The Ilocos Times

By Dominic B. dela Cruz  (Staff Reporter) Laoag City —The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Ilocos Norte 1st District Engineering Office (DEO) emerged as number one in the current year disbursement rate (DR) for the first quarter of 2021. DPWH 1st DEO district engineer Maria Venus Torio announced that this is in recognition of their effectivity and efficiency in managing financial resources with a rate of 36.26 percent. “ Kapag sa disbursement rate ang pag-uusapan, mabilis kasi ang Ilocos Norte 1st DEO mag -implement ng projects at mabilis ding magbayad ,” Torio noted. Torio identified road projects and flood control projects which were easily completed unlike buildings. Completing the top 10 DEOs are Upper Kalinga, Laguna 3 rd , Zambales 2 nd , Abra, Bacolod City, Tarlac 2 nd , Pampanga 3 rd , Pangasinan 2 nd , and La Union 1 st . While the bottom 10 DEOs are Quezon City 1 st , Leyte 3rd, Rizal 2nd, Bohol 3 rd , South Cotabato 2 nd , Negros Occidental 2 nd

By Dominic B. dela Cruz ( Staff Reporter) Laoag City —To ensure proper implementation of projects, the Sangguniang Panlungsod here requested the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional and district offices to provide the city engineering office a Program of Works (POW) on all DPWH projects in the city. Laoag Vice Mayor and council presiding officer Vicentito M. Lazo said they based their request on implemented and completed DPWH projects in the city but were found defective, which requires immediate repairs or replacement. Among those projects were the rehabilitation/concreting of the Laoag-Vintar road at Brgy. 23, this city where some sections need removal and replacement; and the San Mateo flood control project that collapsed due to below standard materials and not in accordance with the POW. Mr. Lazo, who sponsored the measure, said the defective projects when undetected or if detected requires remedial and/or curative measures, loss of public funds but pre

By Dominic B. dela Cruz Staff Reporter Laoag City —Better late than never. After one year, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has approved PHP56,504,000 for the repair of infrastructure damages wrought by typhoon “Ompong”. The DPWH-Ilocos Norte Engineering District I (INED-I) made the announcement. INED I district engineer Maria Venus Torio identified the damages as the flood control structures at Brgys. Bago and Tamdagan and Sitio Baldi in Vintar; Tulnagan Bridge in Pasuquin; flood control structure in Dumalneg; and flood control structure of Brgy. Ganagan in Bacarra. Originally, the total damages assessed amounted to PHP66 million but this was reduced after a rigid evaluation and validation by the DPWH. As this developed, Ms. Torio said the project is now published for public bidding. “The cause of the delay maybe because of a series validation and revisiting on the program of works,” Ms. Torio added.

  DPWH INED II district engineer Mathias L. Malenab along with assistant district engineer James P. Ferrer, the section chiefs of DPWH-INSDEO and project engineer Ryan Cloyd R. Bundoc lead the groundbreaking for a two-storey eco-friendly building and a DPWH 2019 Standard Designed Ilocos Norte Second District Engineering Office in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte located just in-front of the current INED II office building. The project has a total area of 1,090 square meters and has a first release contract amount of PHP35,986,319.19 under the General Appropriations Act (GAA) C.Y 2019. (Doms dela Cruz) By Dominic B. dela Cruz Staff Reporter San Nicolas , Ilocos Norte—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) central office has allocated an estimated PHP900 million worth of infrastructure projects for the Ilocos Norte Engineering District II for this year 2019.    DPWH INED II district engineer Engr. Mathias L. Malenab said the amount covers 43 multi-million infrast