Manuel Bonoan  | |
|---|---|
|   Bonoan in 2023  | |
| 40th Secretary of Public Works and Highways | |
| In office June 30, 2022 –September 1, 2025  | |
| President | Bongbong Marcos | 
| Preceded by | Roger Mercado (acting) | 
| Succeeded by | Vince Dizon | 
| Acting February 1,2007 –July 4,2007  | |
| President | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | 
| Preceded by | Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. | 
| Succeeded by | Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 5,1945 | 
| Nationality | Filipino | 
| Spouse | Yolanda S. Bonoan | 
| Children | 2,inc. Fatima Gay [1] | 
| Profession | Engineer | 
Manuel Manligas Bonoan [2] (born August 5,1945) [3] [4] is a Filipino businessman and engineer who served as the 40th secretary of public works and highways from June 30,2022 until his resignation on September 1,2025. An associate of the DPWH since 1967,he had previously served as secretary in an acting capacity in 2007. Bonoan was the president and chief executive officer of SMC Tollways.
Bonoan received his degree in civil engineering from the Mapúa Institute of Technology in the late 1960s. [5] [6]
Bonoan later acquired a graduate degree in highway engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia. [6]
Bonoan began working at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in 1967,when he was in his senior year in college and the agency was named the Department of Public Works,Transportation and Communications (DPWTC). [5] [6] He served as assistant secretary for planning during the tenures of Presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel V. Ramos, [7] [8] [9] and as undersecretary during the tenures of Presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. [10] [11] Bonoan also served as acting director of the Mt. Pinatubo Rehabilitation-Project Management Office (MPR-PMO) in 1996 and as chairman of the Pre-qualification,Bids and Awards Committee (PBAC) for Construction Projects in Visayas and Mindanao in the early 2000s. [12] [13] During Arroyo's administration,he served as acting secretary of the DPWH from February to July 2007. [10]
President-elect Bongbong Marcos selected Bonoan to lead the DPWH when Marcos assumed the presidency in June 2022. [10] He succeeded acting secretary Roger Mercado,who had in turn succeeded Mark Villar who resigned for a senatorial campaign in the 2022 elections. [14] He pledged for the continuation of unfinished projects and "public-private partnership[s]" under the Build! Build! Build! program of President Rodrigo Duterte,as well as prioritize the checking of river basins for flood control projects and pursue ventures that would help the agriculture and tourism industries. [11] [15] [16] [17] He resigned from the post effective September 1,2025,amidst the flood control projects controversy. [18]
Bonoan was a president and chief executive officer of SMC Tollways,the operator of Skyway,NAIA Expressway,South Luzon Expressway,the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road,and Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway tollways. [19] He was also president of the Skyway O&M Corporation,the operator of Skyway and NAIA Expressway led by Ramon Ang,prior to his involvement with SMC Tollways. [10]
Bonoan is married to Yolanda S. Bonoan;they have two children. [6] His daughter,Fatima Gay,is a real estate broker currently serving as COO and treasurer of the MBB Global Properties Corp.,which owns the Wyndham Garden hotel in Clark Freeport,Angeles City,Pampanga. [1] [20] Bonoan is a resident of Solsona,Ilocos Norte. [5]
Age: 78
He [Manuel Bonoan] holds a graduate diploma in highway engineering from the University of South Wales [sic] in Sydney, Australia.
[Florante] Soriquez will be replaced temporarily by DPWH Assistant Secretary for Planning Manuel Bonoan until a permanent MPR-PMO director is appointed.
Nakipagpulong si Teacher Stella kay DPWH Sec. Manuel Bonoan upang pag-usapan ang mga flood control projects sa Marikina.
1604 DELA CRUZ, FATIMA GAY BONOAN