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THE House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final reading House Bill HB No. 7508 which creates a district engineering office of the Department of Public Works and Highways DPWH in the Second District of Southern Leyte province to be located in the Municipality of Sogod.With an overwhelming 283 votes the chamber approved the establishment of the Southern Leyte Second District Engineering Office which will serve the Municipalities of Anahawan Hinunangan Hinundayan Libagon Liloan Pintuyan St. Bernard San Francisco San Juan San Ricardo Silago and Sogod.We hope that with the creation of this new engineering office we can better serve the needs of our people in the Second District of Southern Leyte Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said. We also hope that the implementation of various infrastructure projects in the area will be more efficient once the proposed legislation is signed into law he added.Section 3 of HB 7508 tasks the Secretary of Public Works and Highways to include the operationalization of the Office in the Departments program and the annual national budget.Romualdez along with TINGOG Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre House Committee on Public Works and Highways Chair Romeo Momo Sr. House Appropriations Committee Chair Elizalde Co and Reps. Christopherson Yap Carl Cari Ramon Jolo Revilla III and Edwin Olivarez authored the bill.
