^^ And what's the problem before?

Oo nga :P

Given na yung mga sidewalk vendor sa mga kalsada as problems:D I guess yan yung dating problema:D

^^ There's pink fences for buses. dati kasi kung saan saan lang tumitigil ang bus kaya nagttrapik sa lugar na yun.

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^^ sana gawin nlng ung plano na ito!! :ohno:

hai. i wish i could witness the beautiful old manila.

TANONG:

Bawal pa din ba ang mga tricycle sa Katipunan Avenue? Ang dami ko nakikita na dumadaan padin eh

Wheel and spoke network that was eventually re-applied to Quezon City and then returned to Manila. Burnham, of course, was the architect of Chicago.

There goes your enforcement, hehe. Ningas cogon does it again.

^^ pasaway mga tricycle drivers talaga.

so wala palang kwenta sa law enforcement. meh mga nakikita nga ako na MMDA sa Katipunan, bz ata mangotong lalo na sa meh CP Garcia going to UPD.

^^ Quezon City officials fiercely opposed any action that would restrict tricycles from using katipunan. This may account for the lack of enforcement.

TANONG:

Bawal pa din ba ang mga tricycle sa Katipunan Avenue? Ang dami ko nakikita na dumadaan padin eh

First few days...oo.
Ngayon...hindi na...:lol:

Anyway, I hope Ateneo would have an efficient local intra-school public transport like UP does...because of the expanse of the campus...not unless if the PE teachers there would want to encourage walking as part of physical activities in promoting a healthy lifestyle of course...:D

Metro to benefit from mass housing plan (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20081201-175404/Metro-to-benefit-from-mass-housing-plan)

By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 06:30:00 12/01/2008

MANILA, Philippines—More low-cost housing units will soon be built for the poor in developing Asian cities, including those in Metro Manila, after the Asian Network of Major Cities (ANMC) adopted a proposal made by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority.

MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando said the ANMC, in its seventh plenary meeting held last week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, unanimously approved the Kuala Lumpur Declaration which included the adoption of an affordable, safe and fast mass housing technology program for developing cities in the Asian region.

The ANMC has 11 member-cities composed of Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Yangoon, Hanoi, Delhi and Metro Manila.

Last year, Manila hosted the sixth plenary meeting of the ANMC at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza where Fernando presented the proposed mass housing project to the body.

In last week's plenary meeting, the more progressive ANMC members approved his proposal and agreed to fast track and pool their resources to construct low-cost housing units worth $1,000 each for poorer members within five years, producing at least 5,000 units a day.

"With this challenge, we will now exhaust all ways and means to produce real low-cost housing units for the poor," Fernando said.

hai. i wish i could witness the beautiful old manila.

"What could have been..."

Well, that's actually a picture of a Manila that never was. What I'd like to see is a complete restoration of Intramuros, ang ganda niyon like you're time travelling to the past.

Good News! Warning to all Taxi Drivers :)


Cab driver tries to rip off LTO chief, loses license
11/10/2008 | 09:22 AM

MANILA, Philippines - A taxi driver thought he got some luck after his passenger "agreed" to pay a pre-arranged fare amounting to P700 for a trip from the airport to Quezon City - until he realized who his passenger was.

Radio dzBB reported that the cab driver - whose identity was withheld - instead lost his license and had his taxi unit impounded after the man whom he contracted for the exorbitant fare was Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Alberto Suansing.

Suansing said the taxi driver had charged him P700 from the airport to Quezon City, instead of using the taximeter. He said the driver had no idea who his passenger was, until he was told to enter the LTO compound in Quezon City.

When the driver finally found out who his passenger was, Suansing had his driver's license canceled and his taxi unit impounded.
Suansing said he will be conducting more surprise inspections in the coming weeks especially with the Christmas shopping season about to peak soon. - GMANews.TV

How about a legion of LTO people just riding Taxis for this purpose? Or citizen volunteers doing the same thing? That would be a good past time.

Wheel and spoke network that was eventually re-applied to Quezon City and then returned to Manila. Burnham, of course, was the architect of Chicago.

Looks good on paper, though I don't think Burnham planned Manila to have around 1.7 million inhabitants. I'd like to get an opinion of a renowned urban planner and get his/her say as to what are the pragmatic solutions to Manila, and if possible some of Burnham's plans can be pursued.

^^ very good Bayani Fernando!!

I attended a conference where this was discussed. The dean of the UP urban planning school basically said that while the plan was sound, it was designed for 4 million persons max and at that point there would need to be a major rethink as it was not really applicable. Like many third world megacities recently the huge growth within a generation just overtakes the best plans if they even had any. When Ayala ave was made , some people were remarking how wide it was for a main street (salcedo and legaspi were supposed to be residential villages) and now it's pretty clogged.

^^
i agree.

tapos sinasabi nung mga raliyista kahapon na against daw si Bayani sa mga mahihirap na nagsisikap...dahil denemolish yung mga stall nila - ang dinadahilan nila ay MATAGAL na daw sila sa lugar. - gayung wala namang nagsabi na magtayo sila ng tindahan/ bahay sa nasabing pribadong lugar.

Yan yung press release. May nakatayo na ba? Hehe.

^^ maghintay ka lang.pag after year walng nagawa dun ka mag react.
MMDA is doing a good job surpassing all the govt. agencies and past MMDA chair.
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Its been years since the BF led MMDA dabbled in mass housing. Years na yun so maybe another year won't hurt, hehe.

^^The news article was not about the mass housing project per se. It's about how he was able to make a proposal in the ANMC and have it approved, and approved unanimously. Either way, it's an advantage for the Philippines.

Mass housing is not and should not really be the priority of MMDA right now. It's NHA and LGU's work. De-clogging the streets of illegal vendors and illegal structures is still the main concern for them along with garbage and traffic management. IMO.

