The implementation of the EDSA upgrade may be moved to after the rainy season as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reviewed a revised rehabilitation plan aimed at adopting faster and more cost-efficient construction methods. “We are testing the structural bearing capacity of the...
Amid steady rains sweeping across the country, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has resumed dredging operations in major rivers and esteros as part of intensified efforts to ease flooding in low-lying and flood-prone areas this rainy season. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has called on its engineers and officials to adopt innovative solutions and fast-track project implementation in support of the Marcos administration’s infrastructure program under the Bagong Pilipinas agenda. DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways to expedite work at the heritage district here. UNFINISHED work by the DPWH on Calle Real in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) In a letter dated Dec. 17 to Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, the mayor asked the agency...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Sec. Manuel M. Bonoan (File photo) The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has allocated a total of P209 million for the rehabilitation of the Lucena-Tayabas-Lucban-Sampaloc-Mauban Port road in Quezon province after it was damaged due to...
Solving the flood problems that are expected to be intensified by the upcoming La Niña phenomenon would require reforestation efforts and the desilting and dredging of major riverbeds, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan said on Tuesday, May 7. President...
(Photo by DPWH) The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a P33.78-million flood control structure along Mag-asawang Tubig River in Oriental Mindoro, ensuring the protection of low-lying and flood-prone communities there. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said that a 20-lineal...
Senators on Tuesday, October 10 urged Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan to make a decisive move as they question the agency’s inability to relocate electric posts in the middle of widened roads. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Sec. Manuel Bonoan...
For the public, road construction can be an eyesore as well as a source of headache due to the traffic congestion it brings, especially when it's fresh in the memory that it's just been built and once again being repaved. Department of Public Works and Highways Sec. Manuel Bonoan presents the...
Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan disagreed that the construction of various infrastructure projects has affected the drainage systems and waterways in Bulacan and caused the massive flooding there recently. Councilors Coach Geli Bulaong and Troy Aldaba fearlessly went down into the...
Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan on Tuesday, Aug. 8, defended the agency’s flood-control projects amid mounting criticisms of unresolved problem of flooding. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan (RTVM screenshot) Although the official admitted that there are some delays in...
The construction of the new Senate building in Taguig City is expected to be completed next year, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. *(Photo courtesy of DPWH) * DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan revealed this as he led the topping-off ceremony at the new Senate Building Project in...
