By: Zacarian Sarao – Reporter / @zacariansINQ

INQUIRER.net / 11:20 AM February 21, 2025

MANILA, Philippines — Vivencio “Vince” Bringas Dizon on Friday took his oath before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the new secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr).

In a Palace press conference, Dizon vowed to improve the country’s transport systems and fast-track ongoing projects and those projects that are still in the pipeline.

“Our objective is simple: Speed up and fix our transport systems to make them safer,” Dizon said in Filipino.

“And importantly, we have to build better and we have to build more. Meaning, we can’t settle for ‘that’s good enough,’” he noted.

The Palace first confirmed Dizon’s appointment as DOTr chief on Feb. 13, replacing Jaime Bautista.

Before this appointment, Dizon served as president of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, chief of staff of the late Senate President Edgardo J. Angara, and presidential adviser and deputy chief implementer against COVID-19 during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s term.