With only a year to go before wrapping up, the "Build, Build, Build" infrastructure modernization program of the Duterte administration has already more than 30,000 kilometers (km) of built and improved roads and bridges under its belt. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar (second from right) leads an...
Only a severe weather event can derail the scheduled completion and opening of the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge next month, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar reckoned on Monday, June 21. Villar said there are "only few activities" left to be done on the bridge,...
While he has always been critical of President Duterte, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has agreed with the way he has taken care of the needs of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Malacañang/Trillanes Facebook) “Doon...
Over 6.5 million jobs have been generated under the Duterte administration's flagship "Build, Build, Build" infrastructure modernization program since 2016. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar standing on the newly-opened Kalayaan Bridge. (Photo by JM Pagulayan) Thus, bared Department of Public Works and...
With less than a year left in the Duterte administration, a presidential adviser has urged whomever will be the next leader of the country to continue and fast-track the “good work” that has been done under the President’s term. Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The first time I joined the President’s delegation — we were in Bicol region. Typhoon Nina, internationally known as Nock-ten, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on December 23, 2016. It intensified into a typhoon on December 24 and made...
The construction of the China government-funded Binondo-Intramuros Bridge in the city of Manila has reached a completion rate of 68 percent as of Wednesday, June 16. The Binondo-Intramuros Bridge (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) Thus, bared the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as it...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have teamed up to address the plight of public utility vehicle (PUV) workers--a sector that had been brought to its knees by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (left) and...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Before my stint at “Build, Build, Build,” I worked with United Nations Development Program and Food and Agriculture Organization on their Typhoon Haiyan Response (locally known as Typhoon Yolanda). The first time I saw Tacloban (after the onslaught of Yolanda),...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Build, Build, Build Committee Chairperson Anna Mae Lamentillo is now an officer of the Army reserve force. DPWH Build, Build, Build Committee Chairperson Anna Mae Lamentillo takes her oath during her commissioning ceremony on June 7, 2021. (MANILA...
Some people may not have been blown away by the celestial spectacle Wednesday, May 26 that was the Super Flower Blood Moon, or maybe they were simply too busy to enjoy it. (Screengrab from Mark Villar's Facebook) Don't fret; Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar...
Local government units have until June 30 this year to submit all the documentary requirements for the P13.6 billion local government support fund-financial assistance to local government units (LGSF-FALGUs) for local infrastructure and development projects, the Department of the Interior and Local...
