DPWH eyeing repair of over 1,000 Opong damaged classrooms in Masbate in 2 months

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is eyeing the repair of more than 1,000 classrooms damaged by Typhoon Opong in Masbate within the next two months.

“Mahigit 1,000 classrooms ‘yung nasira (sa Masbate). Marami doon halos total ‘yung damage,” DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon told Super Radyo dzBB on Sunday.

(More than 1,000 classrooms were damaged in Masbate. A lot were totally damaged.)

“Ang deadline na sine-set natin is hopefully, within two months matapos natin lahat ‘yung mga nasira,” he added.

(We set the deadline within two months. Hopefully, we’ll finish all the repairs in the given time.)

Opong made landfall in Masbate on September 27, leaving thousands of families affected and damaging millions worth of infrastructure across the province. Masbate was placed under a state of calamity the following day.

The Department of Education earlier launched rapid response operations to support schools and communities affected by a series of disasters, such as the onslaught of Typhoons Nando and Opong and the earthquake that hit Bogo City, Cebu. — Mariel Celine Serquiña/JMA, GMA Integrated News