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New Camp Aguinaldo AFP Firing Range inaugurated

The Department of Public Works and Highways has completed the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Headquarters (GHQ) and Headquarters Service Command (HSC) Firing Range in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

The newly built facilities were inaugurated on September 10, 2020 by DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana, and AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Felimon T. Santos, Jr. The blessing was led by AFP Chief Chaplain BGen. Raul S. Ciño.

Villar inaugurates P232.97-million living quarters in Camp Aguinaldo

Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar inaugurated on Thursday, September 10, 2020, two (2) newly constructed five-storey living quarters inside the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City
worth P232.97 million.

The pairs of symmentrical have 88 units each with floor area of 35 square meters and parking space at the ground floor.

It will provide a modest and comfortable home to some 176 military personnel and their families.

DPWH turns-over quarantine facility at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar on Thursday, September 10, 2020 turned-over to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Gilbert I. Gapay a newly-converted quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients at the AFP General Headquarters in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

“The quarantine facility which was converted from 14 units of 40-footer container vans now has fully-airconditioned four (4) rooms, each complete with amenities, toilet, and utilities. This is expected to accommodate 56 COVID-19 patients,” said Secretary Villar.

DPWH to Set Up Las Piñas Isolation Facility & Quezon Institute Offsite Modular Hospital

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar has entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda T. Aguilar for the development of healthcare facility for Covid-19 patients.

The MOA for the construction of 96-bed isolation facility was signed during the Coordinated Operations to Defeat Pandemic or CODE Team caravan in Las Piñas City spearheaded by Secretary Villar as the deputized Cabinet member assisting the city government with the challenges in dealing with the health crisis.

DPWH Turns Over Carmona Mega Isolation Facility

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has successfully completed and turned over a 151 bed capacity healthcare facility in Carmona, Cavite.

Secretary Mark A. Villar said that the repurposed evacuation center at Brgy Lantic, Carmona, Cavite into mega isolation facility will facilitate treatment and care of COVID-19 patients from Carmona and other parts of the industrial zone of Calabarzon.

DPWH constructs flood mitigation structures in Pangasinan

Residents of low-lying barangays of Tayug, Pangasinan near the Agno River are now less susceptible to flooding with the completion of two flood mitigation projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar announced that the construction of dikes in Barangays Agno and Barangobong – Magallanes were successfully delivered to completion by DPWH Pangasinan Third District Engineering Office (DEO) ahead of its set completion in the fourth quarter of 2019.

DPWH constructs flood mitigation structures in Pangasinan

Residents of low-lying barangays of Tayug, Pangasinan near the Agno River are now less susceptible to flooding with the completion of two flood mitigation projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar announced that the construction of dikes in Barangays Agno and Barangobong – Magallanes were successfully delivered to completion by DPWH Pangasinan Third District Engineering Office (DEO) ahead of its set completion in the fourth quarter of 2019.

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