In a televised interview, the DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the bridge — which was only opened to the public in February — was initially meant for light vehicles. He said it had design ...

Maria Bridge, prompting the DPWH to seek a third-party entity to check the structure. From its original cost of P413 million in 2014, the government spent more than triple of its initial budget to ...

But on February 27, trucks with boulders weighing about 100 tons went over the bridge that is designed to only carry around 44 tons, DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said. “Tatlo yata yung loaded ...

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assured that the collapse of the Cabagan-Sta. Maria Bridge in Isabela was not due to corruption or structural defects but was caused by an overloaded ...

Maria bridge in Isabela, Senate President Francis Escudero said yesterday. The DPWH itself, however, is under fire over the collapse of the bridge, whose construction was under the agency's ...

Maria Bridge, criticized the DPWH for committing to pay for two retrofitting projects after defects such as “structural failures” and “cracks” were discovered in 2018. He also noted the ...