IX received a 257 percent...
With only months left in his term, President Duterte reassured the public that his administration remains committed to its promise of infrastructure development aimed at making the Philippines a progressive nation. President Duterte leads the inauguration of the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) to...
More than 1.48 million jobs have been generated under the government's Build, Build, Build (BBB) infrastructure program during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Friday, Sept. 24. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) Public Works and...
More than 700,000 jobs were generated under the Build, Build, Build program since the beginning of this year, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) disclosed Monday, Sept. 20. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) From January to Aug. 31, 2021, a total of 768,062 jobs were generated under the...
Over a thousand workers nationwide have been hired through the Department of Public Works and Highways' (DPWH) online job fair a month after its launch. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) Under the department's Bigay Trabaho Program, a total of 1,090 workers have been given job opportunities, DPWH...
The road network in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has so far improved with 1,304 kilometers of built and improved roads coupled with 263 completed individual bridges, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. Apayao-Ilocos Norte Road (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) Of the...
After building 1,380.25 kilometers of roads and 570 individual bridges in Eastern Visayas over the last five years, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) revealed that more key infrastructure projects are underway and nearing completion. Tacloban City Bypass Road (Photo courtesy of the...
It started with a 10-kilometer Laguna Lake Highway in the eastern corridor of Metro Manila in 2016 and will now end with additional 1,764 kilometers built roads to improve Calabarzon's road network. Laguna Lake Highway (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) A total of 1,764 kilometers of roads have been...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Seventy-one years ago, on Sept. 7, 1950, the Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 573 that authorized the sending of the Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK) to help South Korea repel the North Korean aggression. The PEFTOK was composed of five battalion...
