Employees of DPWH Nueva Vizcaya 2nd District Engineering Office brought the Bayanihan spirit alive by helping the repainting of classroom tables and chairs at the Naruron Primary School for this year’s Brigada Eskwela.
The District Engineering Offices (DEOs) of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Region 6 embraced the “Adopt-a-School 2016” program of the Department of Education (DepEd) by stepping up efforts to prepare classrooms, school grounds, and roads for the incoming academic year.
In coordination with DepEd, a total of twelve (12) schools were identified by the DPWH to benefit the said program. Capiz 1st DEO and Iloilo 1st DEO identified two (2) schools to be adopted while the rest of the eight (8) DEOs have one (1) school each.
To keep the Bayanihan Spirit alive, employees of DPWH Regional Office participated in this year’s Brigada Eskwela, joining the Las Mujeres, TFZ, 4 P’s, Kabalikat, alumni, barangay official workers and other volunteers in helping clean-up of the Catalina Vda de Jalon Memorial School in Tumaga, Zamboanga City.
A total of 348 school buildings under Department of Education’s Basic Education Facilities Fund (BEFF) are now ready for the opening of classes in June, according to a report from DPWH Regional Office XII - Director Reynaldo S. Tamayo during the Project Status Implementation Meeting last May 16, 2016.
Under BEFF, 631 school building projects comprising of 2,510 classrooms with an aggregate cost of P 3,169,109.90 are programmed under the eight District Engineering Offices of DPWH XII.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Biliran District Engineering Office (BDEO) is targeting to finish all its flood control projects in June, in time before the start of the rainy season.
The Department of Public Works and Highways supported the Brigada Skwela Campaign of the Department of Education through a community extension done last June 3, 2016 at the Cagayan de Oro National High School, Nazareth this city.
The DPWH team headed by Regional Director Evelyn T. Barroso, Assistant Regional Director Efren A. Berba, the Division Chiefs and the rest of the staff and personnel enthusiastically painted the landscapes of the school grounds making it look more vibrant with the creative mix of colors.
The Department of Public Works and Highways Cavite I District Engineering Office has joined in the turn-over ceremony of the newly constructed P40-million school building project under the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR).
His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III led the turn-over of new 4-storey, 20-classroom structure to Carmona Elementary School in Barangay Poblacion, Carmona, Cavite, built under the “Matuwid na Daan sa Silid-Aralan” Program which aims to provide more classrooms and alleviate school building shortage in the Philippines.
DPWH Batangas III District Engineering Office together with the Honorable Congressman Nelson “Sonny” P. Collantes, 3rd District of Batangas, Honorable Mayor Daniel D. Reyes, Agoncillo, Batangas, Members of Sangguniang Bayan, Barangay Chairmen and Mrs. Maitet Collantes, inaugurated the Kulafu Bridge last April 29, 2016.
This Bridge project endorsed by Congressman Collantes is one of the significant accomplishments of the District Engineering Office.
A DPWH public portal that will serve as a source of open data for monitoring and management of river flows in the country will soon be available.
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio L. Singson said the DPWH has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Water Security for Resilient Economic Growth and Stability (Be Secure) Project to come up with a website that will transform DPWH’s current stream flow data sets into digitized format to be used in incorporating measures to flood mitigation and management.
To resolve the gap in student classroom ratio in Western Mindanao, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region IX fast tracks the implementation of school building projects in time for the opening of classes in June.
As of May 31, 2016, DPWH IX completed 311 classrooms while 1,139 classrooms are on-going for a total cost of Ph2.1B under the Basic Educational Facilities Fund of the Department of Education (DepEd).