CONNECTING ROAD. A portion of the Tacloban City Bypass Road Extension. The road will connect the city to nearby Babatngon town.(Photo courtesy of Department of Public Works and Highways) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported on Tuesday the various constructions for an alternative road from this city to nearby Babatngon town are in full swing with an allocation of PHP1.49 billion from 2018 to 2022. Works included in the project known as Tacloban City Bypass Road Extension are the construction of a six-lane roadway with a total length of 33 kilometers, the construction of a drainage structure, a road slope protection structure, and two permanent bridges. "The project based on the total released fund is now 84.69 percent complete, which is 11.28 percent higher than the target accomplishment rate. A total of PHP12.8 billion is needed to fully complete the whole stretch of the bypass road," said DPWH Eastern Visayas Regional Director Allan Bor
President Duterte called on the communist rebels anew to return to the fold of the law while he is still in office, stressing the need to end the country's decades-long communist insurgency.
President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made this appeal as he led the inauguration of the n
NEW ROAD. An aerial view of Tacloban Bypass Road. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has fully completed the PHP2.12 billion Tacloban City Bypass Road after seven years of construction.(Photo courtesy of DPWH Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Public Works and Highways has fully completed the PHP2.12-billion Tacloban City Bypass Road after seven years of construction. President Rodrigo Duterte and DPWH Acting Secretary Roger Mercado led late Thursday the unveiling of the project marker to formally inaugurate the 6.405-kilometer bypass road. In a statement, Mercado lauded the DPWH regional office here for implementing this road project, overcoming obstacles. "We are proud of the successful implementation of the Tacloban City Bypass Road, a significant project added to the Duterte Legacy," Mercado said. The project involved the opening of the road, including four-lane and six-lane roadway, construction of drainage, and slope protection structures. The 6
After building 1,380.25 kilometers of roads and 570 individual bridges in Eastern Visayas over the last five years, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) revealed that more key infrastructure projects are underway and nearing completion.
Tacloban City Bypass Road (Photo courtesy of t
NIGHT OWL
Before my stint at “Build, Build, Build,” I worked with United Nations Development Program and Food and Agriculture Organization on their Typhoon Haiyan Response (locally known as Typhoon Yolanda).
The first time I saw Tacloban (after the onslaught of Yolanda), I was crying. Cadavers w