Its been years since the BF led MMDA dabbled in mass housing. Years na yun so maybe another year won't hurt, hehe.


a year? asian cities just approved the project...
you might talking about binay.. i dont even know if he ever attended the summit or he let manila to be part of the said organization. i guess he's the one who promised it.im sorry he never built it.
MMDA's housing proposal okayed
nov 30 2008
-sunstar

THE proposal of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for a high-tech, low-cost, but high-quality housing unit was approved during the recently concluded Asian Network of Major Cities (ANMC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia..

According to MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, the proposed housing unit would utilize adaptable technology that are of "good quality and value, and reproducible in large quantity of at least 5,000 units a day."

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"We have succeeded in pushing for the adoption of an affordable technology for developing cities in Asia. The more progressive ANMC members have agreed to fast-track and pool their resources in order to produce in five years, low-cost housing units for the poorer member countries at US$1,000 per unit," he said.

Fernando led the Philippine delegation to the ANMC 7th Plenary Meeting held from November 19 to 22 at the Malaysian capital.
The Philippines has pushed hard for the adoption of the program to resolve the problem of lack of low-cost housing for the poor especially in Metro Manila.

Metro Manila alone, said Fernando, needs to have the capability to put up at least 300 houses a day for the next 15 years to address its housing backlog especially for its 544,000 informal settlers occupying the capital's public open spaces and dangerous zones.

"With this challenge, we will now exhaust all ways and means to produce real low-cost housing units for the poor that can be reproduced in high volume to meet the housing requirements of cities in Third World Asian countries, including of course Metro Manila," he said.

He added: "More advanced countries in Asia may have the technology but might not have actually looked into fitting this technology into low-cost housing units that would benefit millions of the marginalized poor."

The MMDA chief stressed that high quality is necessary to add value to the property that the poor have been longing to have.

The Urban Poor Associates, a non-government organization working on housing rights issues, said more than five million people or 800,000 families in Metro Manila do not have access to decent housing, clean inexpensive water, sanitation drainage, security of tenure, health care, good schools and employment.

During the Kuala Lumpur meeting, Fernando encouraged the other ANMC member-cities to participate in the project to address the housing problem haunting urban centers like Metro Manila.

"We have to capitalize on the use of technology and other processes that will enable us to produce safe houses at a cheap rate of US$1,000 with the help of more progressive cities from the ANMC," he told counterparts composed of governors, mayors, and administrators of various Asian cities and metropolitan governments.

Last year, Metro Manila played host to the 6th Plenary Meeting of the ANMC held at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza where Fernando presented the proposed mass housing project to the body.

For six years now, the annual meet has served as venue for ANMC's member-cities to unilaterally discuss regional issues affecting the environment, health, tourism, trade and investments.

The grouping has 11-member cities including Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Metro Manila, Taipei, Yangoon, Hanoi, and New Delhi. (AH/Sunnex)http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/mmdas-housing-proposal-okayed

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Is the whole Cavite now under the jurisdiction of MMDA? 2 days ago, I saw some pink 'urban facelift" houses at Tagaytay City. I thought they're there to help ease Aguinaldo traffic only. Well then, this is still a very good news for me. :D

Definitely, road widening is not the solution to our problems. Experiences have shown that the supply side of transport would always have difficulty coping with the demand. And with limited space such as in a country like ours and particularly in an area like Metro Manila, all roads lead to mass transit (pun intended). Moving people and goods in megacities like Metro Manila will always be a challenge as so many elements come into play. I'd like to think that Burnham provided us with a good foundation and we should build on that rather than pursue disjointed plans. While these plans and their proponents mean well, it is still the government's responsibility to lay the groundwork and provide the framework to guide development.

Arroyo to check if Edsa bus stops work (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20081205-176171/Arroyo-to-check-if-Edsa-bus-stops-work)
By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:29:00 12/05/2008

MANILA, Philippines – President Macapagal-Arroyo will personally check today if the 15 bus stops set up along Edsa are really helping unclog traffic on the busy highway.

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chair Bayani Fernando said the President will do the walk-through to check if the new loading and unloading stations have helped untangle the snarled traffic on the 24-kilometer avenue since its launch a few weeks ago.

Ms Arroyo earlier directed Fernando to create a new traffic improvement project after noting that the sharing of bus stops between provincial and city buses has contributed to the traffic congestion along Edsa.

The designated bus stops on Edsa for provincial buses include Magallanes, Guadalupe bridge, Boni Serrano, SM Megamall-J. Vargas Avenue, Ortigas Avenue, Timog Avenue, Quezon Avenue, North Avenue-Trinoma Mall, Balintawak, West Avenue and Ayala Avenue.

The bus stops are located underneath the flyovers to optimize the use of space on Edsa.

Fernando said the chief executive would also see how the Organized Bus Route (OBR) system, which uses radio frequency identification technology to control the dispatch of city buses, was restored among public utility vehicle drivers.

The President will also be shown various traffic improvements such as U-Turn slots, footbridges, pink fences, gantries, directional signs, pavement markings and curbs, which were undertaken by the MMDA to improve traffic along Edsa and ensure the safety of motorists, commuters and pedestrians.

^^ Only with strict implementation of the rules and rightfully apprehending offenders without giving in to "lagay", can make the bus stop system work. Otherwise, buses will always have the means sneak a stop anywhere they want at will.

It feels hopeless really.

In fairness to Five Star and Victory, sinusunod naman nila. Last time galing ako ng province, sa Ortigas na lang ako bumaba kasi hindi na pwede sa Mantrade. So, nagbus pa uli ako pero ok lang.

I noticed MMDA personnel working on the pillars of an elevated walkway in Ortigas early today. This was at the EDSA-POEA-Robinsons Area. Pink has arrived in the EDSA-Ortigas area. :nuts:

^^ If i had a chance to say something to Mr. Fernando i'd say, "the ideas are great, but the pink and blue walkways have got to go!" I think he has great ideas and is good at carrying them out, but someone needs to advise him on aesthetics and in the case of the C5 elevated U-turn, according to unpleasant reviews, need to do some pre-planning on bigger infra projects.

