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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) building is seen in this photo taken on August 25, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Allison Co

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176566866577520250825-dpwh-building-JC0863.jpg" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) building is seen in this photo taken on August 25, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><p>MANILA — Senate Finance committee chair Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has hinted at a possible cut in the Department of Public Works and Highways&#x27; (DPWH) budget during the second day of the 2026 bicameral conference committee, citing the unresolved flood control mess.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/13/livestreamed-bicam-off-to-intense-start-1830">Livestreamed bicam on 2026 national budget off to intense start</a></div><p>“Normally ang mga proposal is to increase eh…Later on makikita rin natin may mga decreases na mangyayari for example sa flood control… within DPWH, marami rin ide-decrease dahil hindi nagagamit ang pera,” Gatchalian told the media after a ten-hour deliberation on the first day of the bicam budget meeting on Saturday, December 13.</p><p>(Normally, proposals are aimed at increasing the budget… Later on, we will also see decreases, for example in flood control… Within the DPWH, many allocations will also be reduced because the funds are not being utilized.)</p><p>In a statement released Saturday night, DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon appealed to both the Senate and Congress to restore the deducted amounts from the projects in the 2026 proposed budget of DPWH due to the reductions in the Construction Materials Price Data (CMPD).</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdpwhph%2Fposts%2Fpfbid027VFhzDhnQCTJ7zNHwQLNw7G8ExstQ6ofTEwAn43LYtDyjoapKTN2QNK969pFrBkQl&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=500" width="500" height="498" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>“The DPWH has asked that it be allowed to implement the project costs changes using the updated CMPD Special Issuance, in the exercise of its executive functions, in order to ensure its proper execution,” the statement reads.</p><p>Senator Imee Marcos acknowledged this request and said she will thoroughly review the proposal.</p><p>“Kinakailangan siguro na pag-isipang maigi at siyasatin ang budget nila. Kaya lang tinatago pa, tinatapos pa, ano ang himala?” she told the media after the first bicam meeting.</p><p>(It may be necessary to carefully think through and scrutinize their budget. But for now it is still being withheld and finalized, so what’s the miracle there?)</p><p>The deliberations for the DPWH budget will be on the second day of the bicam budget meeting scheduled on Sunday, 2 pm. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o5YmvK-J4m0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Senate Finance committee chair Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has hinted at a possible cut in the DPWH budget during the second day of the 2026 bicameral conference committee.</p>

Senate Finance committee chair Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has hinted at a possible cut in the DPWH budget during the second day of the 2026 bicameral conference committee.

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Bicam to cut DPWH budget; Dizon appeals

Allison Co,

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Published Dec 14, 2025 07:36 AM PHT

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