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DPWH order vs drying palay on roads 'ignorant', 'insult to farmers': Pangilinan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 07:12 PM

The Department of Public Works and Highways' (DPWH) order to fine and jail farmers who would dry their unhusked rice (palay) along roads reflects the agencies "ignorance" on agriculture, a senator said Friday. Read more »

After fatal landslide, Mark Villar orders review of all DPWH projects

Michelle Soriano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 08:12 PM

Villar's order to the agency's district engineers comes after a landslide buried a building of the agency in Mountain Province last month. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga kukumpunihin kalsada sa Metro Manila, Nobyembre 16-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 11:31 AM

MAYNILA - Nagpalabas ng abiso ang Department of Public Works and Highway sa lugar na isasailalim sa reblocking at repairs ngayong linggo. Read more »

Pagpasok ng mga dayuhang manggagawa, nakakatulong ba sa Pilipinas?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 05:22 AM

Nanindigan ang DPWH na nakakatulong sa bansa ang pagpasok ng skilled foreign workers. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga kukumpunihing kalsada sa Metro Manila ngayong weekend

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 07:59 PM

Nag-abiso ang Department of Public Works and Highways na kukumpunihin ang ilang kalsada sa Metro Manila simula alas-11 ng gabi ng Biyernes, Nobyembre 9. Read more »

Drying palay on national roads can get you a fine, jail time: DPWH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 04:07 PM

The use of national roads for drying palay (unhusked rice) and other agricultural products is punishable by a fine and jail time, the Department of Public Works and Highways said Thursday.  Read more »

Mayor denies negligence over landslide-hit DPWH building

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 10:43 PM

MANILA - (UPDATED) Natonin Mayor Mateo Chiyawan said Monday he should not be blamed for the deadly landslide that buried a Department of Public Works and Highways building in his town amid the onslaught of typhoon Rosita (Yutu). Read more »

Bagong oras ng bukas ng mga mall sa EDSA, epektibo na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 05:09 PM

Sinimulan nang ipatupad ngayong Lunes ang bagong oras ng pagbubukas ng mga shopping mall na nadadaanan sa mga pangunahing kalsada sa Metro Manila. Read more »

Nakaligtas, inalala ang karanasan sa Natonin landslide

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 07:15 PM

Ikinuwento ng isa sa mga survivor ng "ground zero" sa Natonin, Mountain Province kung paano siya nakaligtas sa landslide sa kasagsagan ng bagyong Rosita. Read more »

'Ground floor' ng gumuhong gusali ng DPWH sa Natonin, natumbok na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 06:36 PM

Pinalawig ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Natonin ang retrieval ops sa hiling na rin ng mga kaanak ng mga biktima. Read more »

Peligrosong bato sa may landslide site sa Natonin, pinasabog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 11:09 AM

NATONIN, Mountain Province - Pinasabog Sabado ng umaga ang isang malaking bato sa itaas ng lugar na tinamaan ng landslide sa kasagsagan ng pananalasa ng bagyong Rosing sa bayang ito.    Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga kukumpunihing kalsada sa Metro Manila, Nobyembre 2-5

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 02:04 PM

Nag-abiso ang Department of Public Works and Highways na magkakaroon ng road reblocking at road repair sa ilang bahagi ng Metro Manila nitong weekend.  Read more »

DPWH building in Mountain Province stood in landslide-prone area: expert

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 11:06 PM

A geosciences expert called on local government officials to study hazard maps in their areas in the wake of a building collapse in Mountain Province. Read more »

What warning? Engineer says no caution raised in Mt. Province DPWH building

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 01 03:34 PM

Contrary to claims of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, an engineer said nobody issued a warning about the hazardous location of the ill-fated DPWH building in Mountain Province.  Read more »

Buried DPWH building stood in 'heavy landslide' prone village

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 07:02 PM

The landslide-hit Department of Public Works and Highways building in Mountain Province was standing in a 'heavy landslide' prone area, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday.  Read more »

9 confirmed dead due to Rosita: NDRRMC

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 05:03 PM

MANILA - Tropical storm Rosita left nine people dead after lashing northern Luzon as a typhoon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Wednesday.   Read more »

3 dead, several trapped inside landslide-hit building in Mt. Province

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 31 03:56 AM

(2nd UPDATE) Three people were killed, while more than 20 others were trapped inside the second district engineering office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Natonin town, Mountain Province, following a landslide on Tuesday afternoon. Read more »

Boracay by the numbers: what has the government really done in the past 6 months?

Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta
Updated as of Oct 28 10:09 AM

Key to Boracay’s progress are numbers presented by various government agencies as to the headway they’ve made since the island’s closure six months ago. Do the numbers all add up, and how will the new Boracay measure up to its old glory? Read more »

Lapeña, bumaligtad, naniwalang may droga sa magnetic lifters

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 09:36 PM

Naniniwala na si Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña na may lamang droga ang mga magnetic lifter na nakuha noong Agosto sa Cavite. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Boracay at the moment, beautiful and strange

Jerome Gomez
Updated as of Oct 24 07:04 PM

It was like reuniting with an old friend—who had a few things done. Read more »