Dizon returns as transport chief, Lopez takes over public works

Vince Dizon is returning as secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) while Giovanni Lopez will take over as the new secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Presidential Communications Office acting secretary Lino Cayetano announced on Monday.

“…we are shifting gears to accelerate reform: Secretary Dizon goes to the DOTr to fix the daily commute, Secretary Lopez goes to the DPWH to make sure the reforms there last. All these are intended to further hasten and ease government services to the public,” Cayetano, speaking in mixed English and Filipino, said in a briefing in Malacañang.

Dizon on September 1, 2025 took the helm of DPWH from Manuel Bonoan, who resigned following the discovery of numerous questionable government-funded flood projects. Dizon was replaced by Lopez, who was undersecretary of DoTr prior to his appointment to lead the department on September 3.

Cayetano said Dizon “returns to the Department of Transportation with the President’s full confidence and a simple order: make the daily commute a little easier and at the LTO (Land Transportation Office), shorten the lines and get rid of the fixers.”

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