The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) advised motorists regularly using EDSA to take alternate routes from Aug. 4 to 9 to avoid expected heavy traffic volume amid the almost week-long repair of potholes and damaged portions along the stretch of Metro Manila’s busiest road. MMDA...
Senators on Tuesday, August 1 wanted the perennial flooding problems that affect the country annually eased or solved. This followed a manifestation on the Senate floor by Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regarding the continued flooding...
The Senate public works committee is to set to summon Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairperson Romando S. Artes to demand answers on the still unresolved flooding in the country that continues to recur...
Tacloban City, Leyte after being pummeled by Super Typhoon "Yolanda" in November 2013. (MANILA BULLETIN) House leaders have filed a measure that seeks to strengthen the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) by adding a vice chairman to the composition of the body. House...
A total of 25 roads were cleared and reopened to public after being damaged due to the onslaught of super typhoon “Egay” (international name: Doksuri), the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported. As of 12 noon Friday, July 28, the DPWH Bureau of Maintenance said that 14...
At least 27 road sections in Luzon were damaged due to the onslaught of Typhoon “Egay”, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Wednesday, July 27. Citing data from the field, the DPWH said 14 road sections in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) are currently not passable...
At least six road sections in Luzon and Mindanao were damaged due to the onslaught of typhoon "Egay", the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Tuesday, July 26. Based on the report of the DPWH, two road sections in Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) and Cordillera Administrative...
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – The construction of a 364-meter flood mitigation structure worth P72 million in this city is underway and is expected to be completed this year. In a statement, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Ilocos region information officer Esperanza Tinaza said the...
The construction of the new Senate building in Taguig City is expected to be completed next year, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. *(Photo courtesy of DPWH) * DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan revealed this as he led the topping-off ceremony at the new Senate Building Project in...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should act on the complaints of environmentalists and business groups that are opposing the construction of the P23-billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) Bridge. Sen. Risa Hontiveros during the Kapihan sa Senado forum. (Senate PRIB...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a P34.4-million flood control project in Calinog, Iloilo. THE P34.4-million flood control project in Calinog town, Iloilo province. (DPWH-6) “Its design serves as a catch basin for mountain water and is resilient to...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Works, on Thursday, July 13, urged the leadership of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to immediately act on the flooding of roads in the Metro. ...
