MANILA, Sept. 1 -- Newly appointed Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Monday announced that contractors found engaged in ghost projects will be blacklisted for life.

In a press briefing in Malacanang, the new DPWH chief noted that he already asked for the permission of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. that private firms involved in illegal government projects will be banned forever.

"...These ghost projects and substandard projects, I have also cleared it with our President that the contractors of these ghost projects, first of all, I will impose a lifetime blacklisting, ban, immediately," he said.

At the same time, Dizon added that there will no longer be investigation against these spurious cont...