NSSDEO, Brgy. Burabud, Laoang, N. Samar– The P10 million farm to market road project in Barangay Gibatangan, Laoang, Northern Samar, is now completed through the Department of Public Works and Highways – Northern Samar Second District Engineering Office (DPWH-NSSDEO).
This 350-meter roadway project contracted by JBM Engineers & Supply with a 1.5-meter alongside and 6.10 meters wide, is now ready to serve the barangays of Yabyaban and Gibatangan where essential services such as healthcare and education for rural communities and exchanging delivery of agricultural products produced by each barangay has an opportunity to increase economic activities therein.
Moreover, this project has a huge impact to both farmers and market communities by improving transportation infrastructure. Farmers can efficiently get their products to market reducing spoilage and increasing profits.
Additionally, better road access can attract more potential buyers to these rural areas that will help economic development to improve quality of life. (ZYRA JOY J. CHING, PIO STAFF/PR)
NSSDEO, Brgy. Burabud, Laoang, Northern Samar – The Department of Public Works and Highways – Northern Samar Second District Engineering Office (DPWH-NSSDEO) spearheaded by District Engineer Charlito S. Carlobos and Assistant District Engineer, Atty. Arthur Eric L. Sabong, has completed a new agricultural road project located in Brgy. 7, Pambujan, N. Samar.
The Concreting of Sitio Kankinaway to Sitio Laoangan to Sitio Rombang, Brgy. Poblacion 7, Sitio Ilong Bukid and Brgy. Cabatoan has a scope of work of 325 meters and width of 6.10 meters starting at Sta. 1+086.00 to Sta. 1+411.00, contracted to EFC Development Corporation, with a total allocation of P14,845,365.48.
According to DE Carlobos, the district office has taken extra efforts to fast track the completion of the project for the purpose that local folks and farmers will immediately use the said road and no longer endure the tough condition in transporting their agricultural products passing along Sitio Kankinaway going to Sitio Rombang, vice versa.
This project has a great impact to local populace to lessen the poverty rate and allows them to exchange essential goods and services. Furthermore, business entities from the town proper can easily transact to farmers for their agricultural commodities that will improve employment rate to rural communities.
Thus, the completion of this project is expected to boost commerce and local economy of the community that will certainly amplify agricultural production and efficiency in farming activities within and nearby areas. (RONEL L. GALUPO, PIO STAFF/PR)
Rehabilitation of a farm-to-market road in Barangay Bahay, San Miguel, Leyte starts after the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) held groundbreaking activities on January 26 this year. (JOSE ALSMITH L. SORIA)
Rehabilitation of a farm-to-market road in Barangay Bahay, San Miguel, Leyte starts after the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) held groundbreaking activities on January 26 this year. (JOSE ALSMITH L. SORIA)
SAN MIGUEL, Leyte – With funds having been downloaded already by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), rehabilitation of the farm-to-market road (FMR) in a remote village in this town starts following the groundbreaking rites on Friday, January 26 this year.
This project, which include the concreting of the 1.950 linear-kilometer road and the construction of a box culvert-type bridge in Barangay Bahay, has a budget allocation of P34-million taken from the Agrarian Reform Fund (ARF).
It will be implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and is expected to be completed in 162 days or by June this year, before the onset of the rainy season.
DAR Eastern Visayas Assistant Regional Director for Administration and Program Beneficiaries Development Division (PBDD), Ismael Aya-ay, together with District Engineer Mark Anthony Alejo of the DPWH Leyte First Engineering District and Ramil Janaban, representative of Mayor Norman Sabdao, led the groundbreaking activities held at the project site.
Aya-ay said that an FMR is the beginning of the progress of a certain area. Thus, production in this area is expected to increase once this project is completed, he added.
With 264 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) residing here, Aya-ay directed Municipal Agrarian Reform Program Officer (MARPO) Leah Sacan to submit a proposal to declare this area into an agrarian reform community (ARC) for them to be able to avail of the various support services extended by the DAR.
“Once this area becomes an ARC, you will be exposed to various trainings for greater production,” Aya-ay told the ARBs who were present during the said occasion.
He stressed, “We will teach our ARBs to be entrepreneurs for a better quality of life.”
Meanwhile, Alejo said, “This infrastructure project is a collaborative effort between DAR and the DPWH not just to uplift this town but the entire regional plan.”
According to Barangay Chairman Jessie Asis, as he expressed gratitude to the two government agencies, “Residents here, most of them are farmers, had long been longing for a better road as they find it hard to transport their products. At the moment, one pays P40 fare to motorcycles plying the area for every sack of rice being brought to the town proper.”
