“Rep. Leandro Leviste Uncovers Massive Insertions in DPWH 2025 & 2026 Budgets”
Batangas First District Rep. Leandro Leviste has ignited a new wave of scrutiny over the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) after revealing that the agency’s 2025 and 2026 budget proposals contain massive insertions hidden within the National Expenditure Program (NEP).
According to Leviste, the DPWH’s upcoming budgets are not as transparent as the agency claims.
In fact, the congressman disclosed that:
🔹 P721.83 BILLION were inserted into the 2025 DPWH budget
🔹 P496.97 BILLION were added for 2026
Together, these total over P1.2 trillion in insertions.
🔸 "Hindi ito gawa ng DPWH engineers."
Leviste emphasized that these insertions did not originate from the agency’s planning engineers.
Instead, he claims the projects were proposed by politicians or contractors, then buried within DPWH’s internal files — a pattern eerily similar to the controversial Bicam insertions exposed in past years.
🔸 DPWH accused of hiding project proponents
Leviste challenged the DPWH:
“Ilabas niyo ang database ng project proponents.”
According to him, the DPWH is hesitant to release the full data because it includes proposals allegedly coming from:
• sitting congressmen
• senators
• Cabinet secretaries
• undersecretaries
• political contractors
If these internal files are made public, Leviste said, they would expose that the NEP — supposedly a technical and merit-based document — is already “loaded” with externally inserted projects even before the Bicam stage.
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🔸 TRANSPARENCY? Or controlled narrative?
The congressman criticized the agency’s public statements claiming transparency.
He insisted that the only way to prove that claim is for the DPWH to release the complete internal project database.
🔸 WHAT’S AT STAKE?
These alleged insertions are not mere minor adjustments. They are large-scale allocations that influence infrastructure priorities, regional development, and—ultimately—the use of taxpayer money.
As Luke 8:17 says:
“Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed.”
The DPWH may control the documents —
pero hindi nila makokontrol ang paglabas ng katotohanan.
🔸 THE BIGGER PICTURE
With massive flood control anomalies, rice and onion import controversies, and now the DPWH budget insertion revelations — the Marcos administration faces mounting questions on corruption and unaccountability.
And Leviste’s revelation only adds more pressure.
