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DPWH Secretary Vince B. Dizon holds a press conference at the Department of Budget and Management headquarters in Manila on September 3, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Andrea Taguines

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175730764180720250903-dbm-dpwh-presscon-pangandaman-dizon-MT6.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">DPWH Secretary Vince B. Dizon holds a press conference at the Department of Budget and Management headquarters in Manila on September 3, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News <br/><br/></span></span></span>MANILA — Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said on Monday that DPWH Usec. Maria Catalina Cabral denied allegations linking her to 2026 budget insertion.</div><p>Sen. Panfilo Lacson earlier said an undersecretary of the DPWH reached out to Senate Minority Leader Vincente Sotto III for the insertion in the proposed budget for 2026.</p><p>&quot;She denied it to my face, she denied it to me. I told her you just have to tell the truth whatever the truth is, explain it... na tumawag sya kay Senator Sotto,&quot; Dizon told ABS-CBN News.</p><p>&quot;I told her she has to go there and explain herself. I&#x27;m not the one to judge that but I have to make a decision in the next few days on who I want to keep,&quot; he added.</p><p>As Undersecretary for Planning and Public-Private Partnership, Cabral is in charge of preparing the DPWH&#x27;s budget and oversees infrastructure planning and programming, as well as the public-private partnership projects that the agency implements.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/8/disacayas-says-corrupt-officials-used-them-in-anomalous-bidding-1114">Discaya couple says lawmakers, DPWH execs &#x27;used&#x27; them in flood control anomalies</a></div><p>ABS-CBN News also tried to get the side of Cabral but she declined to comment as she rushed to get to the Senate hearing on flood control projects earlier in the day.</p><p>According to Dizon, Cabral is among the undersecretaries who have submitted their courtesy resignations.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/9/8/new-dpwh-chief-dizon-brings-in-new-team-to-clean-house-1203">New DPWH chief Dizon brings in own team to clean house</a></div><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div>

<p>Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon said that DPWH Usec. Maria Catalina Cabral denied allegations linking her to 2026 budget insertion.</p>

Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon said that DPWH Usec. Maria Catalina Cabral denied allegations linking her to 2026 budget insertion.

'She denied it to my face': Dizon says DPWH Usec Cabral refutes link to 2026 budget insertion

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'She denied it to my face': Dizon says DPWH Usec Cabral refutes link to 2026 budget insertion

Andrea Taguines,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 08, 2025 01:03 PM PHT

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Updated September 11, 2025 01:27 AM PHT

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