Undersecretary Rafael C. Yabut
Profile
Undersecretary
Rafael Cunanan Yabut is currently in-charge as Undersecretary for
Project Management Office Operations for Foreign-Assisted Projects
and principal focal person in the implementation of DPWH
Public-Private Partnership projects, Tollways / Expressways and
other related facilities nationwide. He is also the alternate
representative of the Secretary to the Toll Regulatory Board.
He was appointed
as DPWH Undersecretary on January 14, 2008 and Rank 1 in the Career
Executive Service on November 4, 2009. His present position gave
justice to his formidable determination and hard work in scaling the
ladder of success ever since he entered government service as a
daily-waged employee.
In realization to
the plans and programs of the present Administration, Undersecretary
Yabut supports the policy directions of the Secretary, such as full
transparency and accountability to the people, restraint in leakage
and reduction of corruption, among others.
Undersecretary
Yabut gained the respect and admiration of his peers, in the DPWH
Executive Committee as an “action man”, a project executor, and, as
one of the initiators of “change” in the DPWH.
He has the
reputation of a no-nonsense civil worker as he courageously
cleared the national roads of Pampanga of illegal structures and
obstructions. He showed this sheer guts and determination in
enforcing the rule of law when he was still the District Engineer
of First Pampanga District Engineering Office, long before then DPWH
Secretary Bayani Fernando signed Department Order s. 2003 regarding
the clearing of national roads.
He started to work
in the government as a laborer at the DPWH-Angeles, Pampanga
in 1975 while studying at the Angeles University Foundation where he
also joined the school band to gain scholarship. Thus, when he
graduated with the degree of civil engineering in 1976, as a working
student, it is not surprising that he successfully passed the
licensure exams in the same year. Again as a working student, he
took up Bachelor of Science in Sanitary Engineering at Holy Angel
University and graduated in 1983. He completed his Masters degree in
Public Administration at Angeles University Foundation in 1996.
He took and
successfully passed the Civil Service Professional Exams in 1990;
CSC-DPWH Examination in 1994; Management Aptitude Battery Test for
Career Executive Service Officers in 1996; and two (2) Career
Executive Service Officer qualifying tests in 1998 and 2002.
He also attended
training programs, seminars and other special courses related to his
job locally and in Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, Republic of Korea; and
Bangkok, Thailand.
Undersecretary
Yabut is an active member of the Philippine Institute of Civil
Engineers (PICE), Association of Government Civil Engineers of the
Philippines (AGCEP) and the Road Engineering Association of the
Philippines (REAP). He was past President of American Association of
Civil Engineers - Philippine Chapter, and past Chairman of the Road
Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA) - Philippine
Chapter. He was also elected Chairman of the DPWH Housing
Multi-Purpose Cooperative Board of Directors.
There is no doubt
that success came too early for Undersecretary Yabut because he was
molded into what he is now based on the values instilled by his
parents, Mr. Ernesto Yabut and Felipa Cunanan, and, what he acquired
during his past work experiences.
Undersecretary
Yabut was born in Candaba, Pampanga on April 26, 1953. He is married
to Helen P. Drapeza and they are blessed with three children namely
Archie Fuhner, Rachelle Amor and Rossy Anne.
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