2020 is banner year for ‘Build, Build, Build’ – DPWH chief

12/23/2019

SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna, Philippines — Public Works Secretary Mark Villar has promised more road openings by 2020, calling it the “banner year” of the Duterte administration’s flagship infrastructure program. Villar, during the partial opening of the…

Garcia grills DPWH for ‘compensating’ low budget in roundabouts with expensive road expansion

Rosalie Abatayo 11/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The busy intersections of Minglanilla, Consolacion and Talisay City’s Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR) will be the pilot areas for the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas’ (DPWH-7) study on…

15 young trees to be cut along Lahug and Tejero Rivers for desilting

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—At least 15 young trees needs to be cut along the Tejero and Lahug Rivers to give way for the desilting and river widening project of the Department of Public Works Highway in Central Visayas…

Guardo: 122 trees along N. Bacalso Avenue need to be cut, transferred

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo, chairman of the City Council’s committee on infrastructure, said that they had already inspected  the 122 trees that would be cut or earth-balled along the N. Bacalso Avenue…

DPWH proposes 2 km diversion road in Cebu City linking Guadalupe and Lahug

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has finished the feasibility study of a 4-lane diversion road proposed to link Barangays Guadalupe and Lahug in Cebu City. Councilor Jerry Guardo, council’s committee…

Rumble strips to be installed at Talisay City’s Cebu South Coastal Road

Rosalie Abatayo 11/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rumble strips, also known as audible lines and alert strips, will be installed at the Talisay City portion of the Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR) to prevent accidents in the area.  The installation…

Tree Pathologist: Let 21 trees in Naga live, 7 have to go

Rosalie Abatayo 10/22/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines —  “Let 21 trees live.” This was the recommendation of Dr. Ernesto Militante, a tree pathologist, who assessed the conditions of the trees along the Naga City roads that were due for cutting.…

Gwen: 48 roadside trees in Carcar City will not be cut for now

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 48 Acacia trees that stand along the national highway in Carcar City in southern Cebu will not be cut, at least for now. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia made the clarification following a meeting…

No one stops cutting of century-old trees in Naga City this time

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/04/2019

NAGA CITY, Cebu, Philippines–On August 8, 2014, a mountain climber of the Inter Mountaineering Society hoisted himself up with a rope on a century-old Acacia tree in Naga City, Cebu to protest the planned cutting of 84…

Cebu City mayor to DPWH: Stop cutting our trees

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella does not want any more trees to be taken down following the cutting of five trees along M. Velez Street here last September 21, 2019.  This was his pronouncement following…

DPWH to Cebu City: Relocate informal settlers near rivers to help hasten flood-control projects

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) urged the Cebu City government to clear the riverbanks from informal settlers so they can continue their river-widening projects in line with flood-control campaign. This was…

Labella orders creation of Inter-Agency Task Force on Flooding

Doris C. Bongcac 09/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines -The Cebu City government has set aside a P1.5 billion allocation for the implementation of flood control projects in the previous years. But the allocation has remained untouched to date. Cebu City Mayor Edgar…

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