^^ If i had a chance to say something to Mr. Fernando i'd say, "the ideas are great, but the pink and blue walkways have got to go!" I think he has great ideas and is good at carrying them out, but someone needs to advise him on aesthetics and in the case of the C5 elevated U-turn, according to unpleasant reviews, need to do some pre-planning on bigger infra projects.

baka pwede nyang gawing "pink colored U-turn slots" or "pink road signs and markings.." edi high visible na tuloy kahit sa gabi :lol:

^^ it's been studied in singapore and other countries that the color that they're using today is the most visible during the night we just adopt it internationally.

hindi ko gusto yung Guadalupe bus stop for provincial buses...parang ang taas ng risk mong madisgrasya ka.

I noticed MMDA personnel working on the pillars of an elevated walkway in Ortigas early today. This was at the EDSA-POEA-Robinsons Area. Pink has arrived in the EDSA-Ortigas area. :nuts:
This won't blend well with the Ortigas environment. :D I dunno but there are places where pink looks good like in Guadalupe imo. hehe.

^^ it's been studied in singapore and other countries that the color that they're using today is the most visible during the night we just adopt it internationally.

Fluorescent pink is the standard color used for incident management. It is recommended by the FHWA based in recent studies and was specifically cited in the US Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). It is also listed for the same use in the Vienna Convention that the Philippines is a signatory to. I'd like to think that the MMDA's current use of the pink signs qualify under incident management as they are used to prevent traffic accidents. Beyond that use, the MMDA should follow international standards.

Fluorescent pink is the standard color used for incident management. It is recommended by the FHWA based in recent studies and was specifically cited in the US Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). It is also listed for the same use in the Vienna Convention that the Philippines is a signatory to. I'd like to think that the MMDA's current use of the pink signs qualify under incident management as they are used to prevent traffic accidents. Beyond that use, the MMDA should follow international standards.

Maari ngang pinag-aralan pero sablay pa rin. Hindi ba nila naisip na walang laban ang kulay pink at baby blue sa usok ng tambutso. :lol:

hindi ko gusto yung Guadalupe bus stop for provincial buses...parang ang taas ng risk mong madisgrasya ka.

Haha oo nga, Nakita ko din yan. Nilagay mismo sa service island ng guadalupe bridge un bus stop. Kaya makikipag patintero ka muna kay kamatayan para lang makasakay ng bus :lol:

Maari ngang pinag-aralan pero sablay pa rin. Hindi ba nila naisip na walang laban ang kulay pink at baby blue sa usok ng tambutso. :lol:

Mas lalo naman ang white standard signages. Atleast kahit madumi, visible parin ang baby blue at hot pink kahit madumi :banana:

Bakit di na lang gawing kulay gray ang mga footbridge, para malinis tingnan.

boring kaya ng gray, talagang eye catching yung color pink .... :lol:

Okay sana yung white as in whitewash, hehe. Kaso have you noticed the proliferation of vandalism in the Metro these days? Kahit pink, gray or puti pinapatulan at walang pinipili. Buti sana kung artistic pagkakagawa eh sagwa naman (kaya nga vandalism, hehe).

vandalism is an art:D

Bakit di na lang pinatahan ng MMDA Art yung mga footbridge? mas ok siguro yun. :D

yeah..pakita nila ung filipino culture through painting footbridges..etc...basta wag lng sobra sobra..Para matuwa ung mga turista somehow:lol:

malaking gastos yun, nag ttyaga na nga lang sila sa pinakamura na pintura eh:D

pero mapipilitan silang palagyan ng painting kung hindi na kaya ang mga vandals tulad ng mga nasa pader:D

hindi ko gusto yung Guadalupe bus stop for provincial buses...parang ang taas ng risk mong madisgrasya ka.

Actually, parang tinanggal na siya.

Ewan nga kung anong kalokohan yung ginagawa nila sa Guadalupe. Pagkatapos magdulot ng traffic sa pagtayo, kanina naman tinatanggal na. Bukod sa istorbo, sayang pa ng pera sa pagawa at pagtanggal.

And in the first place, isang malaking kalokohan yung paglagay ng bus terminal sa gitna ng guadalupe bridge
- paano makakapunta yung mga tao doon
- hindi ba "obvious" na mas makakadulot ng traffic yung paglagay ng gitna ng thoroughfare. simpleng logic lang yan di ba, MMDA?

Araw araw ako dumadaan sa EDSA, simple lang naman yung solution sa traffic.
- Bantayan yung mga choke points na bus stop. Guadalupe, Pioneer ang nadadaanan ko tuwing umaga. Mabantayan lang yung bus stop ng maayos na daloy, sure ako na hindi na aabot pa ng Magallanes yung traffic.
- Strictly implement yung regulation against the use of convoy. Unless Presidente ka, magdusa ka tulad namin. Actually, baka dapat makaranas din yung presidente para alam niya pinagdadaanan natin.
- Lahat ng aayusin sa EDSA, mapa-pintura ng gutter, landscape kuno, tanim ng bulaklak DAPAT gabi or madaling araw ginagawa. Kung hindi maiiwasan, dapat 24x7 yung trabaho, hindi yun iiwan ng nakatiwangwang habang ginagawa.

Unsolicited advice to Bayani, kung hindi mo maayos yung traffic sa EDSA, pano ka pa namin aasahan sa pagayos ng problema ng Pinas

Bakit di na lang gawing kulay gray ang mga footbridge, para malinis tingnan.

matagal ko narin iniisip yan.kung gusto nyang either pink or blue sana metalic or silver is better.kasi yung pink ang blue ok lang pero ang baduy e sobra.

Bakit di na lang pinatahan ng MMDA Art yung mga footbridge? mas ok siguro yun. :D

parang bridge ng the late Pacita Abad the artist who's from batanas who did an artistic bridge in singapore.someone knows her? well thats a good idea.

