Skip to main content

DPWH bans names, photos on project signages

Staff reporter

San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Ilocos Norte 2nd Engineering District will strictly a new order banning photos and names of persons on signages of government infrastructure projects.

The restriction stems from DPWH Dept. Order 21 series of 2017 signed by DPWH Sec. Mark A. Villar.

DPWH 2nd district engineer Mathias Malenab made this announcement during a Sangguniang Panlalawigan regular session. DPWH’s 1st Engineering District also attended the said session.

Mr. Malenab stressed that they will no longer allow pictures and names of any person to appear on DPWH billboards.

He added that they have also disallowed DPWH contractors to place names of any politician on their equipment.

The DPWH order also stated the billboard design layout, dimension and letter sizes on white background.

In view of this, they will replace all existing billboards of ongoing projects.

The district 2 engineer also said that each road, bridge, and flood control projects shall have only two billboards each; installed at every 5-kilometer interval. He added that they also restrict billboards within 100 meters of all DPWH projects, in between project limits, or within the road right-of-way.

He further disclosed that this order supersedes Department Order No. 141 series of 2016.  

Meanwhile, Mr. Malenab said major infrastructure projects of the province’s second engineering district this year are flood control projects in Paoay and Batac City.

He said they did not receive funding for bridge construction and road widening projects for this year.

As for school building, the district engineer said they are still waiting for the release of funds while they complete school buildings from last year.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Empanada festival: A celebration of good taste and good life

By Dominic B. dela Cruz & Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporters BATAC CITY—If there is one thing Batac is truly proud of, it would be its famous empanada-making business that has nurtured its people over the years. Embracing a century-old culture and culinary tradition, Batac’s empanada claims to be the best and tastiest in the country with its distinctive Ilokano taste courtesy of its local ingredients: fresh grated papaya, mongo, chopped longganisa, and egg. The crispy orange wrapper and is made of rice flour that is deep-fried. The celebration of this city’s famous traditional fast food attracting locals and tourists elsewhere comes with the City Charter Day of Batac every 23 rd  of June. Every year, the City Government of Batac led by Mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta commemorate the city’s charter day celebration to further promote its famous One-Town, One Product, the Batac empanada. Empanada City The Batac empanada festival has already become...

Free dormitories eyed for Nueva Era students in LC, Batac

 Nueva Era mayor Aldrin Garvida By Dominic B. dela Cruz ( Staff Reporter) Nueva Era , Ilocos Norte—The municipal government here, headed by Nueva Era mayor Aldrin Garvida is planning to establish dormitories in the cities of Laoag and Batac that will exclusively cater to college students from the said cities. “Sapay la kuma ta maituloyen iti mabiit tay ar-arapaapen tayo ken iti munisipyo a maipatakderan kuma dagiti annak tayo a college students nga agbasbasa idiay siyudad iti Batac ken Laoag iti libre a dormitoryo a bukod da ngem inggana nga awan pay ket an-anusan mi paylaeng nga ibaklay kenni apo bise mayor iti pagbayad da iti kasera aggapu iti bukod mi a suweldo malaksid dagitay it-ited iti munisipyo ken iti barangay nga stipend da kada semester, ” Garvida said.    Garvida added that the proposed establishment of dormitories would be a big help to the students’ parents as this would shoulder the expenses of their children for rent and likewise they would feel...

2020 Laoag City Traffic Code

  Republic of the Philippines Province of Ilocos Norte CITY OF LAOAG   SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD   EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 58 TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE 11 TH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF LAOAG HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, LAOAG CITY ON OCTOBER 14, 2020. PRESENT: 1.        Hon. Vicentito M. Lazo                                                 City Vice-Mayor/Presiding Officer Hon. Juan Conrado A. Respicio II                                              S.P....