Category: General

LAOAG CITY: The Tagudin-Cervantes road in Barangay Malaya, Cervantes in Ilocos Sur is not passable to all types of vehicles due to a major landslide as of 11 a.m. on Thursday, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 1. DPWH-1 spokesperson Jocelyn Oamar said road clearing operation is ongoing as maintenance engineers and point persons have been deployed in the site to monitor the situation. She said light vehicles were stranded at portions of the Manila North Road in Barangay Calao-an, Candon, Ilocos Sur due to flooding of about 0.50 meters deep. ‘Motorists are advised to

MANILA: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) touted some of its “game-changing projects” that would help spur economic development by improving mobility. During the hybrid post-State of the Nation Address (SONA) discussions in Pasay City on Wednesday, DPWH Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral said one of the agency’s game-changing projects is the Luzon Spine Expressway Network (LSEN) under the Marcos administration’s ‘Build Better More’ program. Once completed, she said, the LSEN would cut travel time from Ilocos to Bicol from 20 hours to 9 hours. Cabral said part of the LSEN is the 59-km. Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) Extension

MANILA: The House Committee on Metro Manila Development (MMD) and Manila 2nd District Representative Rolando Valeriano on Thursday called for an immediate committee hearing to assess the massive flooding and extensive damage brought by the onslaught of Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon or ‘habagat’. Valeriano said all the House representatives from Metro Manila are automatically members of the said Committee and are expected to actively participate to seek explanations from relevant government agencies during the hearing set on July 31. The Department of Public Works and Highways and Metro Manila Development Authority officials will be invited to enlighten

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and other concerned agencies to assess the environmental impact of an oil spill from a massive oil tanker that capsized off the coast of Bataan. In a situation briefing on the effects of Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon, Marcos called on the DENR, along with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), to lead the assessment and allow the government to prepare for mitigation measures. ‘Can we add an instruction to the DENR to

PALO: At least 720,595 learners in Eastern Visayas have signed up for this new school year as the Department of Education (DepEd) steps up its preparation for the opening of classes on July 29. The DepEd regional office reported that the partial enrollment as of Thursday morning only represented 57.43 percent of the actual number of learners logged in the last academic year. DepEd Eastern Visayas assistant regional director Ronelo Firmo said they expect the figure to go up until the first few weeks of the new school year. ‘The recent trend is decreasing annually, especially for kindergarten and elementary,