Motel sues Fernando over lost business (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081211-177336/Motel-sues-Fernando-over-lost-business)
By Alcuin Papa
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:04:00 12/11/2008

MANILA, Philippines—This Pasay City motel thinks that Bayani Fernando is bad for business.

Owners of Mahal Kita are seeking the dismissal of the chair of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in a case they filed in the Ombudsman for putting a loading bay right in front of the motel’s driveway on the northbound lane of EDSA (Epifanio delos Santos Avenue).

“The loading bay directly obstructs the way of our patrons to the establishment and has also resulted in a piling up of buses in the area,” lawyer McNiel Rante, who represents Lakambini Hotel Corp., told reporters Wednesday. The company owns the motel.

Rante said the motel lost P600,000 or around 60 percent of its projected revenue in November when the facility was built.

While he attributed the business decline to “more of an engineering problem,” he said he could infer that the loading bay had made patrons shy away from the establishment.

The two-story motel has 105 rooms, the lawyer said. Its driveway has two lanes for entry and exit.

Aside from Fernando, five other MMDA officials were named respondents in the complaint. They were Roberto Nacianceno, general manager; Corazon Cruz, assistant general manager for planning; Angelito de Dios and Ramon Ona, directors of the Traffic Operations Center; and Neomie Recio, chief of the planning and design division.

All the officials were accused of violating Republic Act No. 6713 (Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Government Employees) and RA No. 6770 (Act creating the Office of the Ombudsman) and two other administrative orders.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer (parent company of INQUIRER.net) tried to reach Fernando for comment but failed.

But Nacianceno said Wednesday night that the MMDA never touched the motel’s property when they put up the loading bay.

Right of way

“It’s on the road right-of-way … which is owned by the government. When we did that, it was in due consideration of the number of people in the area. That platform was put up based on studies made by our traffic engineering center, which found that it was the best place to do that,” Nacianceno said.

He said it was easy to blame the MMDA for Mahal Kita’s lower revenues, pointing out that there could be other reasons people were not patronizing the motel.

Nacianceno said it was deemed unnecessary to consult the owners about the bay project because their property would not be directly affected.

Before the loading bay was constructed, Rante said, traffic was light in the area. “Now the lane is choked with public and private vehicles.”

But Nacianceno said that before, the commuters were “either on the street or on the sidewalk and taking up the whole stretch.” Now, he said, “they know where to go.”

“Before, the buses took up three lanes; now they’re only limited to two so the rest is free for private vehicles,” he said.

Nacianceno stressed that the bay was built for the “greater good” and that it proved to be a more organized system to both bus drivers and commuters on the EDSA-Taft area.

Suspension or dismissal

The complainant asked that Fernando and the other officials be suspended for at most six months and dismissed if found guilty after an investigation.

Rante said a civil case against them was also filed in a court in Pasay.

“Our suit is meant to protest the oppressive implementation of the MMDA’s project that was carried out without consultation with our client. This cannot be. He (Fernando) must be made to pay for this,” Rante said.

Not the first time

Nacianceno said the MMDA welcomed the filing of the charges.

“It would be better that way so we will know through the courts if we committed anything illegal,” he said.

“This is not the first time we had complaints. Sometimes we just explain to them but when we raise the benefits, they understand that it’s for the greater benefit,” he said.

“We don’t care if he (Fernando) runs for president or not,” Rante said when asked if the suit could be politically motivated. The MMDA chief is widely believed to be interested in running for president in 2010 under the administration ticket.

Rante said the motel sent a letter to Fernando’s office two weeks ago asking the MMDA to at least make adjustments in the loading bay, but it did not receive any response from the agency. With a report from Allison W. Lopez

toink:D mahal kita dati ngayon hindi na:D

I think it's better for Mahal Kita motel to relocate. The welfare of the motorists and commuters is more important than people who wants to have some 'private moment'. :)

why would anyone put up a motel for "private moments" on EDSA anyway???

baka naman kasi masyadong "MAHAL"?

why would anyone put up a motel for "private moments" on EDSA anyway???
Because there are a lot of 'hookers'* bars and clubs near that area, also along EDSA-Pasay :D:lol:

*sorry I don't know how to call those clubs

why would anyone put up a motel for "private moments" on EDSA anyway???

para bago umuwi galing sa opisina biglang liko muna:lol:

Because there are a lot of 'hookers'* bars and clubs near that area, also along EDSA-Pasay :D:lol:

*sorry I don't know how to call those clubs

They really go for the exposure don't they? They could put themselves in more hidden parts of metro manila and they'd still make money because people would seek them out. Sex sells, you don't come to the customers, the customers come to you.

para bago umuwi galing sa opisina biglang liko muna:lol:

oh, so that's how its done.

Because there are a lot of 'hookers'* bars and clubs near that area, also along EDSA-Pasay :D:lol:

*sorry I don't know how to call those clubs

Uhmm....a brothel?

^^:D:yes:

Commonwealth Ave. and Ramon Bautista

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Maligayang pagdating Rotunda design winner

FIRST PLACE: PAUL G. CHANCO

Maligayang Pagdating – PAGBUBUNYI

Description:

Hundreds of trials have been casted upon us Filipinos. Hundreds of years have we been under whose tyrant hands putting our unity into the test. Hundreds of struggles and tragedies have we gone through. But above all these, we Filipinos have emerged triumphant due to our resilience. And we do the next best thing after surpassing all those hardships – we celebrate and not only do we celebrate but we do with pride and extreme joy.

Celebration or “Pagbubunyi” is something that we Filipinos look forward to in every endeavor that we undertake. We could say that it’s one thing that gives us hope. And it’s one thing that makes the Filipino nature emerge above the rest.

