More than 1.48 million jobs have been generated under the government's Build, Build, Build (BBB) infrastructure program during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Friday, Sept. 24. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) Public Works and...
More than 700,000 jobs were generated under the Build, Build, Build program since the beginning of this year, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) disclosed Monday, Sept. 20. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) From January to Aug. 31, 2021, a total of 768,062 jobs were generated under the...
Over a thousand workers nationwide have been hired through the Department of Public Works and Highways' (DPWH) online job fair a month after its launch. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) Under the department's Bigay Trabaho Program, a total of 1,090 workers have been given job opportunities, DPWH...
The road network in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has so far improved with 1,304 kilometers of built and improved roads coupled with 263 completed individual bridges, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. Apayao-Ilocos Norte Road (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) Of the...
After building 1,380.25 kilometers of roads and 570 individual bridges in Eastern Visayas over the last five years, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) revealed that more key infrastructure projects are underway and nearing completion. Tacloban City Bypass Road (Photo courtesy of the...
It started with a 10-kilometer Laguna Lake Highway in the eastern corridor of Metro Manila in 2016 and will now end with additional 1,764 kilometers built roads to improve Calabarzon's road network. Laguna Lake Highway (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) A total of 1,764 kilometers of roads have been...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Seventy-one years ago, on Sept. 7, 1950, the Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 573 that authorized the sending of the Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK) to help South Korea repel the North Korean aggression. The PEFTOK was composed of five battalion...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed that China will continue to support the Duterte administration's flagship infrastructure modernization program and, perhaps more urgently, its aim to locally produce vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Xi Jinping of China and...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the government will continue to invest heavily in infrastructure projects next year, but at the same time provide essential funding support to foster socioeconomic recovery. In a statement, the DBM said Monday, August 23, that the national...
Anna Mae Y. Lamentillo In the second quarter of 2021, Philippines’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 11.8 percent, the highest since the fourth quarter of 1988. The biggest contributor to the increase was the construction sector, which is pegged at 25.7 percent. It was followed by...
A modern government media facility will soon rise in the Visayas after an allocation of ₱ 200 million has been approved by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo/PCOO) Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar...
Disbursements amounting over P4.2 billion for various infrastructure projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have been suspended by the Commission on Audit (COA) for being made ‘without proper and complete supporting documents.” Infrastructure worker COA released on...
