Local Building Officials from Metro Manila and nearby provinces participated on a seminar-workshop on the National Building Code of the Philippines and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) at Bayview Park Hotel, Manila on July 23 to 25, 2014.
The national government thru the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is pursuing the construction of flood walls in flood prone areas to combat flooding within and outside of Metro Manila. In the inspection conducted by Secretary Rogelio L. Singson with District Engineer Ramiro M. Cruz (at left) of Bulacan Second Engineering District Office at the on-going construction of flood control wall along Palasan River in Obando, Bulacan, Barangay Chairman Benedicto Sta.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is at present crafting the Green Building Code (GBC), a separate referral code adherent to the National Building Code and its IRR.
DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson said that under the National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP), the DPWH has the authority to revise, amend or create a separate referral code in conformation with NBCP and its IRR to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, consistent with the principles of environmental management and control.
The on-going Samar Road Rehabilitation Project under the United States Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Grant Secondary National Roads Development Program has provided equal employment opportunities for women to increase their productivity in line with Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) poverty reduction program and women empowerment advocacy. Women local residents on the basis of proximity to project areas are tapped to direct vehicular traffic along the on-going 222 kilometer Samar Road Rehabilitation Project.
The on-going Samar Road Rehabilitation Project under the United States Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Grant Secondary National Roads Development Program has provided equal employment opportunities for women to increase their productivity in line with Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) poverty reduction program and women empowerment advocacy. Women local residents on the basis of proximity to project areas are tapped to direct vehicular traffic along the on-going 222 kilometer Samar Road Rehabilitation Project.
“We did not stop the P5 Billion high priority impact flood control projects included in our Flood Management Master Plan for Metro Manila and its surrounding in Central Luzon and Laguna Lake.”
DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson issued this statement after a national newspaper has published a story, titled, “DPWH stops P5-B flood control works.”
DPWH SITUATIONAL REPORT
17 July 2014
LIST OF ROAD SECTIONS IN REGION V
Affected by Tropical Storm “GLENDA”
(Source: DPWH Region 5)
We wish to inform the public that as of 6:00AM of 17 July 2014, the following Major/Secondary Roads in Region V are PASSABLE/NOT PASSABLE due to the effects of Tropical Storm Glenda:
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has alerted the District and Regional Office Disaster Risk Reduction Management Teams in Region 5 to undertake quick response to any eventualities that may be brought by Tropical Storm “Glenda”.
With the public storm warning raised over Bicol Region, DPWH equipment and skeletal force and camineros are on standby for response.
All road networks in the region are passable as of 6:30 this morning (July 15, 2014) as field monitoring is continuously being done.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was cited as one among the most gender-responsive agencies in the Philippine bureaucracy.
A citation from Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) was given to the Department of Public Works and Highways for being one (1) of the four (4) top gender responsive agencies in the Search for the Most Outstanding Gender Responsive Agency under GADtimpala 2013 (Gender and Development Transformation and Institutionalization through Mainstreaming of Programs, Advocacies, Linkages and Actions) in upholding rights of women and gender mainstreaming efforts particularly in developing gender-responsive tools for infrastructure projects. Handing over the award to DPWH Secretary Rogelio L.