Our so called “Bagong Bayani”, in every day of their out-of-the-country lives, look forward to coming home and celebrating with families and friends. Tourists come to the Philippines to relax and celebrate. Arrivals are celebrations. Nothing could ever compare to our joy and laughters when we celebrate.

This Filipino culture, our festive celebrations, is the one thing that we boast to our international counterparts and is best displayed in our gateway to the world. My design speaks of this Filipino culture in so many ways interpreted.

The design:

A sculpture “crawls out” of the rock and boulder garden (Batuhan) proceeds to “the mounds” (Bulubundukin), disappears and then emerges again passing through the “woods” (Kagubatan) and finally coming into the circle of celebration (Pagbubunyi) facing the reflective pool (Karagatan).

One Interpretation:

The design is dynamic and dramatic at the same time. It depicts the Filipinos’ resilience to anything hurled on their way. We adapt to any situation and we survive. The different gardens give a picture of our endeavors, and may even represent part of our history. And the spiral sculpture depicts unity, celebration and triumph.



Another Interpretation:

It could be a showcase of what to expect when travelling around the country. The sculpture “travels” and sees the beautiful Philippines. The gardens portray our rich natural resources (the beaches, the mountainous lands, the forests, the deserts) and our beautiful environment and most of all the festivities that we carry out. And still what feeling could it give but the joy of celebration.

There could still be a lot more interpretations and that’s what makes this design exciting.

Another inspiring scene from this design is the depiction of what we Filipinos always have – the unquenchable flame of the Filipino spirit – ang ating “Alab ng Puso”. Viewing at this sculpture display especially at night when it is lit, a “burning flame” can be seen towering in the center as if emerging from the water and reaching high in the sky. And this will definitely be an exceptional landmark whether viewed from the plane or from the ground. Even the design of the softscape depicts a moving flame complementing the sculpture.

Materials:

Ideally, materials to be used would be stainless steel and fiber glass or recycled glass for the sculptures. At night it is lit all the way, some fiber glass or recycled glass are backlit and the “Pagbubunyi” is lit from the reflection pool. During the day, the dynamic shiny steel sculpture is seen. Selected planting materials and boulders complement the landscape. Some planting materials would be bamboo (which is another symbol of resilience), and choice of low maintenance plants that would also exhibit resilience through weather.

Proposed alternative materials for the sculpture would be mixture of bronze, glass and steel plates.



MMDA LANDMARK COMPETITION:


Cost Estimate:

ITEM: AREA: COST in Php:

Feature Sculpture 14,000,000.00

Lighting: 4,000,000.00

Water Feature: 665.23 sq. mtr. 5,321,840.00

Platform Plaza : 510.00 sq. mtr. 1,530,000.00

Landscape: 2456.22 sq. mtr. 4,000,000.00

Sidewalk: 530 sq. mtr. 795,000.00

Footpaths: 202.84 sq.mtr. 304,260.00


-im sure it's going to be amazing... milyones ba naman ang budget..

imagine kung si BF ang presidente siguro ang ganda ng luneta,nat museum etc. kasi may effort.
BF for president!

^^:banana:..malaki ata tong rotunda design..sana pag gawa na eh magtagal ng maraming taon..maintenance ba

Definitely, road widening is not the solution to our problems. Experiences have shown that the supply side of transport would always have difficulty coping with the demand. And with limited space such as in a country like ours and particularly in an area like Metro Manila, all roads lead to mass transit (pun intended). Moving people and goods in megacities like Metro Manila will always be a challenge as so many elements come into play. I'd like to think that Burnham provided us with a good foundation and we should build on that rather than pursue disjointed plans. While these plans and their proponents mean well, it is still the government's responsibility to lay the groundwork and provide the framework to guide development.

Yep, mass transit is the key. Truth is, Burnham was good in making things look nice on paper and on the map, but that design won't work for our present needs right now.

If you ask Palafox he will probably suggest designing walkable cities where you can "live, work, play". However, in practice, such as Rockwell and Eastwood, the people working there are priced out of the market, their wages are not enough to cover the high rents.

There is such a thing as the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for every city, as citizens you have the right to be consulted when this is being drafted. That will be your opportunity to suggest your ideas brought about in this forum.

I do hope the participative process in the CLUP has been improved/enhanced. Indeed there's a lot of work to be done if we are to transform our cities into sustainable ones.

I do hope the participative process in the CLUP has been improved/enhanced. Indeed there's a lot of work to be done if we are to transform our cities into sustainable ones.

The suggested frameworks for the CLUP actually has the participative process built in, but what we need is to be more active as citizens to demand that participation.

I've read CLUPs which read like a list of the Mayor's election promises, its as if they just made the CLUP in order to comply with the requirements of Local Government Code, which requires all municipalities to have a CLUP. Its frustrating because its clear that they kept the public in the dark during the CLUP making process.

Call up the MPDO of your city and ask for a copy of the CLUP, ask your neighbors to do the same thing also. If they don't have one then demand that the city start making one, its in the law.

Work to start on QC road network

By Nancy C. Carvajal
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:24:00 01/02/2009

Filed Under: Local authorities, Road Transport

MANILA, Philippines – The construction of a road connecting Commonwealth Avenue to Quirino Highway in Quezon City will begin next month.

“This is a longtime dream and it is finally pushing through,” Mayor Feliciano Belmonte said recently in a statement, referring to the Commonwealth Avenue Extension Project.

According to Belmonte, the new road will be completed within five to six months.

The project includes the construction of a six-lane highway with provisions for sidewalks and a drainage system.

The new road is expected to improve the flow of traffic on Commonwealth and Quezon Avenues, Tandang Sora and Visayas Avenue and Elliptical Road.

It will also provide motorists with an alternative route to Mindanao Avenue Extension in Novaliches and the North Luzon Expressway via the Malinta Exit in Valenzuela City.

“The new road is the city’s widest road network and bisects Quezon City and goes all the way to its boundary in the Caloocan City area,” Belmonte said.

