The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is targeting the breakthrough of the southbound tunnel of the 45.5-kilometer Davao City Bypass within the third quarter of 2025. In a report to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain said only 32 meters of excavation...
BACOLOD CITY – A P12-billion tunnel connecting Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental to Tayasan town in Negros Oriental has been proposed to create a shorter route between the two provinces. Himamaylan City Mayor Raymund Tongson Jr. announced the plan after taking his oath for his third and final...
AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. (Photo: AFP) The construction of the Metro Manila subway provides a strategic advantage for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), military chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. said on Friday, Jan. 17. Brawner made the remark a day after he graced the launching of...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Friday, June 16, that it has finished a total of 1.3 kilometers of tunnel civil works for the mountain tunnel component of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project. *(Courtesy of DPWH) * This means that the DPWH successfully...
Japan believes that the "new dawn for the Philippines' transportation story" is now "on the horizon" as a new subway project that will connect the north and the south of Metro Manila comes into effect. Matsuda Kenichi, Japanese Embassy in the Philippines minister and deputy chief of mission, made...
Tunneling on P488.5-B Metro Manila Subway starts today By EMMIE V. ABADILLA Tunneling work on the P488.5-billion Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) started Monday, Jan. 9, as President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the launch of the first of six tunnel boring machines (TBM) at the subway's depot in...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has targeted to open the initial 10.7 kilometer central portion of the 45.5 kilometer Davao City Bypass Construction Project by 2024 as it accelerates excavation works in the twin-tube road mountain tunnel. DPWH Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain...
ITOGON, Benguet – Three miners were rescued from a tunnel that collapsed in Sitio Pukis, Barangay Ampucao here Friday, July 22. The Itogon Municipal Police Station identified the survivors as Benedict Palen Abuan, 44, married, private miner; Frederick Palen Abuan, 35, also a private miner,...
The first ever long-distance road mountain tunnel in the Philippines will soon be established in Davao City. (Photo courtesy of DPWH) The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Friday, June 10, that it has reached a “new milestone” in the Davao City Bypass Construction Project with...
The country has a reached a "major milestone" in the fight against the pandemic with the start of the mass vaccination, particularly the essential workers in the public and private sectors, President Duterte declared Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a vial of coronavirus vaccine developed by...
CAVITE - Kaybiang Tunnel will not be open to tourists anymore, the provincial government announced on Wednesday (March 17). (Governor Jonvic Remulla / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, Governor Jonvic Remulla said the local government unit (LGU) has been receiving a number of complaints...
