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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. graces the 125th anniversary celebration of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at the DPWH Central Office in Port Area, City of Manila on June 23, 2023. Rey Baniquet, PNA

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Job Manahan

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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/175669212092320230623-marcos-dpwh-PNA-9957.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. graces the 125th anniversary celebration of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at the DPWH Central Office in Port Area, City of Manila on June 23, 2023. Rey Baniquet, PNA</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Monday said <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/31/manuel-bonoan-resigns-as-dpwh-secretary-1633">Manuel Bonoan resigned</a> as head of the Department of Public Works and Highways as a form of “command responsibility” over the alleged anomalies in the agency’s flood control projects.</p><p>“He took responsibility, all of these problems happened under his watch so under the principle of command responsibility, he felt he should leave,” Marcos told reporters in a chance interview. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/1/vince-dizon-takes-oath-as-dpwh-chief-0940">Vince Dizon takes oath as DPWH chief</a></div><p>Marcos in July ordered a probe on flood control projects that were &quot;started or completed in the last three years&quot;, after heavy rains that month spawned floods in various parts of the  country. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/30/dpwh-forms-anti-graft-panel-reshuffles-officials-in-wake-of-flood-control-projects-1826">DPWH forms anti-graft panel, reshuffles officials in wake of flood control projects</a></div><p>Several individuals and a lawmaker later urged Bonoan to resign as DPWH chief, after Marcos personally inspected a P55-million river wall project in Barangay Piel, Baliwag, Bulacan, and found out that the structure has yet to be constructed despite being marked as completed. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/30/dpwh-15-contractors-behind-many-flood-control-projects-invited-to-house-probe-1246">DPWH, 15 contractors behind many flood control projects invited to House probe</a></div><p>The agency faced another controversy when a DPWH district engineer was <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/8/28/dpwh-district-engineer-in-alleged-bribe-try-on-leviste-out-on-bail-2235">accused of attempting to bribe a lawmaker</a> to stop looking into flood control structures. </p><div><br/></div><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Monday said Manuel Bonoan resigned as head of the Department of Public Works and Highways as a form of “command responsibility” over the alleged anomalies in the agency’s flood control projects.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Monday said Manuel Bonoan resigned as head of the Department of Public Works and Highways as a form of “command responsibility” over the alleged anomalies in the agency’s flood control projects.

Marcos: Bonoan’s resignation a form of ‘command responsibility’ over alleged DPWH anomalies

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Marcos: Bonoan’s resignation a form of ‘command responsibility’ over alleged DPWH anomalies

Job Manahan,

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Published September 01, 2025 10:04 AM PHT

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