{"id":271919,"date":"2020-10-15T06:06:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T10:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271919"},"modified":"2020-10-15T06:06:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T10:06:50","slug":"dpwh-chief-has-dutertes-full-trust-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/15\/dpwh-chief-has-dutertes-full-trust-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"DPWH chief has Duterte\u2019s full trust: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte chats with Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar while leading the inspection of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Harbor Link Circumferential Road 3 (C3)-R10 Section in Caloocan City on March 5, 2020. SIMEON CELI JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Public Works Secretary Mark Villar has the full trust and confidence of President Rodrigo Duterte despite allegations of massive corruption within his department, Malaca\u00f1ang said Thursday.<\/p>\n

In a Palace press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this statement after Duterte said there is corruption embedded in the projects of the DPWH.<\/p>\n

\u201cFull trust and confidence\u00a0kay<\/em>\u00a0Sec. Villar\u00a0dahil<\/em>\u00a0despite the corruption in DPWH\u00a0naka<\/em>-deliver\u00a0po si<\/em>\u00a0Sec. Villar. It helps\u00a0na mas marami pang pera ang pamilya ni<\/em>\u00a0Sec. Villar\u00a0kesa sa<\/em>\u00a0DPWH (The President has full trust and confidence in Sec. Villar because despite of corruption in DPWH. Sec. Villar is able to deliver. It helps that Sec. Villar\u2019s family has more money than the DPWH),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque said Duterte mentioned corruption in the DPWH in his speech on Wednesday night because it is really part of his objectives to curb corruption within the government\u2019s agencies, especially the DPWH and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).<\/p>\n

\u201cHina-highlight lang naman po talaga ni Presidente yung mga pag-hamon sa natitirang panahon ng kaniyang termino at ang pangako naman po ng Presidente igugugol niya talaga itong natitirang panahon para labanan ang korupsyon sa lahat ng departamento ng gobyerno lalong-lalo na siguro po sa<\/em>\u00a0PhilHealth\u00a0at sa<\/em>\u00a0DPWH (The President is only highlighting the challenges for the rest of his term and the President promised that he will spend the rest of his term fighting corruption in all departments especially PhilHealth and DPWH),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Asked of the possibility that Duterte would create a task force to investigate corruption in DPWH just like he did with PhilHealth, Roque said the President might form one eventually.<\/p>\n

\u201cPosibleng gawin po \u2018yan pero hayaan na po natin \u2018yan dahil sa ngayon po e nakatutok pa sa<\/em>\u00a0PhilHealth\u00a0ang ating Presidente<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s possible but let\u2019s leave it first because the President is still focused on PhilHealth),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s accusations of rampant corruption within the DPWH came after the Congress started its special sessions into the proposed PHP4.5-trillion national budget for 2021.<\/p>\n

The DPWH is slated to get PHP667 billion, a 52-percent increase from this year’s budget.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Roque lauded Villar for the completion of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 Expressway that connects the southern and northern part of Metro Manila.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations\u00a0po kay<\/em>\u00a0Sec. Mark Villar\u00a0nakumpleto na po ang<\/em>\u00a0Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 Expressway (Congratulations to Sec. Mark Villar for completing the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 Expressway),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Villar announced that the 18-kilometer elevated expressway, which links the two major expressways in Luzon \u2013 the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) \u2013 was completed ahead of the Oct. 31 schedule.<\/p>\n

With Skyway 3, travel from SLEX to NLEX will now only take 20 minutes, from around three hours previously.<\/p>\n

The elevated expressway aims to decongest traffic in Metro Manila by providing a diversion road for Edsa and other major roads in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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