The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) branded as useless the ₱774-million pumping station in Manila which was built supposedly to mitigate flooding in nearby communities. DPWH Secretary Vince B. Dizon said the flood control project, completed in 2020 and located in Tondo, ...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Wednesday, Sept. 24, asked the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to freeze nearly P500 million in luxury vehicles and almost P5 billion in aircraft connected to officials and contractors allegedly involved in ghost and substandard flood...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered the preventive suspension and filing of administrative charges against Baguio City District Engineer Rene Zarate for allegedly tampering with project records and refusing to submit documents to the Independent...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon has called on the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of National Defense (DND) to assist in an urgent nationwide validation of flood control projects. In letters dated Sept. 11 and addressed to...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Monday, Sept. 22, warned that fraudsters are impersonating Secretary Vince Dizon and other officials to steal money and personal information. The scammers reportedly would contact citizens through phone calls, sometimes claiming to be Dizon or...
Noticing a "weak applause" for Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon during an event in Pampanga, President Marcos made another assurance to the public that the new DPWH chief can deliver amid the widespread flood control anomalies he was tasked to address. Marcos...
The country poured billions into flood control projects with no national master plan to guide them, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon admitted Friday, Sept. 19. He disclosed that during an initial internal investigation, contractors often could not produce...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said on Friday, Sept. 19, that only P223 billion, or 22 percent, of the agency’s 2025 budget has been disbursed, which led to the enforcement of stricter reforms and tighter oversight of infrastructure projects. Speaking before...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is tracing the assets of 27 officials and contractors linked to anomalous flood control projects as part of efforts to recover millions in stolen public funds. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said Thursday, Sept. 18, that the agency had written to the...
The P189-billion Panay-Guimaras-Negros Island bridges project is fast approaching a key milestone as its detailed engineering designs near completion, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday, Sept. 18. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said the Panay-Guimaras segment, a...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Thursday, September 18 said the agency has received reports of more than 100 “ghost” and or “very substandard” projects across the country in the last two weeks. Dizon confirmed this at the continuation of the Senate...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Thursday, September 18 issued a subpoena against former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) undersecretary Catalina Cabral after the latter repeatedly failed to appear in the ongoing investigation into the anomalous flood control projects. This, after...
