Catbalogan City Gears Up for Holy Week with Road Clearing, Traffic Measures
• Catbalogan City intensifies Holy Week preparations with road clearing and traffic management for safety, smoother travel, and faster emergency response.
• Catbalogan City intensifies Holy Week preparations with road clearing and traffic management for safety, smoother travel, and faster emergency response.
• The DPWH Biliran DEO builds a 515-meter slope protection wall along the Caucab-Almeria road in Biliran to prevent landslides, ensuring safer travel for residents and farmers transporting their agricultural products.
• DPWH is nearing completion of the Maydolong-Basey Road in Samar. Congressman Libanan met with officials on March 10 to discuss progress, aiming to boost regional connectivity.
• DPWH Sec. Vince Dizon confirmed on March 10 that the Maharlika Highway rehabilitation plan is unchanged. Despite oil price hikes, the project remains on schedule and within budget.
• DPWH Sec. Vince Dizon’s Samar visit signals Maharlika Highway transformation. Major rehabilitation starts April, addressing decades of road woes and raising hopes for lasting improvement.
• DPWH Secretary Dizon inspects damaged Maharlika Highway in Samar, meets affected residents. The vital Luzon-Visayas-Mindanao arterial road undergoes repairs.
• DPWH turns over new municipal police station to PNP in Basey, Samar. Officials hail facility as crucial for enhancing security and economic growth.
• Typhoon Yolanda survivors are urging DPWH to revise a 2014 policy banning trees along roads, citing neglect of climate resilience. The rule halted their Adopt-a-Tree Project along Tacloban Bypass Road.
• Residents of Leyte and Samar, weary of political narratives, believe true project progress is judged not by officials but by locals navigating the crumbling infrastructure and private auditors.
• DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon pledges to finish the long-delayed Daang Maharlika rehabilitation in Samar by the end of 2027, with funding secured from the 2026 and 2027 national budgets.