CRACKED. Personnel of the City Engineering Office assess Thursday (July 28, 2022) the roads in San Fernando City, La Union following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Wednesday. The Department of Public Works and Highways has already recorded PHP125 million in damage to roads and bridges in the region. (Photo courtesy of City of San Fernando La Union) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has recorded PHP125.8 million initial cost of damage to roads and bridges in the Ilocos Region due to the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit northern Luzon on Wednesday. In a press briefing on Thursday, DPWH Ilocos Region Disaster Risk Reduction and Management focal person engineer Josefina Oamar said of the total cost of damage, PHP54.2 million are on roads and PHP71.58 million are on bridges. "We are in the process of assessing all bridges as most of the damage from the earthquake are on the bridges," she said. Oamar said most of the damaged bridges
At least one person was killed in the aftermath of the magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck Lagangilang, Abra on Wednesday, July 27.
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Chairperson and Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. (left) mo