Department of Public Works and Highways

The Department of Public Works and Highways may have much explaining to do regarding some half a trillion pesos in questionable appropriations in the proposed P4.5-trillion budget for 2021, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Monday.

A whopping half-trillion pesos and counting! This was the worth of the questionable items Sen. Panfilo Lacson has so far uncovered in the proposed budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways for 2021.

Haggling may have been the reason behind the Department of Public Works and Highways' late submission of its budget for 2021, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Friday.

Why are there some P469 billion in re-appropriated programs, activities and projects in the proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021?

"May nakita na kaming mga questionable and we want it clarified."

Senator Pia Cayetano cried foul Thursday (August 20) after Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III called their colleagues “selfless” after intense discussions of the bicameral conference committee on the proposed Bayanihan to Recover as…

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano’s plan to give a “pabaon” or parting gift to his allies has gone up in flames after senators found out about the potential pork barrel funds.

As the country transitions into the "new normal" amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday issued guidelines for businesses and enterprises on the preservation of…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering putting up a larger isolation area at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) that will hold persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who are suspected or confirmed to have the 2019 novel coronavirus…

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is eyeing to retool public buildings and open spaces in Metro Manila to be used as health facilities and isolation sites to address hospital shortage due to the continued rise of…

Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said the Duterte administration’s “Build, Build and Build” program and other ongoing infrastructure projects must be insulated from the effects of COVID-19.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is planning to build at least two evacuations centers in each province this year.

The traffic situation on EDSA will be reduced by “20 to 30 percent” in the second half of 2020, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Wednesday reported that eight road sections in the Cagayan Valley region, Western Visayas, and Eastern Visayas are not passable to all types of vehicles affected by Typhoon Ursula.

Bases and Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) President Vince Dizon is adamant that President Rodrigo Duterte’s much ballyhooed “Build, build, build’’ infrastructure program is not a “dismal failure” but he offers little proof of its…

Eight Mindanao lawmakers have banded together to push for the creation of a National Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to implement the department's national…

About 68 congressmen are reportedly asking for additional infrastructure allotment for their respective districts and constituents under the proposed budget next year of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

The Commission on Audit (COA) ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to recoup advance payments made to contractors amounting to P3.05 billion.

Public Works Secretary Mark Villar insisted Tuesday that there’s no pork barrel in the proposed 2020 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

An incoming party-list lawmaker is apparently a consortium partner of Davao City-based billionaire Dennis Uy and China Harbour Engineering Company in the multi-billion Manila Bay reclamation project in Pasay City.

Tear down your own campaign posters', candidates told The Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged local and national candidates to take down their campaign posters, following the conclusion of the mid-term elections.

Chinese businessman Michael Yang may no longer be an economic adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte, but he remains part of the Chief Executive's inner circle.