MANILA, Philippines — Heeding the marching order of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to lead the government’s anti-corruption drive, particularly in flood control projects, Secretary Vivencio “Vince” Dizon ordered a thorough cleansing of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on his first day at the agency.
Dizon to order DPWH officials to submit courtesy resignation
“The first order I will put out is the courtesy resignations, top to bottom — Usecs (undersecretaries), Asecs (assistant secretaries), division heads, regional directors, down to district engineers,” Dizon said in Filipino at a press conference in Malacañang on Monday.
“The order of the President is to clean house, to cleanse the agency… a clean sweep, that is the order of the President,” he added.
The courtesy resignations would be followed by an intensive review of all DPWH personnel., This news data comes from:http://koch.redcanaco.com
“I believe that there are many good and excellent employees within the DPWH. The order of the President is to find them and place them in the sensitive and important positions,” Dizon said.
- ‘Large shark’ kills man off Sydney beach
- Kris Aquino is alive, says friend amid reports of death
- ‘Gomez ignorant of how media works’
- Hontiveros urges probe on Chinese faking Filipino identity
- UN watchdog finds uranium traces at suspected Syrian former nuclear site
- Searchers retrieve bodies as Afghan quake toll seen to rise
- Marcos names acting Ombudsman
- Trump: Many Americans ‘like a dictator’
- Senate subpoenas 8 DPWH officials, contractors in flood control probe
- Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital kill six, Houthis say
