{"id":128372,"date":"2017-11-04T07:28:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T11:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=128372"},"modified":"2017-11-04T07:28:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T11:28:12","slug":"dpwh-conducts-road-maintenance-works-ahead-of-asean-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/04\/dpwh-conducts-road-maintenance-works-ahead-of-asean-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"DPWH conducts road maintenance works ahead of ASEAN meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109821\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109821\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)  (Photo: Department of Public Works and Highways, Philippines\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13962521_1032926376820847_7666003589895616874_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)<br \/>(Photo: Department of Public Works and Highways, Philippines\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2014 The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is conducting maintenance works on roads in the National Capital Region (NCR) ahead of the\u00a0 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2017 Summit in Metro Manila and Clark, Pampanga slated November 13-15.<\/p>\n<p>Melvin Navarro, DPWH-NCR director, said they are conducting works such as patching of holes, painting of curbs, asphalt laying and replacing light bulbs in tunnels in different areas in the metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNag ikot kami ngayon from boundary Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA), McArthur Highway sa Valenzuela, Roxas Boulevard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The DPWH-NCR official added that they are looking to finish all the works the week before the scheduled international event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalos nagawa na namin lahat. Nagpintura na lang kami at kung may naiwan na potholes na maliliit patching pa namin. Naglalagay ng ilaw sa Ayala tunnel. Lahat ng tunnel sa EDSA inaayos namin. Siguro hanggang November 10 tapos na kami,\u201d Navarro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLahat ng main roads and alternate routes ng asean inaayos natin. medyo presentable naman,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The DPWH official explained that the maintenance works are regularly being conducted even without the holding of the international meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTuloy-tuloy (ang maintenance works). Kahit hindi ASEAN. Ito normal na normal namaintenance fund. Wala naman pondo pang ASEAN,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The country will be hosting the 50th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in different venues in Metro Manila and Pampanga on the second week of November. (Ferdinand G. Patinio\/PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is conducting maintenance works on roads in the National Capital &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[20688,20547,31148],"class_list":["post-128372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-association-of-southeast-asian-nations-asean","tag-department-of-public-works-and-highways-dpwh","tag-national-capital-region-ncr","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}