Division of Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan — INQUIRER file picture
Officers and workers of the Division of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are prohibited till November from occurring private international journeys, aside from medical causes, in accordance with a memorandum issued by the company on Friday.
The but unnumbered memo got here two days after President Marcos ordered a life-style examine on all officers underneath the chief department, starting with the general public works division, amid the growing public scrutiny of its flood management tasks.
The order, signed by Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan, stated it was issued in keeping with the company’s dedication to transparency, accountability and integrity.
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Bonoan stated every week in the past, amid requires his resignation, that the DPWH is investigating reported anomalies in its flood management tasks.
Approval
“Approval of all functions for Authority to Journey overseas for private causes (is) hereby briefly suspended besides for private journey for pressing medical causes, efficient instantly till the top of November 2025 or except circumstances warrant earlier lifting of the suspension or additional extension,” it stated.
Bonoan stated the journey suspension is in accordance with the Civil Service Fee’s Omnibus Guidelines on Go away, which state that non-public journey for public workers is “discretionary and never automated,” and that the company involved “has the authority to manage the international journey of its workers.”
Bribe suspect posts bail
Beneath Part 6 of the Invoice of Rights of the 1987 Structure, “the appropriate to journey shall not be “impaired besides within the curiosity of nationwide safety, public security, or public well being, as could also be supplied by legislation.”
In the meantime, the DPWH district engineer who allegedly tried to bribe a lawmaker final week has posted bail, police stated.
“Yesterday, he was launched at 3 p.m. after posting a complete bail of P150,000 for the 2 costs in opposition to him,” Batangas Police Provincial Workplace Director Col. Geovanny Emerick Sibalo stated of Abelardo Calalo when requested for an replace on the latter’s case.
Calalo was arrested on Aug. 22 after allegedly providing P3.1 million in money to Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste to steer the lawmaker to cease a congressional inquiry into flood management tasks within the province.
The engineer was subsequently suspended by the DPWH and charged with violation of Article 212 of the Revised Penal Code on corruption; and violation of Republic Act No. 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
In response to Sibalo, Calalo posted bail of P60,000 for the primary cost and P90,000 for the second.
Additionally on Friday, a number one enterprise group urged the federal government to make sure accountability and transparency in its investigation.
The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) additional advisable stricter authorities monitoring, together with “random checks” on development supplies, to “stop substandard and uncertified merchandise from coming into tasks.”
Integrity in infrastructure
“When flood management is compromised by corruption, it’s not simply concrete that cracks—it’s public belief, trade stability, and the security of our communities,” FPI chair Elizabeth Lee stated in a press release on Friday.
“Each failed or fraudulent undertaking leaves Filipino communities and industries uncovered to devastating floods that destroy houses, crops, factories, and provide chains,” she added.
“By no means underestimate the worth of integrity in the whole lot we do—particularly in infrastructure,” Lee stated. —WITH A REPORT FROM JORDEENE B. LAGARE
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