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DPWH Sec. Vince Dizon attends the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Thursday, September 18, 2025. The hearing was also attended by officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways led by Sec. Vince Dizon, along with representatives of contractors implicated in alleged ghost and substandard projects nationwide. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News-CBN News

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FLOOD CONTROL PROBE

Harlene Delgado

ABS-CBN News

<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/175826058120720250918-senate-flood-control-dpwh-vince-dizon-JC0470.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">DPWH Sec. Vince Dizon attends the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday expressed trust to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon, who was tasked to clean up the anomalies surrounding flood control projects in the country.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/18/philippines-has-no-flood-control-master-plan-dizon-1555">Philippines has no flood control master plan: Dizon</a></div><p>“Nandito po ang Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon na sa kasalukuyan – o matamlay ‘yung palakpak kasi DPWH eh, kaya… [laughs] Pero kayang-kaya niya,” he said in his speech in San Fernando, Pampanga.</p><p>While the Chief Executive noted the issues that Dizon needs to address in the agency, he expressed confidence that the DPWH chief can fulfill his mandate.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/18/dpwh-initiating-warranty-claims-vs-ghost-substandard-flood-control-projects-1005">DPWH initiating warranty claims vs ghost, substandard flood control projects</a></div><p>“Maraming naiwan na problema na ngayon kailangan niyang ayusin. Pero siguro sa pagkakilala natin sa ating Secretary ay kayang-kaya niyang ayusin lahat ‘yan. Pagmasdan ninyo,” he added.</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">&#x27;I trust them&#x27;: DPWH chief Dizon brings in new team to clean house</a></div><p>He also urged the public to help the DPWH chief in his work.</p><p>“Tulungan niyo po siya dahil marami siyang kailangang gawin,” Marcos Jr. told the audience.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>&#x27;COORDINATE WITH ICI&#x27;</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17582615326631758261529407.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><p>Meanwhile, Dizon directed all DPWH officials and employees in a memorandum to “extend full cooperation” with an independent commission probing the infrastructure scandal. </p><p>He warned that those who fail to comply with the directive could face administrative or criminal complaints.</p><p>Marcos earlier this week reiterated a pledge that friends and allies &quot;would not be spared&quot; in the investigation.</p><p>The Department of Finance has estimated that the Philippine economy lost up to P118.5 billion from 2023 to 2025 due to corruption in flood control projects.</p><p>The infrastructure scandal has prompted a series of protests across the capital Manila in recent weeks, including one involving about 3,000 students at the University of the Philippines campus.</p><p>While most demonstrations so far have largely been small-scale, an annual protest tied to the 1972 declaration of martial law by Marcos&#x27;s father is expected to draw large crowds on Sunday.</p><div><a href="https://abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/15/marcos-on-anti-corruption-protests-if-i-wasn-t-president-i-might-be-out-in-the-streets-0950">‘Show that you are enraged’: Marcos backs mass protests vs flood control mess</a></div><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sl1daHU6e7M?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CTz8aDj5HNQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed trust to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon, who was tasked to clean up the anomalies surrounding flood control projects in the country.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed trust to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon, who was tasked to clean up the anomalies surrounding flood control projects in the country.

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'Kayang-kaya niya': Marcos trusts Dizon can clean up DPWH amid flood control mess

Harlene Delgado,

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Published Sep 19, 2025 01:48 PM PHT

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Updated Sep 19, 2025 02:00 PM PHT

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