The perennial flooding in Metro Manila is back on the agenda of President Benigno Aquino III following Thursday’s downpour that triggered flash floods and snarled traffic for hours across the capital.
The Philippine government through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will fuel more activities for the construction industry in the country with a P144.3 budget billion road projects and P20 billion for tourism support infrastructure this year.
It’s one of those lingering mysteries for residents and motorists: How come a street that looks perfectly fine is suddenly repaired for no apparent reason?
It’s one of those lingering mysteries for residents and motorists: How come a street that looks perfectly fine is suddenly repaired for no apparent reason? A civil society group on Saturday assailed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for undertaking “reblocking” projects on several roads that appeared to be still in good [...]
More than a dozen Department of Public Works and Highways employees and at least 20 local contractors are being investigated by the DPWH for their involvement in the allegedly anomalous Burauen-Albueva road project in Leyte for which the government spent about half a billion pesos between 2004 and 2010.
To address the growing number of vehicles using the Skyway System’s elevated and at-grade toll road sections going toward Makati via the Edsa-Magallanes flyover, Skyway O&M Corp. (Somco) is currently widening the toll road portion from the Skyway Magallanes off-ramp to connect it to the 250-meter road portion which was widened last year on the suggestion of Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson.
To provide better access for tourists, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is building a road leading to the popular Kapurpurawan white rock formation in Burgos, Ilocos Sur.
Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson warned the public anew about unscrupulous people using his name and that of the Department of Public Works and Highways for non-existent DPWH raffles, sports events and other fake fund-raising activities.
Taking advantage of the relatively low number of vehicles plying the streets of Metro Manila during Holy Week, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will undertake road repairs starting midnight of Holy Thursday until Easter Sunday in various parts of the Metro, including portions of the 23-kilometer Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa), the country’s busiest thoroughfare.
Taking advantage of the relatively low volume of vehicles in Metro Manila during the Holy Week, the Department of Public Works and Highways is set to undertake road repairs in various parts of the metropolis, mostly involving sections of the 23-kilometer Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, the country’s busiest thoroughfare.
While admitting that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was handicapped by “negative perceptions and the stigma of being one of the most corrupt government agencies,” Secretary Rogelio Singson nevertheless stressed the DPWH was “slowly gaining ground in its paradigm shift to elevate the essence of public service.”
The wild weather has once again exposed Metro Manila’s vulnerability to floods despite government stepped up efforts to fight the deluge.
Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson has doubled the 2013 infrastructure budget for repaving national roads in the Cordillera to help speed up road improvement in the upland region, an official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here said.
