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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to push for the implementation of priority transportation projects as part of his legacy before the end of his term in 2028, newly appointed Transportation Secretary Vivencio Dizon on Friday said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe spoke at length about this and gusto niyang (President Marcos) maibsan ang hirap ng mga kababayan natin sa transportasyon, sa lahat ng bagay \u2013 healthcare, education, agriculture,\u201d Dizon said during a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPero iyong transportation araw-araw iyan eh, parang nightmare na uulitin mo every day and the President really feels the pain of our people. And that\u2019s why he said, the first thing he said: \u2018All these projects have to be fast-tracked.’\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n These priority projects include the Metro Manila Subway, the North-South Commuter Railway, the country\u2019s regional airports, and seaports.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Dizon, the President wants the quick completion of the ongoing subway project and the North-South Commuter Rail to decongest Metro Manila and ease the misery of the commuting public.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dizon said he wishes Filipinos to experience having a world-class subway system similar to those in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dizon said regional airports and ports must be improved, citing their importance to the country\u2019s tourism, business, and agriculture sectors.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cImportante iyan, mga airports natin sa Palawan, importante iyan. Pero iyan, dapat iyan\u2026 our roadmap is to privatize kasi iyon ang pinakamabilis eh,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAng dating mga ports kailangan talagang\u2026 lalo\u2014just today, the President wants to expand our port system, especially our agricultural ports. Because one reason why the price of food is so high is because of connectivity, because of transport cost,\u201d Dizon said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to push for the implementation of priority transportation projects as part of his legacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11977,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11975\/revisions\/11977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}