The moment this road is completed, four-wheel vehicles can already penetrate here and lessen their expenses in transporting goods, Asis explained.
He further disclosed that more than 1,700 residents in the area will be directly benefited by this project. (JOSE ALSMITH L. SORIA/PR)
Residents of Barangay Canbañez in La Paz, Leyte, particularly the farmers, could now travel with ease and comfort with the completion of a farm-to-market road constructed by Leyte’s 2nd District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways. (L2DEO)
Residents of Barangay Canbañez in La Paz, Leyte, particularly the farmers, could now travel with ease and comfort with the completion of a farm-to-market road constructed by Leyte’s 2nd District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways. (L2DEO)
TACLOBAN CITY– The Leyte 2nd District Engineering Office (L2DEO) of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed the construction of a farm-to-market road (FMR) in the Barangay Canbañez in La Paz, Leyte.
“This project is one of the eight FMR projects that we implemented and completed last year. Now residents of Barangay Canbañez are utilizing the concrete road, which guarantees their safety and efficient journey,” said District Engineer Leo Edward Oppura.
The FMR project measures 1.98 lane kilometers and has a total construction budget of P12.42 million in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA).
DPWH-DA objectives are to connect agricultural and fishing areas to markets, allowing producers to transport their goods to traders and consumers without impeding their movement. Farm-to-market roads help farmers and fishermen gain better prices and a broader reach for their products.
Meanwhile, access to basic government services, school institutions, and healthcare facilities will have better connectivity with the enhanced rural roads.
Likewise, it will make way for more livelihood opportunities by making them leave their villages, travel to nearby work areas, and earn a better income by diversifying their sources of income.
L2DEO has completed seven FMR projects, with one ongoing construction from last year’s budget allocation. (LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)
BORONGAN CITY-The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Eastern Samar District Engineering Office (ESDEO) is working tirelessly to ensure the timely completion of phase one of the Taft District Hospital construction project in Eastern Samar as per the contract.
According to DPWH ESDEO Project Engineer Efren Balmes, Phase one of the hospital construction project includes concrete works, rebar works, masonry works, doors and windows installation, ceiling, painting, railing of the main stair, plumbing, electrical works, and other scope of work.
“The completion of Phase 1 of the hospital will provide a fully furnished ground floor of the building, which can already be utilized by the district hospital where the Emergency room, x-ray room, laboratory room, and pharmacy will be located,” said Engr. Balmes.
The project engineer has assured that they are committed to complete the project on time, and they are working tirelessly to ensure that the project is finished successfully and to ensure that it adheres to the standard quality and specifications.
The project has an appropriation of P20 million and the contract amount is P19,458,128.00.
Engr. Balmes mentioned that the project started on November 9, 2023, and is expected to expire on May 23, 2023. Currently, the actual accomplishment of the project stands at 39.99%, according to a report from DPWH Eastern Samar.
Meanwhile, District Engineer Domcelio Natividad said that the Taft District Hospital project is a crucial development for the people of Taft and nearby municipalities.
“This will be a significant boost for the healthcare system in the area, which will provide better healthcare services to the people,” said DE Natividad (JAYSON ESPESO/PR)
NSSDEO, Brgy. Burabud, Laoang, Northern Samar – Arthur Eric Lao Sabong, a civil engineer and a lawyer, is now full-fledged Assistant District Engineer of DPWH Northern Samar Second District Engineering Office (DPWH-NSSDEO).
ADE Sabong is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 2010 and subsequently obtained his post-graduate education in Master in Public Administration in 2014 at the University of Eastern Philippines-Main Campus. Thereafter, he took Bachelor of Laws in the same University and graduated with overwhelming achievement in 2018, and passed the bar examinations at the same year.
He is also a member of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE), Junior Chamber International Philippines-Catarman Cocoking Chapter, and Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Northern Samar Chapter.
ADE Sabong rose from the position of Engineer I on July 18, 2011, to Engineer II on July 18, 2012, and has held the position for almost 8 years. On February 20, 2020, he was promoted as Engineer III and became the Chief of the Planning and Design Section for almost 2 years. Through his commendable service, he was designated as Officer-in-Charge (OIC), Assistant District Engineer by virtue of Special Order No. 08, series of 2022, on January 6, 2022.
On January 8, 2024, he took his oath as full-fledged Assistant District Engineer, before DPWH-Regional Director Edgar Tabacon and DPWH-Assistant Regional Director Ma. Margarita C. Junia. He is an epitome of a well-rounded employee who will do everything for the NSSDEO to strive for more.
