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Seven (7) national roads in the National Capital Region (NCR) including portions of EDSA and C-5 will undergo concrete reblocking this weekend.

The “Build Build Build” team will gather around 70 employers from different contractors involved in the government’s infrastructure program, and companies within the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) for a Jobs Caravan on February 9, Saturday.

To be held at the SBMA Gym in the Subic Bay Freeport, the Build Build Build = Jobs Jobs Jobs Caravan was initiated to provide employment to the displaced workers of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) Philippines.

Faster delivery of agricultural goods and services can be expected by local farmers as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completes the construction of four (4) farm-to-market roads (FMRs) in the city of Calbayog in Samar.

With a combined appropriation of P20-million, completed projects involve the concreting of a total of 1.44 kilometers of roads in Barangays of Cabunga-an and Sitio Mactang in the town of Santo Niño; San Luis and Pange in Tarangnan; Santo Niño and Macugo in Gandara; and Can-ipulan and Panaruan in Santa Margarita.

Forty (40) economically-disadvantaged youth will be hired by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Central Office this summer of 2018 for its government internship program (GIP).

DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar said college students and out-of-school youth with minimum of second year college education aged 18 to 23 are once again encouraged to apply for a learn-and-work experience in government that will allow them to earn as much as 75 percent of the prevailing minimum wage in the National Capital Region.