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The Department of Public Works and Highways building is seen in this photo taken on August 25, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) building is seen in this photo taken on August 25, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Harlene Delgado

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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/175687144735720250825-dpwh-building-JC0875 (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">The Department of Public Works and Highways building is seen in this photo taken on August 25, 2025.<em> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) -- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of Budget and Management and DPWH Sec. Vince Dizon to conduct a sweeping review of the DPWH budget under the proposed 2026 National Expenditure Program.</p><p>Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro said Marcos Jr. emphasized that the review &quot;must lead to the necessary changes to guarantee transparency, accountability and proper use of people’s money.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/2/senators-flag-p50-billion-in-flood-control-items-in-2026-budget-1555">&#x27;Exact amounts&#x27;: Senators flag P50 billion in flood control items in 2026 budget</a></div><p>This will ensure that &quot;resources are directed toward infrastructure projects that genuinely served and benefit Filipino people,&quot; according to Castro.</p><p>The Palace official explained the review will determine whether there are indeed insertions or duplications in the allocation that need to be removed. </p><p>The changes to be made in the DPWH budget will be through the issuance of budget errata. </p><p>Castro also offered an explanation when Marcos Jr. said that even the 2026 budget had insertions. </p><p>&quot;Nasabi po natin noong nakaraang press briefing na ito ay nabanggit ni Representative Marcy [Teodoro] at Representative [Ronaldo] Puno, so doon lamang po kumuha pansamantalang impormasyon ang Pangulo at ang DBM,&quot; she said. </p><p>&quot;At ito po ay pag-aaralang mabuti kaya po ang DBM pati po ang DPWH ay bubusisiin po ito talaga kung totoo bang nagkaroon ng mga duplication, nagkaroon ng insertion, dapat po kasi matanggal ito through errata,&quot; she added.</p><p>The Palace official added that review will be &quot;swift&quot; to not cause delays in the passage of the national budget.</p><p>&quot;Hangga&#x27;t maaari, ayaw din ng Pangulo ng reenacted budget. Sa bilis po ng pagtatrabaho ni Sec. Vince at saka ni Sec. Mina Pangandaman, mabilisan po ito. At iyon na po ang ipinag-utos talaga ng Pangulo,&quot; Castro stated.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/1/leviste-suggests-slashing-dpwh-budget-to-reduce-potential-for-corruption-1458">Leviste suggests slashing DPWH budget to reduce &#x27;potential for corruption&#x27;</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/1/cayetano-double-appropriations-in-dpwh-budget-rise-by-125-in-2025-1853">Cayetano: Double appropriations in DPWH budget rise by 125% in 2025</a></div><p>Marcos&#x27; order comes after Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, flagged questionable entries in the proposed 2026 budget of the DPWH in the NEP during a committee hearing on Tuesday.</p><p>Among the &quot;red flags&quot; Gatchalian cited were projects with no station numbers, identical amounts, phased allocations, rounded figures, coded names, and even the reappearance of 2025-funded projects.</p><p>The DPWH has been under intense scrutiny over supposed corruption in billions of pesos worth of flood control projects.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong><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/mnyFCyl55xg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAFz8gWM8iRADsJr&amp;cid=ABgBKLxv_3iVA3Qr"></script>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday ordered a sweeping review of the Department of Public Works and Highways budget under the 2026 National Expenditure Program.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday ordered a sweeping review of the Department of Public Works and Highways budget under the 2026 National Expenditure Program.

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Marcos orders sweeping review of DPWH budget under NEP

Harlene Delgado,

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Published Sep 03, 2025 11:57 AM PHT

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Updated Sep 03, 2025 10:00 PM PHT

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