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Villar relieves engineer involved in alleged extortion try

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar has relieved from assignment the District Engineer caught in a video footage allegedly doing an anomalous transaction with a contractor of a road project in the province of Ifugao.

In a memorandum dated November 14, 2018, Secretary Villar ordered District Engineer Lorna T. Ricardo to immediately vacate her post as district engineer of DPWH Abra District Engineering Office pursuant to the “Preventive Suspension” rule of the Revised Rules on Administrative Cases in Civil Service.

VILLAR: DPWH opens first national expressway with bicycle lanes in Taguig City

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar led the ceremonial drive-through of the newly-completed and modernized 6.94-kilometer Laguna Lake Highway (formerly C-6) in Barangay Lower Bicutan, Taguig City.

DPWH Secretary Villar said the 4-lane divided highway which connects the eastern part of Metro Manila and the towns of Rizal Province has been opened to provide alternative route to motorists in time for Christmas rush.

VILLAR: DPWH opens first national expressway with bicycle lanes in Taguig City

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar led the ceremonial drive-through of the newly-completed and modernized 6.94-kilometer Laguna Lake Highway (formerly C-6) in Barangay Lower Bicutan, Taguig City.

DPWH Secretary Villar said the 4-lane divided highway which connects the eastern part of Metro Manila and the towns of Rizal Province has been opened to provide alternative route to motorists in time for Christmas rush.

Sulong Pilipinas 2018 Luzon Regional Development Forum

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain presented some of the game-changing infrastructure projects before the business community and stakeholders from Northern Luzon during the second leg of the Sulong Pilipinas 2018 Philippine Development Forum: Hakbang Tungo sa Kaunlaran series held at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Regional Office in San Fernando City, La Union on November 14, 2018.

DPWH completes new evacuation center in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed another evacuation center project complete with facilities in the city of Sta. Rosa, Laguna Province.

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar, together with Laguna Governor Ramil Hernandez, Laguna 1st District Rep. Arlene Arcillas, Sta. Rosa City Mayor Danilo Ramon Fernandez, and DPWH Senior Undersecretary Rafael C. Yabut led its inauguration and turnover ceremony on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at Barangay Tagapo, Sta Rosa City.

DPWH completes new evacuation center in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed another evacuation center project complete with facilities in the city of Sta. Rosa, Laguna Province.

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar, together with Laguna Governor Ramil Hernandez, Laguna 1st District Rep. Arlene Arcillas, Sta. Rosa City Mayor Danilo Ramon Fernandez, and DPWH Senior Undersecretary Rafael C. Yabut led its inauguration and turnover ceremony on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at Barangay Tagapo, Sta Rosa City.

VILLAR: Diokno Bridge connecting Tagaytay City and Lemery, Batangas is now open

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has re-opened the Diokno Bridge along Diokno Highway in Calaca, Batangas, which was previously closed due to road slips and damaged slope protection brought by heavy rains in 2016.

DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar led the inauguration of the reconstructed 90-lineal meter Diokno Bridge on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, that serves as a vital part of the Diokno Highway, formerly known as Tagaytay-Junction–Calaca-Lemery Road.

VILLAR: Diokno Bridge connecting Tagaytay City and Lemery, Batangas is now open

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has re-opened the Diokno Bridge along Diokno Highway in Calaca, Batangas, which was previously closed due to road slips and damaged slope protection brought by heavy rains in 2016.

DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar led the inauguration of the reconstructed 90-lineal meter Diokno Bridge on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, that serves as a vital part of the Diokno Highway, formerly known as Tagaytay-Junction–Calaca-Lemery Road.

DPWH Awarded at 45th CES Gala Night

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was among the national government agencies presented with recognition by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) during the Career Executive Service (CES) Gala Night on November 10, 2018 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Reception Hall, PlCC Complex, Pasay City.

DPWH was recipient of two (2) plaque of recognition: Government Agency that complies with the Career Executive Service Performance Evaluation System (CESPES) Online Rating, and Most Number of CES Eligibles in an Agency.

NEW ODA-FINANCED INFRA PROJECTS SET TO BEGIN SOON

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to roll out more Official Development Assistance (ODA)-funded infrastructure projects.

DPWH Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain of the Unified Project Management Office (DPWH-UPMO) Operations and Technical Services together with the five (5) UPMO Project Directors presented to Secretary Mark A. Villar an update of the many planned, on-going and completed infrastructure projects under the UPMO Clusters during the Project Performance Review meeting also attended by Project Managers and Administrative Officers.

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