ROAD projects worth P100.34 million in four provinces that improve farmers’ route to trading centers and access to tourism spots have recently been completed, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). In separate press releases, DPWH said the roadworks are in Negros Occidental, Southern Leyte, Nueva Ecija, and Aklan. The P34-million project […]
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2 hurt in Lahug road accident
TWO people were hurt, one of them in critical condition, in a road accident on Salinas Drive, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City on Saturday, December 24, 2022. Police Senior Master Sergeant Edgardo Becoy of Mabolo Police Station 4 identified the victims as Razan Balodo, 42, from Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, and Karen May Napala, 34, who […]
Capitol to sue DPWH 7 officials for delay in road completion
THE Cebu Provincial Government will file a case against the Department of Public Works and Highways Central Visayas (DPWH 7) next week. It also wants to declare persona non grata officials who are proven to be involved in the delay of projects in the province, particularly the unfinished road project on UN Avenue in Mandaue […]
NLEX Corp. keen on 1.2-km interconnection link
NLEX Corp. is willing to build the 1.2-kilometer (km) link that is under the concession agreement between the government and San Miguel Corp. for the Metro Manila Skyway System. NLEX Corp. is the toll road operator and builder of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX). It is a subsidiary of Metro Pacific […]
Japan to help improve Philippine mountain road safety
THE DEPARTMENT of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Wednesday that Japan will provide assistance in improving mountain road safety, particularly in the area of slope management. Japanese experts will also help the Philippines “enhance (its) capability to establish hazard maps for road disaster risk reduction and improve… road disaster information management,” the department said […]
Three Garden Road Attains BEAM Plus Platinum with Hong Kong’s Highest Score
HONG KONG, Oct 17, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Three Garden Road, one of the landmark properties owned by Champion Real Estate Investment Trust (“Champion REIT” or the “Trust”; stock code: 2778), has awarded the Platinum rating under BEAM Plus for Existing Buildings V.2.0. with the highest score in Hong Kong. Three Garden […]
DPWH signs tunnel engineering deal with Japanese ministry
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Wednesday that it signed a cooperation deal with Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism involving tunnel engineering and road infrastructure development. Public Works Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan said the deal will “open many opportunities for strategic partnership and collaboration to support current efforts of […]
DPWH seeks extension of loan validity for P1.2-B Samar road to allow Dec. 2022 completion
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it is seeking the extension of the validity period of the loan financing the construction of the P1.241-billion Samar Pacific Coastal Road Project, in order to accommodate project completion by the end of the year. The completion deadline will be “revised from June 30, 2022, to […]
Carvajal: Heroes as liberators
“Each and every one of us has been born into a given historical reality, ruled by particular norms and values, and managed by a unique economic and political system. We take this reality for granted, thinking it is natural, inevitable and immutable. We forget that our world was created by an accidental chain of events, […]
Seventh Belt and Road Summit draws to successful close
HONG KONG, Sep 2, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The seventh Belt and Road Summit, jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), concluded yesterday (1 September). Continuing in the tradition of being a formal, substantial and high-quality event, the […]
Seventh Belt and Road Summit opens today
HONG KONG, Aug 31, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The seventh Belt and Road Summit, jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), opened today (31 August). This year’s event lasts two days and runs in a hybrid physical and […]
Asia’s First Hybrid Online to Offline Festival to Bring Sim Racers and Entertainers Rriley and Haneri to Scape
SINGAPORE, Aug 29, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Legion of Racers, with support from the Singapore Tourism Board, will be organising the HyperDrive Cities (HDC) 2022 Festival from 23 to 25 September. To be held at Orchard Road, this will be Asia’s first hybrid online to offline festival that combines live sim […]
7th Belt and Road Summit opens this month in hybrid format
HONG KONG, Aug 18, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the seventh Belt and Road Summit will take place on 31 August and 1 September (Wednesday and Thursday). Activities on the first day […]
Editorial: Fatal road rage
Motorcycle driver Roberto Estandarte’s life ended at 45 during his argument with the driver of a four-wheeled vehicle in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City. Their altercation on Monday night, Aug. 8, 2022 ended in violence when the four-wheeled vehicle driver drew his firearm and shot him, hitting him in the chest.Estandarte’s live-in partner was spared, and […]
Damaged road in Carcar lies on fault line
A PORTION of the road in Barangay Guadalupe, Carcar City in southern Cebu that sustained cracks due to several days of continuous rainfall last week lies along a fault line.Barangay Guadalupe Councilor Rey Anthony Lawas told SunStar Cebu Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 that they already requested the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to […]
Rhea Mae Gullas elected Assistant Majority Leader
NEOPHYTE legislator Rhea Mae Gullas has been elected Assistant Majority Leader of the 19th Congress, her husband, Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr., announced on his Facebook page Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.Cebu First District Rep. Rhea Gullas has filed nine bills in the House of Representatives since the 19th Congress opened last July 1.She […]
Contractor urged to complete drainage projects before Ironman
LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has called out the private contractor in charge of drainage projects located in three barangays, urging it to complete their work before the Ironman 70.3 Philippines race on Aug. 7, 2022.Chan made the demand after expressing his disappointment that the drainage projects located in Barangays Mactan, Maribago and Agus […]
Residents accuse Oppra homeowners group of blocking them by putting ‘toll gate’ on road
AROUND 100 residents of Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City held a protest rally on Thursday, July 21, 2022, to demand officials of the Old Philippine Railway Residents Association (Oppra) Inc. to remove the “toll gate” that they installed in front of their road right of way.Residents of the barangay led by engineer Antonio Canoy claimed that […]
NIA opens P11.2-million service road for Bataan farmers
THE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said it completed and opened for users a 1.3-kilometer service road project worth P11.2 million for farmers in Bagac, Bataan. The road serves an area of 57.31 hectares, benefiting 40 farmers of Saysain Farmers Irrigators Association (FIA) along with 20 families from a Gawad Kalinga village. “From the muddy and […]
Cebu Provincial Government to start Phase 1 of Malapascua circumferential road
THE Cebu Provincial Government is set to construct the first phase of the five-kilometer circumferential road in Malapascua Island of Daanbantayan town in northern Cebu. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has said that she already instructed the Provincial Engineering Office to begin the infrastructure project even though not all of the residents that will be affected by […]