LINGAYEN, Pangasinan: Starting in the month of July, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) second district engineering office here will start planting trees in the areas surrounding the upland village of Mapita in Aguilar town.
'DAANG KALIKASAN'. The Daang Kalikasan in Mangatarem, Pangasinan province offers a scenic view of the mountainous area of the town. However, it is still closed to the public but tree planting activities are allowed in coordination with the local government unit. (Photo by Hilda Austria) MANGATAREM, Pangasinan - The scenic 24.22-kilometer "Daang Katutubo" in Aguilar town and the 14.6-kilometer "Daang Kalikasan" here that would directly link Pangasinan and Zambales provinces are now 80-percent complete, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways Ilocos regional office (DPWH-1). In a phone interview on Friday, DPWH-1 project engineer Willer Bince said the construction of the 210-meter bridge that would link the two road systems is ongoing with PHP30 million funding in 2021, and PHP70 million this year. "The bridge is now at 80 percent as well while there is still a three-kilometer (bridge) to be constructed to link the two road systems,"
HANG-OUT. The Daang Katutubo Coffee Shop in Aguilar town, Pangasinan draws tourists. It plans to become a self-sustaining cafe. (Photo by Hilda Austria) AGUILAR, Pangasinan - Wake up to a view of the sky and mountain ranges, sipping a cup of brewed coffee, hot or iced, and feasting on fresh vegetables and fruits at the Daang Katutubo coffee shop in Sitio Mapita, Barangay Laoag in this town. The coffee shop, which has become a tourist attraction since it opened to the public in 2021, is owned by a family of former overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Qatar. Junely Cortez, the owner of the cafe who is also overseeing its operations, said they are aiming to make the place fully self-sustaining. "We are targeting that someday in the near future, all of our vegetables, fruits, and even the fish and meat will come from our own farm," Cortez said. He said some of the vegetables and fruits they use as ingredients for their dishes come from their farm. "We plant vegetables and f
Former Build, Build, Build committee chair Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo’s book takes the reader across 29,264 kilometers of roads and 5,950 bridges throughout the Philippines.
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Anna Mae Lamentillo Before I entered government, I was a humanitarian worker who traveled to all 18 regions in the country. I worked with both the United Nations Development Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. On Nov. 8, 2013, Super-typhoon Yolanda