DPWH -Tawi-Tawi conduct projects inspection in Languyan

Bongao, Tawi_Tawi  -  The Engineer's of Tawi-Tawi Engineering District headed by District Engineer Tony Kamlani Al-hadz with his Assistant Engineer Martin Maing, Al-hadz and other engineers officials visited different project's in  Languyan in order to conduct massive projects inspection recently.

District Engineer Tony Kamlani said, that ARMM-DPWH Secretary Don Loong strictly implementing all construction projects of the Autonomous Region just to give a good services to the people here.

Kamlani added that the office of DPWH Tawi -Tawi doubled their efforts to implements all projects under their responsibility  in  response the mandate of the Secretary of DPWH as per order by Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman.

The group of Engineers recently proceeded to Languyan municipality to inspect different projects like: Expansion of Languyan Ports, water systems, farm to market roads and circumferential roads connecting different island municipalities down to Bongao, the business hub of the province.(By: Becky D. de Asis)

California guv visits wildfires-hit areas as death toll climbs to 29

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Governor Jerry Brown offered his sympathy Thursday to the victims of wildfires that are ravaging the state, and would visit the affected areas soon, as the death toll hit a new high of 29, local media reports said.

The reports quoted his spokesman Evan Westrup as saying that the governor intends to travel to the fire zones, but not immediately so that his visit doesn't take away from critical resources needed to combat the blaze.

"Our focus is on getting resources where they're needed most, not pulling them away for photo-ops with the governor," Westrup said.

Twenty-two blazes are ravaging primarily across eight counties in Northern California, spawning one of the most devastating fire disasters in the state's history.

"We aren't in any way finished. Some places are beginning to be contained. But the fires are burning and the winds can come up. They aren't as calm as we would like them to be. The next couple of days are very serious for California," Brown said.

Over 8,000 firefighters are combating the blaze mainly in the Bay area of western California, but gusty winds and low humidity expected in the coming days will continue to challenge the firefighters' efforts towards containment and will increase the risk for new fires.

At least 3,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed and more than 190,000 acres have burned since the fires ignited late Sunday, the media reports said. (Xinhua)