TACLOBAN CITY — The four-lane Tacloban bypass road designed to decongest the city’s major thoroughfare will be completely passable next year, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported on Tuesday. The PHP924.55-million project, which has been implemented in five phases since 2015, is up for completion in August 2019. DPWH Regional Director Edgar Tabacon […]
Iloilo province eyes more upgrade for 12 hospitals
ILOILO CITY — The 12 hospitals run by the provincial government here will get more improvement this year. One of the main features of the PHP559 million supplemental budget approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan(SP) last week answers all the needed requirements of hospitals as far as infrastructure is concerned, Provincial Administrator Raul Banias said in a […]
Laguna Lake Highway now open to public
MANILA – Laguna Lake Highway – The six-kilometer stretch of the Laguna Lake Expressway from ML Quezon Avenue to Napindan Bridge in Taguig City, south of Metro Manila, is now open to the public. Once fully operational, travel time from Bicutan in Taguig City to the municipality of Taytay in Rizal province would take just […]
China promises ‘corruption-free’ infrastructure aid to Philippines
MANILA – China will increase infrastructure assistance to the Philippines under “corruption-free” agreements, as ties between the two countries improved under President Rodrigo Duterte, Beijing’s envoy said Friday. The Chinese government hopes Duterte will secure “emergency powers” to speed up his infrastructure overhaul, Ambassador Zhao Jianhua said, adding a new government would bring “uncertainty.” Zhao […]
Japan signs 3 grants for PH medical, educational facilities
MANILA — The Japanese government signed this week three new grant contracts focused on enhancing and building medical and educational infrastructures. The new approved contracts of the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) will provide a total of nine units of classrooms to Leuteboro National High School in Socorro, Oriental Mindoro; two operating […]
Projects to look forward to this 2018
After six administrations, the road traversing the old Smokey Mountain area congested by informal settlers is now a high-capacity highway helping offset the usual heavy volume of vehicles in major highways like EDSA and C5. The 9.7-kilometer R-10 stretching from Delpan Bridge, Tondo, Manila, to the mouth of the Malabon River at Bangkulasi Bridge, C-4 […]
571 infrastructure projects had been completed in Eastern Visayas region in 2017
At least 571 infrastructure projects had been completed in Eastern Visayas region in 2017 as the government poured more investments in widening of roads and upgrading of bridges. Edgar Tabacon, Regional Director of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), said on Thursday that the region has constructed and upgraded 369 roads, 182 bridges […]
DPWH completes construction of 36 school buildings in Isabela
Thousands of students in seven (7) towns of the province of Isabela can now utilize the 36 new school buildings constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). School buildings in Isabela Composed of 14 single-storey, 11 two-storey, five (5) three-storey, and six (6) four-storey buildings, these projects were implemented to accommodate the […]
DPWH: Albay and Sorsogon to have an alternative road soon
An alternative route that can reduce as much as three (3) hours travel time between Manito, Albay and Bacon, Sorsogon is being fast tracked for completion in 2018 by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). DPWH Region 5 Director Danilo E. Versola said the Bacon-Manito Road which will be a 15.3-kilometer, 2-lane road […]