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Representatives from the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor sat down with civil
SEEKING NEW SHORES. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar prepares to vacate his office after resigning on Wednesday (Oct. 10, 2021) to run for senator in the 2022 polls. Villar received good feedback from labor groups for the 6.5 million direct and indirect jobs created under the government's Build, Build, Build program. (Photo from Anna Lamentillo) MANILA - Labor groups on Wednesday thanked resigned Department of Public Ways and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar for the massive employment opportunities created under the government's Build, Build, Build (BBB) program. "These 'BBB' jobs held the country together during the most difficult time of the pandemic when companies shut down and employment fell to the onslaught of Covid-19," said Gerard Seno, national executive vice president of Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP), in a statement. "The strategic purpose of these new facilities and infrastructure