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DPWH under Duterte: Corruption, politics, slippage mar many projects

Malou Mangahas and Karol Ilagan, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Updated as of Sep 04 07:41 AM

"Year 1 marks the launch, the testing period, for Build, Build, Build,” said an executive of a big contractor. “Year 2 is when it unravels and encounters problems. By Year 3, the chokepoint, it would be difficult to save it." Read more »

Mandatory bike lanes, inihirit ng isang senador

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 10:56 PM

Sa harap ng tumitinding problema sa trapiko, iginiit ng isang senador ang pagkakaroon ng "mandatory bike lanes" sa mga lansangan.  Read more »

Lacson: P16-B worth of road projects delayed due to 'right of way' issues

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 03:48 PM

Around P16 billion worth of road projects this year have been delayed by unresolved right of way issues, a senator revealed Monday as the legislative continues with its budget hearings.  Read more »

Job fair para sa 'Build, Build, Build' aarangkada na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 02:21 PM

Magkakaroon ng isang job fair ngayong darating na Linggo upang ialok ang libo-libong trabahong kakailanganin sa malawakang konstruksiyon para sa "Build, Build, Build" program ng gobyerno. Read more »

DPWH aims to more than double total length of expressways by 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 11:40 PM

MANILA - The government is looking to more than double the total length of the country's expressways before the end of President Rodrigo Duterte's term, a Cabinet official said on Thursday.  Read more »

LRT fare hike should wait for 'right time,' says Sec. Villar

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 26 08:25 PM

MANILA - Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said Thursday he is not in favor of hiking LRT fares "at this time" as the country grapples with rising inflation.  Read more »

Longest bridge in PH to break ground this year: Villar

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 26 09:50 PM

DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the groundbreaking for the Panguil Bay Bridge, which will link the city of Tangub in Misamis Occidental and the municipality of Tubod in Lanao del Norte in Mindanao, will start in October this year.  Read more »

Villar says moving 'double time' on infrastructure projects

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 12:05 PM

Villar said his department had P800 billion worth of projects in the pipeline and that he would "compensate" for a "large deficit." Read more »

'Build Build Build maaaring di makompleto hanggang 2022'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 11:13 PM

Tingin ng isang consultant, malabong maisakatuparan ang buong P8 trillion "Build Build Build" program ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte pagsapit ng 2022. Read more »

Foreign firms eyed amid 'shortage' of contractors for infra projects

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 08:34 PM

Philippine laws on building contractors need to "liberalized" to address the shortage of construction firms participating in the government's massive infrastructure push, government officials said on Thursday. Read more »

Gov't wants China-funded bridges completed by 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 01:01 PM

The Department of Public Works and Highways on Wednesday said it wants to finish construction of 2 China-funded bridges across Pasig River within 30 months or by year 2021. Read more »

DPWH, aminadong naantala ang pagpapatupad ng ilang proyekto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 11:16 PM

Dumepensa ang DPWH sa ulat ng Commission on Audit ukol sa paggasta sa pondo para sa mga proyekto. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga alok na trabaho sa 'Build, Build, Build'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 06:45 PM

Bunsod ng mga proyektong pang-impraestruktura ng pamahalaan, na bahagi ng programang "Build, Build, Build," tumaas ang pangangailangan para sa mga trabahador sa sektor ng konstruksiyon. Read more »

Billionaires Villar, Cusi are richest Cabinet secretaries in 2017

ABS-CBN News, ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Updated as of Jun 11 09:33 PM

Secretaries Mark Villar of the Department of Public Works and Highways and Alfonso Cusi of the Department Energy, are the richest Cabinet members of 2017, their statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN) revealed.  Read more »

'Jobs, Jobs, Jobs' portal opens as infra building advances

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 29 11:52 AM

The government on Tuesday launched an online portal for job openings that will be generated by its P8-trillion infrastructure program. Read more »

Cavite flyover collapse due to human error, says DPWH chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 11:55 AM

Human error caused the collapse of a flyover in Imus, Cavite, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said Monday. Read more »

Drones, geo tags help DPWH monitor infra projects

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 16 02:14 PM

The government is using drones and geo tags to monitor infrastructure projects and guard against corruption, Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said Monday. Read more »

2 dagdag lanes sa Katipunan Avenue bukas na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 10:27 AM

Binuksan na sa publiko ang 2 karagdagang southbound lanes sa Katipunan Avenue sa Quezon city ngayong Miyerkoles.    Read more »

DPWH ready for Mayon ashfall: chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 10:39 AM

The Department of Public Works and Highways is prepared should the Mayon Volcano spew great amount of ash, the secretary said Thursday. Read more »

Coming soon: Less traffic along EDSA, more bridges across Pasig River

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 10:34 AM

Traffic along EDSA, one of Metro Manila's busiest thoroughfares, will improve when infrastructure projects are finished in the next few years, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said Thursday. Read more »