Diokno didn’t tell DPWH about P75B, says DPWH chief

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:46:54 +0000

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno did not notify the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that P75 billion was added to its budget for 2019

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Villar bans more contractors

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:30:15 +0000

Villar bans more contractors

Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said on Wednesday that his department had “blacklisted” the contractors for failing to meet the scheduled timelines of projects awarded to them.

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DPWH Sec. Villar:  I don’t care about credit, I just  want to complete projects

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:10:32 +0000

It’s a waste of time to talk about credit.”This was how Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar on Wednesday reacted to insinuations of credit-grabbing when several infrastructure projects which were touched off by previous administrations were completed or are nearing completion  under the Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build initiative.

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Panelo: Mark Villar knew P75B was added to DPWH project

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 23:22:43 +0000

Panelo: Mark Villar knew P75B was added to DPWH project

Public Works Secretary Mark Villar knew that P75 billion was added to the 2019 budget request submitted by his department to Malacañang and might have been misquoted about the extra funds, according to presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo. Villar was in the Cabinet meeting when Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno presented the national budget proposal, Panelo said […]

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Senators delete P75-B ‘insertion’ in DPWH budget

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:23:33 +0000

Senators delete P75-B ‘insertion’ in DPWH budget

After a heated debate, senators on Monday agreed to delete P75 billion in additional funding that was allegedly “inserted” into the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

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Mark Villar denies knowledge of P75-B DPWH budget ‘insertions’

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:05:34 +0000

DPWH Secretary Mark Villar finally admitted on Monday that he has no knowledge of the P75-billion “insertions” in the agency’s budget.

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Boracay road expansion rushed to meet island’s reopening in October

Boracay road expansion rushed to meet island’s reopening in October

ILOILO CITY — Amid tight schedule, the road expansion project on Boracay Island has been slowed down by remaining structures along the road easement and the disbursement of funds from the national government. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Western Visayas region said its personnel would work even at night if […]

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