The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has finished clearing a two-hectare land in Baybay City in Leyte that will be used as a relocation site for the local residents who became homeless due to the devastation wrought by typhoon "Agaton" early this year. DPWH Sec. Roger Mercado said at
The Commission on Audit has called out the Office of the Civil Defense over unfinished quarantine facilities for COVID patients and unutilized pandemic response funds.
HOUSING SITE. The site for temporary shelters in Baybay City is cleared by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Eastern Visayas. The DPWH on Thursday (June 16, 2022) said it has cleared the two-hectare site in Maganhan village as well as the surfacing of the road right-of-way and building area.(Photo courtesy of DPWH) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the site development for temporary shelters of landslide survivors in Baybay City, the agency announced on Thursday. The DPWH cleared the two-hectare site in Maganhan village as well as the surfacing of the road right-of-way and building area. "Day in, day out, our task force worked hard in preparing the site for the construction of 80 housing units that are meant for the residents who have been displaced by Tropical Storm Agaton," said DPWH Eastern Visayas Regional Director Allan Borromeo in a statement. The temporary housing funded by the Office of the Civil Defen
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon had another phreatic eruption Sunday, June 12, and this time, more areas were affected, according to the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) Bicol. Gremil Naz, OCD Bicol spokesperson, said that nine barangays in Juban, Sorsogon were affected by ashfall
INCREASING. Dengue cases in Western Visayas from January to May 28 this year increased by 149 percent compared with the same period in 2021. The Department of Health Western Visayas is calling for the public to observe cleanliness, the number one precaution to prevent dengue cases.(Graphics from DOH WV CHD Facebook page) ILOILO CITY - The Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH WV CHD) has deployed dengue program coordinators as the region reported a 149 percent jump in cases from January to May 28 this year compared with the same period in 2021. DOH Senior Health Program Officer John Richard Lapascua on Friday said the coordinators consult and help local government units to prevent the rise in dengue cases. Lapascua also called on the public to observe cleanliness, the number one precaution to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne disease. "It is important to make your LGU (local government unit) or barangay clean. Environmental sanitation reall