The project, which is part of the World Bank-assisted Metro Manila Urban Transport Integration Project, is a joint undertaking of the Department of Public Works and Highways and the city government.

DPWH rushes to repair Magallanes flyover; bridge is now passable to light vehicles (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/DPWH_rushes_to_repair_Magallanes_flyover_bridge_is_now_passable_to_light_vehicles.shtml)

MANILA, December 31 (PNA) -- The Magallanes flyover bridge that connects Makati and Pasay cities has been closed to vehicular traffic on Tuesday afternoon due to cracks that appeared in one of its concrete support beams.

Makati chief of police Senior Supt. Gilbert Cruz said traffic personnel working under the flyover noticed cracks on the concrete beam supporting the left portion of the structure around 11 am.

According to Cruz, the left side of the flyover also appeared to be sagging prompting them to briefly stop traffic towards Pasay until the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) arrive in the area for a thorough inspection and necessary concrete repairs.

As of 2:30 pm, only light vehicles are being allowed to pass through the bridge's southbound lane as engineers from DPWH hurried to inspect the left side of the structure where the possible damage was spotted.

A team of engineers led by District Engineer Oscar Cammayo recommended that only one lane be opened to traffic after noticing the three-inch misalignment on the left concrete beam.

Cammayo explained that the bridge's surface sagged for about two inches because of the misalignment.

"We just need to jack it up so it will be returned to its original elevation," he said, stressing that it does pose any hazard to passing motorists and the general public.

The closure snarled traffic in the area, extending all the way to Guadalupe in Makati City until the bridge was partially reopened at around 1:30 pm.

Heavy vehicles going to Baclaran and Roxas Boulevard, meanwhile, were redirected to the northbound side of the flyover.
Informed of the flyover's condition, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay urged the DPWH to repair the structure expeditiously before the end of the long Christmas and New Year holidays on January 4. (PNA)

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20090103-181137/New-pumping-station-to-ease-flooding

MMDA: New pumping station to ease flooding
By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
01/03/2009

MANILA, Philippines – Perennial flooding should be less of a problem this year for residents and students in Sampaloc, Manila, with the opening of a new water pumping station before the start of the rainy season.

In a recent statement, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Bayani Fernando said the installation of a pumping station on Abucay Street in Tondo would significantly reduce flooding in the low-lying area where several universities are located.

“With our Abucay pumping station, we expect to lessen the flooding along España, Dimasalang and the whole Sampaloc area... It will be fully operational by May, in time for the opening of classes in June,” he said.

According to Fernando, the new facility adjacent to the Estero de Maypajo was the MMDA’s solution to the yearly flooding problem in the area of Sampaloc.

Conceptualized in October 2007, the Abucay pumping station was built at a cost of P80 million, part of which went to the purchase of a 630-hectare private lot on which the facility stands.

The pumping station has three axial-type pumps, each of which has a capacity of 2.0 cubic meters per second – faster than the old ones being operated by the MMDA.

Aside from España Boulevard, the pumping station will also service other main thoroughfares in Manila like Dapitan, Laong-Laan and Dimasalang streets, plus Morayta and Recto Streets in the University Belt, said flood control management office chief Baltazar Melgar.

The Abucay station will act as a receptacle for floodwaters that pass through the 2.9-km Blumentritt Interceptor, a series of culverts that collects floodwaters coming from Quezon City.

“It will also control the overflowing of Estero de Maypajo during heavy rains,” Melgar said in the same statement.

He added that the interceptor has not been working properly since it could no longer accommodate the volume of floodwater in the area during the rainy season.

Citing figures from the MMDA Flood Control and Sewerage Office, Fernando said about 7,262-ha of land in Metro Manila were flooded during a heavy downpour in 2003.

The figure, however, went down to 6,700-ha the following year after the MMDA took over flood control from the Department of Public Works and Highways, he added.

Before the agency’s implementation of flood control programs, Fernando said a total of 13,100-ha in the metropolis – equivalent to the land area covered by five cities – were flood-prone.

He said that many streets in Metro Manila now remain passable to most types of vehicles even during a heavy downpour.

Aside from physical improvements, Fernando said the agency has been conducting a year-round cleanup of waterways, canals and gutters as part of its flood-control projects.

New pumping station to ease flooding (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20090103-181137/New-pumping-station-to-ease-flooding)By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:17:00 01/03/2009

MANILA, Philippines – Perennial flooding should be less of a problem this year for residents and students in Sampaloc, Manila, with the opening of a new water pumping station before the start of the rainy season.

In a recent statement, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Bayani Fernando said the installation of a pumping station on Abucay Street in Tondo would significantly reduce flooding in the low-lying area where several universities are located.

“With our Abucay pumping station, we expect to lessen the flooding along España, Dimasalang and the whole Sampaloc area... It will be fully operational by May, in time for the opening of classes in June,” he said.

According to Fernando, the new facility adjacent to the Estero de Maypajo was the MMDA’s solution to the yearly flooding problem in the area of Sampaloc.

Conceptualized in October 2007, the Abucay pumping station was built at a cost of P80 million, part of which went to the purchase of a 630-hectare private lot on which the facility stands.

The pumping station has three axial-type pumps, each of which has a capacity of 2.0 cubic meters per second – faster than the old ones being operated by the MMDA.

Aside from España Boulevard, the pumping station will also service other main thoroughfares in Manila like Dapitan, Laong-Laan and Dimasalang streets, plus Morayta and Recto Streets in the University Belt, said flood control management office chief Baltazar Melgar.

The Abucay station will act as a receptacle for floodwaters that pass through the 2.9-km Blumentritt Interceptor, a series of culverts that collects floodwaters coming from Quezon City.

“It will also control the overflowing of Estero de Maypajo during heavy rains,” Melgar said in the same statement.

He added that the interceptor has not been working properly since it could no longer accommodate the volume of floodwater in the area during the rainy season.

