Marcos tasks Dizon to make life easier for commuters, fast track key public transpo projects

Manila Bulletin

President Marcos has ordered new Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Vince Dizon to make life easier for the commuters by expediting the implementation of several public transportation projects in the country such as railways and subway.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/21/marcos-tasks-dizon-to-make-life-easier-for-commuters  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manilabulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Maybe before we answer the questions, first of all, we should understand why we are here.

00:15First of all, public transportation is one of the most important sectors of our society

00:28because it transports our countrymen from their homes to their workplaces,

00:35from their homes to malls, to places where families go,

00:42from their homes to schools for our students.

00:47That is why it is very important that the priority of the government is to provide an efficient and proper transport system for our countrymen.

01:00That is what our beloved President said when we first met a week and a half ago.

01:10You know, when we look at the daily lives of our countrymen,

01:17from the moment that they wake up in the wee hours of the morning,

01:22most of our countrymen and women, they wake up at 4am, a little early,

01:30then they travel for 2-3 hours to work.

01:36They work for 8-9 hours, then they travel again for 2-3 hours, sometimes even more.

01:46When they arrive home, maybe it is already 10pm,

01:51their children are already asleep.

01:53Even if they can't be with them at night,

01:56their families, their spouses, they are already tired.

02:01Maybe they are already sleeping.

02:03So, they eat, their family is already asleep,

02:07maybe they will just say goodnight and go to sleep.

02:12To do that again the next day, and the day after, and the day after that.

02:19They do that over and over again.

02:21Our countrymen travel almost every day.

02:27As we can see here in Metro Manila,

02:31you get on the monument, the MRT or the busway,

02:37when it is rush hour, maybe it is 2 o'clock,

02:40or maybe even more,

02:42you will ride like the sardines inside the train or the bus.

02:47When you get off, it is rush hour again.

02:49When you get off, if it is raining, there is no flood.

02:54So, I think that is the purpose of what we need to do,

03:03and we need to do it quickly,

03:05the different infrastructures

03:07that will somehow alleviate the hardships our countrymen are going through every day.

03:14That is what our President said first.

03:17We have to fast track all the ongoing projects of the past administrations,

03:26and also start the projects that are in the pipeline

03:32so that in 5 years, 6 years, 10 years, 15 years,

03:40we will somehow alleviate the hardships our countrymen are going through every day.

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