Tag: Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)

DPWH resumes construction work of flagship infra projects in Metro Manila

(Eagle News) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has resumed construction of its flagship projects in Metro Manila. In a statement, the DPWH said that it has restarted construction activities at the Bonifacio Global City-Ortigas Center Link Road Project; the Estrella-Panteon Bridge Project connecting Makati and Mandaluyong; and the Binondo-Intramuros Bridge in Manila. Prior to suspension of construction works in March due to the enhanced community quarantine, the BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road […]

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DPWH converts shipping containers into COVID-19 mobile health facility

(Eagle News) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is converting shipping containers into mobile health facilities, amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the country. In a statement, DPWH secretary Mark Villar said that the DPWH-National Capital Region (NCR) has already converted a shipping container into a “prototype health facility”. He said that the agency has already prepared design plans to create mobile field hospitals by joining together four high cube containers measuring […]

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COVID-19 center at ULTRA completed, quarantine facilities at Philippine Arena to be finished “in 10 days or less”: DPWH

(Eagle News) – A 132-bed COVID-19 facility at the Philippine Sports Arena or ULTRA in Pasig City has been completed within three days, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). In a statement, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said that the health facility at UTRA, which has been repurposed into an isolation and treatment facility by setting up cubicles as makeshift hospital rooms, was “[b]uilt in super quick time from April 15 to […]

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Newly-completed COVID-19 health facility at PICC turned over to PNP: DPWH

(Eagle News) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Wednesday, April 15, turned over to the Philippine National Police Medical Corps the newly-completed health facility at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City. In a statement, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said that the “makeshift hospital at PICC Forum Tent has 294 patient cubicles and 6 nurse stations”, and “will cater to patients with mild to moderate cases of corona virus […]

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Rockfall at landslide, naranasan sa Calbayog City dulot ng bagyong Agaton

Ni Miriam Timan Eagle News Service CALBAYOG CITY, Western Samar (Eagle News) – Nag-iwan ng matinding pinsala ang bagyong Agaton na hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay patuloy ang pag-ulan. Sa Daang Maharlika, Brgy. Cagnipa, Calbayog City, Western Samar ay may bumagsak na malaking bato  nitong Miyerkules, ika-3 ng Enero, bandang alas 4 ng madaling araw, dahil sa lumambot na lupa. Ayon kay Ginoong Ronald Ricafort, officer in charge ng City Tourism Office, hindi maaaring daanan ang […]

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PH to pay P586-M of total Panguil Bay Bridge project

MANILA, Apr. 29 — The national budget will fund P586 million of the total P4.9 billion cost for the construction of the pioneering Panguil Bay Bridge project in Northern Mindanao, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said during the ceremonial signing today of the loan agreement between the Philippine Government and the Export-Import Bank of Korea-Economic Development Cooperation Fund (KEXIM-EDCF). P4.2 billion will be funded through loan proceeds, while the remaining P586 million will be […]

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House panels approve bill creating Quezon-Bicol Expressway

THE development and progress among regions in Southern Luzon is expected to be enhanced by a bill seeking to establish the Quezon-Bicol Expressway, which has already been endorsed for plenary approval. The House Committees on Southern Tagalog Development chaired by Rep. Isidro S. Rodriguez, Jr. (2nd District, Rizal) and on Appropriations chaired by Rep. Isidro T. Ungab (3rd District, Davao City) have both approved House Bill 6475 or the proposed “Quezon-Bicol Expressway Act” and have […]

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