SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- The Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 1 advised travelers and motorists that roads in Ilocos Sur are closed to traffic due to massive rock and soil erosion/slope collapse. As of Thursday, DPWH said in statement that Barangay Balidbid (K0 362+930),...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 1 announced Sunday, August 7, the status of roads in the Ilocos region more than a week after the magnitude-7 earthquake. The DPWH-Ilocos Sur Second District Engineering Office said that Junction...
TUGUEGARAO CITY – The taxing travel by foot on forested areas in remote barangays in Quirino province is now a thing of the past. Photo from DPWH-QDEO The Department of Public Works and Highways-Quirino District Engineering Office reported that the concreting of a 500-meter road linking western...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- The Department of Public Works and Highways in region 1 has advised the commuters to take precautionary measures while traversing affected national roads and bridges in the region, particularly in Ilocos Sur, La Union and in Pangasinan. The Ilocos Sur 2nd District...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Public Works and Highways identified three roads in Ilocos Sur that are not passable, and roads in La Union and Pangasinan that can accommodate only light vehicles. Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez along with DPWH 2nd Pangasinan...
LA UNION – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 1 reported that some areas in Ilocos Sur are either one lane passable or impassable because of big boulders that cascaded following the devastating earthquake that struck the northern Philippines on Wednesday, July 27....
The aftermath of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Northern Philippines in the morning of Wednesday, July 27, left several national and local roads impassable in the province, Benguet Rep. Eric Go Yap said on Wednesday, July 27. Big rocks block the road in Benguet after a 7.0-magnitude...
A couple of lawmakers want President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to unveil his plans for peace and order, agriculture, national security, the economy, and farm-to-market roads in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25. Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez (left) and Negros Oriental...
Farmers slammed President and Department of Agriculture (DA) Chief Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s proposal to prioritize the implementation of farm-to-market network system, calling it a “magnet for corruption.” (Image courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) Marcos, on Monday, July...
A progressive fisherfolk group urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., on Tuesday, July 19, to support food producers instead of constructing more roads and infrastructure if he intends to achieve food security. FARMERS in Western Visayas region are urged to adapt to...
NUEVA VIZCAYA – Winds of change are blowing in the direction of Cagayan province where at least five proposed road networks of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) are now being considered. Nueva Vizcaya Governor Carlos M. Padilla presided the RDC2-Infrastructure Development Committee (IDC)...
ILOILO CITY – A P140-million new road connecting two ports at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province is now open. An aerial view of the new 1.4-kilometer road in Boracay Island. It connects the Cagban Port and Tambisaan Port. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH / MANILA BULLETIN)...
