The construction of a "mega modular hospital" within the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) in Mandaluyong City has begun, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday, April 29. Planning for the DPWH mega modular hospital. (Photo courtesy of DPWH) Public Works and...
Motorists may get to use the much -awaited Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge this coming July, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) bared. OPENING SOON-- The Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge that links the cities of Mandaluyong and Makati is set for completion in July 2021. (Photo courtesy of DPWH)...
Amid the spread of community pantries in the Philippines, Senator Cynthia Villar pitched the establishment of "community gardens" where people can grow their own food and share in times of calamities or public health emergencies, such as the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Senator...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar This was the word used by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) to describe the growing gap between the number of vaccines available to rich countries and the measly numbers given to developing countries. The latter rely mainly on...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar on Tuesday, April 27, sought a Senate-Malacañang compromise on a controversial presidential order increasing a minimum access value (MAV) of and reducing tariff rates on pork imports. Senator Cynthia Villar during the hybrid hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole on...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) took to Facebook Monday, April 26 to flex its growing list of accomplishments under the Duterte administration during the past five years. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo from DOTr Facebook page) Since the agency covers the land, sea, and air sectors, the...
No wonder President Duterte thinks Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar is "amazing". (DPWH Secretary Mark Villar/ Photo screengrab from PCOO Facebook page) Villar, the Duterte administration's chief builder, said during the pre-SONA (State of the Nation Address)...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Monday, April 26, praised the reported achievements of government agencies in implementing the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), particularly the funds meant to aid local rice farmers amid the liberalized importation of the commodity. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo/Jansen Romero)...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started building another set of "pop-up" hospitals at the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) in Quezon City, the agency said in a statement Sunday, April 25. DPWH secretary and isolation czar Mark A. Villar said that the modular health...
A modular hemodialysis facility will soon rise within the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City to accommodate patients with kidney illness who need to undergo regular lifesaving treatment amid the surging cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). NKTI Hemo-Facility The...
The construction of the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge that links Mandaluyong and Makati has entered the "wrap-up" stage, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Saturday, April 24. Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge The bridge project entering the "wrap-up" stage means the substructure and...
Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc., one of the country’s leading integrated property developers and the largest homebuilder, reported a 45 percent decline in consolidated net income to P6.4 billion last year due to the impact of the pandemic. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...
