TACLOBAN CITY, June 29 -- The opening of the Simora Bridge and the 8-kilometer concrete road in Northern Samar will benefit over 5,000 poor residents in remote communities of the province, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has reported.

The newly completed bridge and road section, part of the foreign-funded Samar Pacific Coastal Road, will benefit coconut and rice farmers in nine villages in the coastal towns of Palapag, Laoang, and Catubig in Northern Samar.

The PHP1.12 billion coastal road project will link the Pacific towns in Northern Samar.

"After four years of challenging construction, the partial opening of the Samar Pacific Coastal Road is a huge step to the realization of the vision to provide comfortable and ...