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DPWH turns over 300 shirts to PWDs in Ormoc City

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Leyte Fourth District Engineering Office (LFDEO) handed over more than three hundred (300) royal blue T-shirts to the City Social Welfare and Development Office Persons with Disability in Ormoc City last July 24, 2017.

This is part of the Department’s support to the celebration of the 39th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week from July 24-31, 2017 with a theme “Karapatan at Pribilehiyo ng Maykapansanan: Isakatuparan at Ipaglaban.”

DPWH upgrades equipment for planning, surveying in Southern Leyte

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Southern Leyte District Engineering Office (SLDEO) will see improvement in its planning and surveying capabilities with newly procured equipment worth ₱2.4 million.

SLDEO is now equipped with a Real Time Kinematic (RTK) satellite navigation that enhances precision of position data for distances up to 10 to 20 kilometers; an echo sounder that determines the depth of water by transmitting pulses into the water; and a site-meter distance that provides for the exact distance.

New K-12 Building Opens in Cagayan

As a support to the newly-implemented K-12 program of Department of Education, DPWH - Cagayan 1st District Engineering Office recently inaugurated a two-storey classroom building at Claveria School of Arts and Trades in Claveria, Cagayan.

Cagayan 1st District Engineer Lorna Asuten was joined by DepEd District Supervisor Renato Hernandez and Claveria Municipal Mayor Cecilia Layus during the ceremony.

EMD Boosts Proper Equipment Operation and Maintenance

The Department of Public Works and Highways Region 10 conducted a seminar on operation and preventive maintenance of heavy equipment and service vehicle last August 24-26, 2016 at the Regional Office Conference Room. This was attended by DPWH operators, drivers, mechanics, maintenance and field engineers who are involved in the construction and maintenance of infrastructure projects. The three-day training was initiated and hosted by DPWH-X Equipment Management Division Chief Hugh Van Erik Q. Tolentino.

Accountants Prepare for the Implementation of eNGAS/eBudget

Accountants and Budget Officers of the Department of Public Works and Highways Region 10 gathered to prepare for the implementation of the eNGAS / eBudget last August 24, 2016, at the 3rd floor Regional Office Conference Room. Approximately more or less 50 Accounting Officers from different DEOs attended the said training.

The pre- implementation training aimed to improve the data quality in the interim system, to prepare the data for migration and develop the methods for conversion of the data to the new version of the financial management systems.

Northwest Leyte 2016 Infra Projects Contstruction in Full Swing

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Leyte 4th District Engineering Office attained an accomplishment rate of 73.84 percent in the implementation of regular infrastructure projects for 2016.

District Engineer Lino Francisco Gonzales, who said that the figure is 5.93 percent above their target accomplishment of 67 percent for January to July this year.

Out of the 63 regular projects in northwest Leyte, 51 have been completed and 11 are on-going while only one has yet to start, which is the widening of Ormoc’s Anilao Bridge worth Php60 million.

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