Citing figures from the MMDA Flood Control and Sewerage Office, Fernando said about 7,262-ha of land in Metro Manila were flooded during a heavy downpour in 2003.

The figure, however, went down to 6,700-ha the following year after the MMDA took over flood control from the Department of Public Works and Highways, he added.

Before the agency’s implementation of flood control programs, Fernando said a total of 13,100-ha in the metropolis – equivalent to the land area covered by five cities – were flood-prone.

He said that many streets in Metro Manila now remain passable to most types of vehicles even during a heavy downpour.

Aside from physical improvements, Fernando said the agency has been conducting a year-round cleanup of waterways, canals and gutters as part of its flood-control projects.

that is good to know that something is being done on this problem....i have to admit that the flooding problem has eased a bit....compared to previous years....good work to the mmda

sinisimulan na kaya ang work sa dalawang rotunda sa may t3

MMDA should clean up the esteros around binondo area. It would help ease the flooding around binondo :banana:

DPWH rushes to repair Magallanes flyover; bridge is now passable to light vehicles (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/DPWH_rushes_to_repair_Magallanes_flyover_bridge_is_now_passable_to_light_vehicles.shtml)

MANILA, December 31 (PNA) -- The Magallanes flyover bridge that connects Makati and Pasay cities has been closed to vehicular traffic on Tuesday afternoon due to cracks that appeared in one of its concrete support beams.

Makati chief of police Senior Supt. Gilbert Cruz said traffic personnel working under the flyover noticed cracks on the concrete beam supporting the left portion of the structure around 11 am.

According to Cruz, the left side of the flyover also appeared to be sagging prompting them to briefly stop traffic towards Pasay until the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) arrive in the area for a thorough inspection and necessary concrete repairs.

As of 2:30 pm, only light vehicles are being allowed to pass through the bridge's southbound lane as engineers from DPWH hurried to inspect the left side of the structure where the possible damage was spotted.

A team of engineers led by District Engineer Oscar Cammayo recommended that only one lane be opened to traffic after noticing the three-inch misalignment on the left concrete beam.

Cammayo explained that the bridge's surface sagged for about two inches because of the misalignment.

"We just need to jack it up so it will be returned to its original elevation," he said, stressing that it does pose any hazard to passing motorists and the general public.

The closure snarled traffic in the area, extending all the way to Guadalupe in Makati City until the bridge was partially reopened at around 1:30 pm.

Heavy vehicles going to Baclaran and Roxas Boulevard, meanwhile, were redirected to the northbound side of the flyover.
Informed of the flyover's condition, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay urged the DPWH to repair the structure expeditiously before the end of the long Christmas and New Year holidays on January 4. (PNA)

I really hope they should fix the entire parts of Magallanes Interchange para hindi na basta-basta magkakaroon ng aberya....

Fernando: No to CHR proposal (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090104-181272/Fernando-No-to-CHR-proposal)By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:12:00 01/04/2009


MANILA, Philippines—Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair Bayani Fernando is not in favor of the proposal of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to provide more protection for illegal settlers through the writ of amparo.

It will be “prone to abuse,” said Fernando, whose job includes demolishing illegal shanties and sidewalk obstructions.

Fernando, in a phone interview Saturday, also questioned the intention of the CHR resolution asking the Supreme Court to expand the provision of the writ of amparo to safeguard squatters whose houses are being forcibly torn down by MMDA and other government agencies.

Fernando declined to comment further on the CHR’s motion, saying he had yet to receive a copy of the resolution.

“We already have enough laws to protect them (squatters) and their rights. What we should be wary of is their tendency to abuse their rights,” he said.

Limitations

“All rights have limitations,” he added. “Nobody can just put up a house in the middle of a creek or street and get away with it.”

The MMDA chair, criticized by urban poor groups for his campaign to demolish shanties and other “eyesores” in the metropolis, said the CHR chair should “review what the law says.”

“Under the law, we can summarily demolish houses on creeks and sidewalks,” Fernando said.

Clearing public places of obstructions does not need any court order, Fernando said.

“The CHR officials should review the law,” he said.

“We have never broken the law. We did not violate nor disrespect human rights,” he said.

Fernando stressed that before MMDA personnel tear down houses and other structures in identified danger zones, the agency conducts consultations with the affected parties. Sometimes these “consultations” have taken years, he said.

He added that MMDA personnel only rip down illegal structures built after 1992 as the law absolved houses constructed before that year.

He denied allegations that the MMDA failed to provide relocation sites for displaced squatters, saying that this was the responsibility of the National Housing Authority (NHA).

“We inform the NHA about our demolition operations. But we do not approve applications of those who will be given relocation sites. That’s the job of the NHA,” he said, adding that De Lima should “understand our situation.”

“We do not want to destroy people’s houses. But we have to protect the rights of other individual,” Fernando said.:applause:

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

hats off to BF... good decision...

parang ewan tong CHR talaga minsan.

Bravo bayani Fernando! Well said!

papansin lang itong mga taga chr nde pa kasi mga kilala nagpapaka controversial lang ang mga yan para mapansin....btw...good work mr. bayani...boto kita sa 2010 kung hindi maextend ang term ni la gloria...galing mo action man ka kagaya ng boss mo...na si gma

i have to say MMDA has really been working really hard during the current administration to make a better metro... sa mga naysayers... sana mapansin din ito at wag lang puro pulitika

i have to say MMDA has really been working really hard during the current administration to make a better metro... sa mga naysayers... sana mapansin din ito at wag lang puro pulitika

Ang nangyayari kasi natatakpan ng mga mas malalaking issue ng bansa (halos lahat kasi negatibo) ang mga ganitong projects/accomplishments...
Kaya yun, hindi masyado napapansin ang mga ito...

Yup, sa tingin ko ay ginagawa naman nila ang lahat para ika nga nila eh magkaroon tayo ng Metro Gwapo by 2010:)
Tapos na sila dun sa Metro Gwapito raw by 2008...:colgate:

Commonwealth Ave. and Ramon Bautista

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Muahahaha this video made my day !

