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Lapid bill to reduce ‘unnecessary’ road excavations to lay internet cables, wires
Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill known as “Internet Infrastructure Integration Act” to integrate internet infrastructure in all government road projects in order to use the same rights-of-way and reduce unnecessary and repeated excavations for the laying down of cables, wires and similar facilities.
January 21, 2021
3:11 pm
Features
Duterte to successor: Be ‘forceful and resolution’ vs corruption
President Rodrigo Duterte expects his successor to take “resolute” anti-corruption measures at the Department of Public Works and Highways.
January 15, 2021
10:32 am
Features
Duterte congratulates Mark Villar for ‘total revamp’ in DPWH: ‘More to come’
President Rodrigo Duterte lauded Secretary Mark Villar for the ongoing revamp of officials and personnel at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
January 15, 2021
10:14 am
Politiko TV
WATCH | Demolition job ito! Quezon Rep. Helen Tan dares PACC to visit road project
“Common sense naman po sana,” the lady lawmaker tells PACC head Belgica.
January 1, 2021
5:46 pm
Politiko TV
WATCH | ‘My conscience is clear!” Bataan Rep. Roman denies corruption claims
I am open to any investigation to establish the truth,” says Bataan 1st District Rep. Geraldine Roman.
December 30, 2020
10:45 pm
Headlines
Eleksyon inuna kesa bakuna! Alan Cayetano accuses Velasco of turning 2021 budget into campaign kitty
House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco allegedly turned the P4.5-trillion national budget into an election war chest for him and his allies despite the urgency of addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, former Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said Monday (December 21).
December 21, 2020
9:28 pm
Politiko Lokal
Dumami pa ang skeleton projects! Ping bares increase in MPB funds
Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday evening bared an increase in appropriations for controversial multi-purpose buildings in the Department of Public Works and Highways’ budget for 2021.
December 9, 2020
9:06 pm
Politiko Lokal
Kaya nag-dissenting vote: Ping scores disproportionate budgets of DPWH, DICT
Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday evening registered the lone dissenting vote in the Senate’s ratification of the bicameral report on the P4.5-trillion budget bill for 2021.
December 9, 2020
9:02 pm
Headlines
Makaganti lang! Velasco slashes P386M from Duterte’s ‘Build Build Build’
House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco removed at least P386 million from the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) 2021 budget for key infrastructure projects in Camarines Sur even if they had been approved by a panel led by President Rodrigo Duterte.
November 28, 2020
11:54 am
Politiko Lokal
NC Reports: DPWH tops gov’t agencies with complaints received by anti-corruption task force
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is the agency with the most number of complaints received by the anti-corruption task force formed by President Rodrigo Duterte, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said.
November 19, 2020
11:56 pm
Politiko Lokal
From P620M to P1.5B! Ping bares whopping district allocations for infra projects
Pity yourselves. This was Sen. Panfilo Lacson’s “advice” to his colleagues in the Senate early Thursday as he bared whopping allocations for infrastructure projects in at least 220 districts.
November 19, 2020
10:29 am
Politiko Lokal
Ping: DPWH secretary Villar ‘not corrupt’
Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar is not corrupt as there is no proof of him engaging in corruption, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said early Thursday.
November 19, 2020
10:23 am
Politiko Lokal
Palace crafting EO to create task force for typhoon relief effort – Roque
An executive order is being drafted to create the Build Back Better task force, which is tasked to streamline the government’s response in typhoon-affected area, Malacañang said Monday.
November 16, 2020
1:00 pm
Politiko Lokal
Ping bares at least P68B ‘skeleton projects’
Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday bared details of some P68 billion worth of “skeleton projects” of the Department of Public Works and Highways in the P4.5-trillion 2021 budget bill.
November 11, 2020
4:56 pm
Features
Pinakamarami d’yan! Duterte hits corruption in right-of-way deals
President Rodrigo Duterte believes there are irregularities in some road right-of-way projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
November 8, 2020
11:13 am
Politiko Lokal
2nd set of eyes: Guevarra to look into PACC’s report on DPWH corruption
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the task force led by the Department of Justice (DOJ) will also be looking into the report of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) over the corruption investigation conducted on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
November 4, 2020
10:32 pm
Features
READ: Almost P78B released from Bayanihan 2 funds – Duterte
The government has released P77,982,038,257 to various agencies for their ongoing response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte said in his second report since the implementation of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act.
November 4, 2020
1:33 pm
Features
Duterte orders Villar, Cimatu to probe quarry ops in Guinobatan
President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to investigate the quarrying operations in Guinobatan town, Albay after hundreds of houses got buried under volcanic rock and mudflows during the onslaught of super typhoon “Rolly.”
November 2, 2020
6:10 pm
Headlines
Guevarra: task force operations center to be established
The task force led by the Department of Justice (DOJ) will be erecting an operations center, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Saturday (Oct. 31).
October 31, 2020
9:17 pm
Headlines
Nahihiya lang kay Cynthia, Manny! Mon Tulfo: Duterte’s rant on DPWH corruption should prod Mark Villar to resign
Special Envoy to China Mon Tulfo believes Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar should resign after President Rodrigo Duterte railed about the corruption in the agency.
October 31, 2020
9:09 pm
Politiko Lokal
Palace happy that DOJ to start corruption probe on ‘notorious’ agencies
Malacañang said it “fully supports” the decision of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prioritize its corruption probe on the Bureau of Customs and Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Land Registration Authority, and the Department of Public Works and Highways.
October 29, 2020
2:42 pm
Politiko Lokal
Masasampolan na! Find out which gov’t agencies task force eyes for start of corruption probe
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesdayt (Oct. 28) has identified a number of government agencies that his task force will initially focus in its corruption investigation.
October 28, 2020
8:04 pm
Features
Dami pa ring kurakot sa DPWH! Duterte unimpressed by Mark Villar’s accomplishments
President Rodrigo Duterte isn’t impressed by Public Works Secretary Mark Villar’s credentials since the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) continues to be hounded by corruption allegations.
October 28, 2020
10:59 am
Features
September 8 declared ‘National Green Building Day’
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared September 8 of every year as the “National Green Building Day.”
October 28, 2020
10:38 am
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