MANILA, Dec. 5 -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started hiring young engineers in a bid to restore people's trust in the agency.

Among those hired by the agency was new civil engineer Dave Rusty Recososa, the son of viral jeepney driver Edwin Recososa.

The older Recososa gave free rides to passengers after his son passed the recently concluded Civil Engineering Licensure Exam, the agency said in a news release Friday.

During his visit to Davao City with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday, DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon spoke with the new civil engineer and encouraged him to be part of the agency's transformation after offering him a job at the DPWH Davao Regional Office.

"It's good that you're joining b...