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 Region V              

After effectively serving the department as Assistant Regional Director of Eastern Visayas Region for almost two years, his designation as OIC-Regional Director of Region 7 on 16 August 2010 and then of Region 5 a month after is not at all surprising since he is one of the few consistent outstanding field executives who have devoted more than half of their lives here in the DPWH.

Director Dequito entered the department as a Casual Laborer at the Quezon Engineering District of the then Bureau of Public Highways in May 1970, he rose from the ranks serving different engineering districts until his designation as Assistant District Engineer in 1995. He was eventually appointed as District Engineer in June 1999 and served the following engineering offices: Occidental Mindoro for 4 years; Marinduque for 1 year, Laguna Sub-district for 6 years.

Engr. Dequito has attended numerous trainings and seminars sponsored by various agencies and institutions like Total Quality Management for Executives, Managerial Effectiveness Training Course, Orientation Program on the CES, Effective Oral Comminication, Reorientation/Seminar of Key officials, and Professional Growth Through Value Clarification for Executives, among others.

Engr. Dequito’s rich experience and exemplary service to the department has been recognized and acknowledged through the numerous awards as Outstanding Field Executive he received.  He is an active member of the Knights of Columbus, District Engineers League of the Philippines, Association of Career Service Eligibles and Officers Incorporated, and American Society of Civil Engineers.

He graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Luzonian University Foundation in 1976. He earned 30 units in Master in Public Administration in 1997 from the Holy Trinity College. He passed the DPWH Civil Service promotional examination in 1994 with an 81.83% rating. He obtained an 80.36% rating in the Management Aptitude Test Battery (MATB) Examination in 2001 and was eventually conferred with a Career Executive Service Officer Rank IV in September 2007.

He was born on February 16, 1953 in Pagbilao, Quezon. He is married to Melecia D. Gayapa, Administrative Officer II of Quezon 1^st Engineering District. He is a doting father to daughter Marie Ivie and son Mark Ryan.