The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a 3.4-kilometer farm-to-market road (FMR) in Pangasinan that will connect remote barangays to commercial neighborhoods. In his report to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan said the 3.4-kilometer FMR...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Region 1 (Ilocos) has installed safety barriers and painted pedestrian lanes on the intersection of the Manila North Road in Barangay Pennsylvania-Parian Road and Barangay Sevilla national highway here. The...
The Department of Public Works and Highways has reopened the Carlos P. Romulo Bridge or Wawa Bridge on the Camiling-Wawa-Bayambang-Malasiqui-Santa Barbara Road in Barangay Wawa, Bayambang, Pangasinan after a bailey bridge was completed recently. However, only light vehicles are allowed cross the...
Maguindanao and Cotabato City 1st district Rep. Bai Dimple Mastura delivered a poignant privilege speech Monday afternoon, Nov. 7 regarding disaster response and resilience after her district was brought to its knees by severe tropical storm (STS) "Paeng". (4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan's...
After almost a week of being closed to motorists, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) re-opened on Sunday, Nov. 6, the Kennon Road which was shut down due to safety issues following the onslaught of severe tropical storm "Paeng". The Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (JIATF) Kennon,...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Sunday, Nov. 6, that the replacement to the bridge that collapsed in Pangasinan over entry of overloaded trucks is already nearing completion. In a report, the DPWH Regional Office 1 said it already installed a 45-meter span of the...
SABANGAN, Mountain Province – A P34-million evacuation center will soon rise in Barangay Data in this municipality. Local officials on Thursday, Nov. 3, held the groundbreaking ceremony for the project funded by the 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA). The project is implemented by the...
Tropical Storm “Paeng”, which hammered most all parts of the country, left at least P2.09 billion in damage to national roads, bridges and other government infrastructures, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported on Thursday, Nov. 3. Citing a report from the DPWH Bureau of...
A ranking solon has called on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to take preventive measures against landslides that endanger the families living near Mt. Arayat in Pampanga. Mt. Arayat (Photo courtesy of the Pampanga...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman on Wednesday, Nov. 2, threw his support behind President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s push to establish a district office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) after an...
At least 27 main roads in eight typhoon-stricken regions in the country are still impassable as of Wednesday morning, Nov. 2, as a result of the onslaught of typhoon “Paeng”, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. Based on its monitoring, the DPWH said seven of the impassable...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has recommended the establishment of a district office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to expedite repairs of bridges and national roads after the onslaught of natural calamities....
