Construction

To minimize flash floods this rainy season, the Quezon City government has intensified the declogging of the city’s waterways, especially rivers, creeks and big canals. 

New public schools will be built in various provinces in Regions 9, 10, 11 and 12 to accommodate students from indigenous peoples’ (IP) communities. 

The good thing about La Niña is that there is more than enough water, but the public should make sure that their infrastructures are flood-resilient. 

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has launched the first Fabrication Laboratory (Fablab) co-working space in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. 

A total of 219,478 households or 1,318,868 people are now benefitting from 396 potable water projects in waterless municipalities that have been completed for the first four months of 2016 through the Sagana at Ligtas ng Tubig sa Lahat (Salintubig) Program, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P1,165,085,751 to the Social Housing Finance Corp. (SHFC) to fund housing projects for three groups of squatter families (informal settlers) residing along danger areas in Metro Manila. 

By Weng Ocfemia Incoming Public Works Secretary Mark Villar has vowed to make all transactions at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) transparent to allay fears of conflict of interest due to the real-estate business of his family. 

By Daryl Rose Virtudazo The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is all laid out to exploit more than P3 billion for five years or 1,800 calendar days for asset preservation and maintenance of the Daang Maharlika which stretches from Lipata, Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, to Boundary Agusan del Norte Section in Caraga Region. 

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Emerson Carlos has proposed that traffic education, including road-safety principles, should be included in the curriculum in all schools, particularly high schools. 

Real-estate developer DMCI Homes recently partnered with student advocacy group UP Bike Share to promote the growing bike-sharing community at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City.