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DPWH builds road for adventure tourism in Zambales

The Province of Zambales, as sports adventure enthusiasts increasingly discover, will soon be directly connected with Tarlac within one (1) hour and twenty (20) minutes.

Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar said that the DPWH is targeting to complete the construction of the 5 kilometers missing gap at Zambales Section of the 81 kilometers Capas (Tarlac Province) -Botolan (Zambales Province) Road this November.

DPWH Responds to 5.1-Magnitude Earthquake Aftershock

A month and a half after the 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the province of Leyte last July 6, 2017, another magnitude 5.1 aftershock hit the area at around 6:26 AM on Wednesday, August 23, 2015. Trauma was yet again experienced by the citizens. From the statement of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the epicenter of the said earthquake was Talisayan, Albuera, Leyte, an area near the previous epicenter—Ormoc.

SAMAKANA: Helping children, changing lives

For the third year running, the Samahan ng mga Kawaning Nagkakaisa (SAMAKANA) brought joy to fifty-one (51) school children of Mainit Elementary School in Laur, Nueva Ecija through the Sagip-Eskwela Project on July 18, 2017.

SAMAKANA President Marlon G. Hernandez expressed his enthusiasm on the support of the District employees as well as the office stakeholders on the project.

Cash donations received by the employee’s union was used to purchase t-shirts, slippers and school supplies.

2nd NEDEO Sets to Construct, Rehab and Widen 14 Bridges along National Roads in 3rd and 4th LD

Scheduled to be implemented in 2017 are sixteen (16) projects that include the construction, rehabilitation and retrofitting and widening of permanent bridges to more than two (2) lanes at the 3rd and 4th legislative districts of Nueva Ecija.

These projects amounting to P537,573,000 are seen to greatly improve the ease in travel of motorists plying the province’s major highways.

DPWH Marks Halfway Completion of Tagoloan Flood Control

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now halfway complete with the construction of 642-meter flood control dike in Tagoloan River in the town of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

The Tagoloan River Sub-Project – Stage 1, which is being implemented by the Unified Project Management Office-Flood Control Management Cluster (UPMO-FCMC), will soon be functional to help strengthen the capability in disaster risk management of areas within and near the said river.

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