{"id":5423,"date":"2025-09-01T01:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northsouthjournal.com\/?p=5423"},"modified":"2025-09-01T01:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:44:59","slug":"bonoan-resigns-as-dpwh-chief-dizon-takes-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northsouthjournal.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/bonoan-resigns-as-dpwh-chief-dizon-takes-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonoan resigns as DPWH chief, Dizon takes over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon as the new head of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) following the resignation of Secretary Manuel Bonoan, effective September 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has accepted the resignation of Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan,\u201d Malaca\u00f1ang announced Sunday. \u201cTo lead the DPWH through this critical transition, the President has appointed Secretary Vince Dizon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malaca\u00f1ang said Dizon will conduct a \u201cfull organizational sweep\u201d of the DPWH to ensure infrastructure funds are properly utilized. Atty. Giovanni Lopez, previously DOTr undersecretary for administration, finance, and procurement, was named acting transportation secretary.<\/p>\n<p>The President also created an Independent Commission to Investigate Flood Control Anomalies, citing concerns over ghost projects and undercapitalized contractors cornering billions of pesos in contracts. He revealed that 20 percent of the P545 billion flood control budget went to just 15 contractors.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Panfilo \u201cPing\u201d Lacson welcomed the appointment, praising Dizon\u2019s \u201cindefatigable\u201d work ethic. Rep. Terry Ridon of the Bicol Saro Party-List said Bonoan will still be invited to upcoming congressional hearings on questionable infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>The DPWH earlier suspended several district offices in Bulacan and Batangas over alleged ghost projects and bribery attempts. The Quezon City government also reported that only two of 254 DPWH flood control projects in the city had been approved.<\/p>\n<p>Bonoan previously said he would abide by the President\u2019s decision amid mounting calls for his resignation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon as the new head of the Department of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[188],"tags":[305],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bonoan resigns as DPWH chief, Dizon takes over -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon as the new head of the Department of Public W\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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