Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon and then-Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) Special Adviser Benjamin Magalong inspect a flood control project in Brgy. Calumbaya in Bauang, La Union on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. GMA Regional TVThe Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has ordered one of its regional executives and a district engineer to provide an explanation for an alleged anomalous flood control project in Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental worth P96.5 million. In separate show-cause orders dated September 26, DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon ordered Region XI Director Juby Cordon and Davao Occidental district engineer Rodrigo Larete to explain the Culaman Bridge Flood Control Project's unfinished status, even though it was deemed complete and St. Timothy Construction Company had received full payment as early as 2022. Both Cordon and Larete were given five days after receiving the show-cause orders to justify why they should not be held administratively liable for possible violations of laws, regulations, and orders.