The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has formally demanded payment from LS8 Tourist Transport Corporation following a vehicle fire that caused structural damage to the EDSA-Ortigas Interchange. In a demand letter signed by DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon, the agency cited the fire...
Government infrastructure spending shrank by nearly two-fifths to ₱88.7 billion in the first two months of the year as project completions and the rollout of the current budget slowed progress billing. According to the national government (NG) disbursement report by the Department of Budget and...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon was asked to personally explain to local officials the processes in awarding the unsolicited bridge project in Boracay Island to San Miguel Corp. Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Member Alan Palma Sr. said it is best if...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon inspected on Wednesday, April 29, key bridges in Pandacan, including the Nagtahan Link flyover and Beata Bridge, following reports of missing steel railings and other safety...
The City of Taguig has no ghost projects, Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano said. Cayetano made the statement on Tuesday, April 28, after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) led by Secretary Vince Dizon and local officials inspected the Justice, Law and Order (JLaw)...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada reiterated on Tuesday, April 28, that as far as the 2025 budget Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is concerned, no insertion was made on his part. Estrada said this, citing official records of the Senate’s Legislative Budget Research and Monitoring Office...
Nearly half of the fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill in Navotas has been contained, with no definite timeline for when it will be fully extinguished. This was according to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon, who returned to the site after two weeks. "According...
ILOILO CITY – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan said the awarding by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of the P7.78-billion bridge project linking world-famous Boracay Island to mainland Malay town is against the will of the people. “The continued pursuit of the Boracay...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Monday, April 20, cited President Marcos’ resolve following the reported arrest of Zaldy Co in the Czech Republic. This was the President announced Co 's arrest Thursday night after months. He was apprehended after...
ILOILO CITY – Former Mayor Jerry Treñas, the father of incumbent Mayor Raisa Treñas here, has admitted issuing an order that resulted in the two-year delay of a drainage project by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in this city. Jerry confirmed the June 10, 2025 order in a...
In a bid to address a backlog of more than 144,000 classrooms, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have strengthened their partnership to speed up classroom construction nationwide. DepEd reported that as of January 2026, there is a backlog of...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon pushed the completion of long-delayed projects in the city and province of Iloilo during a visit on Wednesday, April 15. “I need to come because if I don’t come here, there is no sense of urgency. But if I go to an...
