Benguet district to increase hiring of workers this year

BAGUIO CITY -- The Benguet engineering district I of the Department of Public Works and Highways is set to hire more workers this year, especially children of Filipino expatriates from abroad.

District Engineer Romeo Dulay said the DPWH central office has approved of more workers to be hired who will be among the manpower complements in the repair of existing road cuts of the Quirino Highway due to typhoon "Pepeng" in 2009.

"The rest will be working in the regular maintenance and repair of the highways and roads within our jurisdiction, which include the Marcos Highway and Kennon Road," he said.

While "Pepeng" happened two years ago, there are still portions of Quirino Highway, more popularly known as "Naguilian Road", which have eroded road shoulders and road cuts as other priority infrastructure repairs had been finished ahead.

Dulay said that as programmed, all the repair projects would be finished before the expected strong rains in July and August.