MMDA plans to turn Manila's U-belt into WiFi zone
Monday, January 5, 2009

THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is eyeing to turn Manila's famed University belt area into a WiFi zone to benefit students.

The plan, according to MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, is part of the agency's "Univer-City" that aims to rid the university belt of eyesores and other obstructions.

Fernando said they would use WiMAX technology to carry out the program.

WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a telecommunications technology that provides wireless transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes, from point-to-point links to portable Internet access.

It provides up to 75 symmetric broadband speed without the need for cables. It is based on the so-called Broadband Wireless Access.

WiMAX was the same technology used by the MMDA in the installation of traffic surveillance cameras along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa), the metropolis' main thoroughfare.

Under the Univer-City concept, the MMDA will make the area more livable and conducive to education.

Additional traffic lights and lamppost will be put up in the area. Traffic rules, particularly for illegal parking and pink lines, will be strictly imposed.

Police sub-station will also be put up to deter criminal elements.

The project will also see to it that the heritage of the city, including its rich cultural history, will be preserved for the next generations.

U-belt is the unofficial name of the de facto sub-district in Manila where there is a high concentration of higher education institutions.

"We are planning to turn this area into an urban center or Univer-City complete with the basic features of a well-designed conducive to learning in coordination with the school management, the Manila City Government, and police officials," Fernando said. (AH/Sunnex)

:cheers::cheers::cheers:Go BF,GO:D

Go! BF GO! Now, Beautify and landscape the place!

MMDA plans to turn Manila's U-belt into WiFi zone
Monday, January 5, 2009

THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is eyeing to turn Manila's famed University belt area into a WiFi zone to benefit students.

The plan, according to MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, is part of the agency's "Univer-City" that aims to rid the university belt of eyesores and other obstructions.

Fernando said they would use WiMAX technology to carry out the program.

WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a telecommunications technology that provides wireless transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes, from point-to-point links to portable Internet access.

It provides up to 75 symmetric broadband speed without the need for cables. It is based on the so-called Broadband Wireless Access.

WiMAX was the same technology used by the MMDA in the installation of traffic surveillance cameras along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa), the metropolis' main thoroughfare.

Under the Univer-City concept, the MMDA will make the area more livable and conducive to education.

Additional traffic lights and lamppost will be put up in the area. Traffic rules, particularly for illegal parking and pink lines, will be strictly imposed.

Police sub-station will also be put up to deter criminal elements.

The project will also see to it that the heritage of the city, including its rich cultural history, will be preserved for the next generations.

U-belt is the unofficial name of the de facto sub-district in Manila where there is a high concentration of higher education institutions.

"We are planning to turn this area into an urban center or Univer-City complete with the basic features of a well-designed conducive to learning in coordination with the school management, the Manila City Government, and police officials," Fernando said. (AH/Sunnex)




wow... ganda naman ng plano ni BF... :banana: :banana:
baka naman pati magnanakaw.. naka Wireless nadin mag modus operandi... :ohno: :bash: :lol:

QC road renovation to ease traffic flow

By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:27:00 01/07/2009

Filed Under: Road Transport, Local authorities

MANILA, Philippines – Bottlenecks on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City would soon be a thing of the past once the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority completes the renovation of the highway next year, according to MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando.

Fernando said Tuesday the major road repairs on the eight-kilometer stretch of the thoroughfare from Quezon Memorial Circle to Doña Carmen Drive would increase the average travel speed by 60 percent.

From the current 50 kilometers per hour (kph), vehicles passing by the avenue would be able to accelerate to up to 80 kph, he said.

According to Fernando, the rehabilitation of the road was almost 50 percent complete.

“Motorists and commuters using Commonwealth Avenue will experience faster travel on a well-paved road with more than enough footbridges for pedestrians, loading stations for commuters and even a bicycle lane,” he said in a statement e-mailed to the Inquirer.

Bicycle lanes and pedestrian walkways with ornamental plants will be among the centerpiece of the renovated road, Fernando added.

Ramon Ona, director of the MMDA Traffic Engineering Center, said that aside from bike lanes and sidewalks, additional U-turn slots and footbridges would be built in the area while the drainage system would be improved.

He said Commonwealth Avenue would become the country’s widest road as it would have between 10 and 18 lanes with the completion of the road widening project.

Ona said the improved flow of vehicles in the area would save motorists P53 billion in fuel costs and hospital fees as accidents caused by the heavy traffic during rush hours would be minimized.

“An average of 220,000 vehicles pass through Commonwealth Avenue daily, 11,000 of which (are caught in traffic) during peak hours,” he said.

Started three years ago, Ona said the rehabilitation of Commonwealth Avenue called for the demolition of shanties, commercial establishments and other illegal structures within the 95-meter wide road right-of-way.

He said footbridges and loading bays for public utility vehicles were constructed only 500 meters apart for the convenience of commuters.

“So far, the MMDA has built five of the originally planned 17 pedestrian footbridges which will be complemented by unconventional U-turn slots to ease vehicle conflict at junctions,” Ona said.

been to mendiola, merun atang gagawing footbridge dun. one more reason why i would give my life to bf

Kahapon, Nakakita ako ng tatlong batalyon ng MMDA Workers sa C-5 road sa Taguig na naglilinis at naghahakot ng basura. Ngayon, Nandun parin sila, may kasama ng Bulldozer at mga digger. I think they will finally construct sidewalks and proper sewage system on C-5 Taguig.

Go BF! :banana: :D

That's good that there are efforts to bring back space for pedestrians and not focus on vehicular traffic alone. Mobility and accessibility for all and not just car users.

MMDA to automate traffic citations soon


By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:37:00 01/08/2009

MANILA, Philippines—Traffic enforcers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will no longer need ballpens or booklets as the agency begins automating the issuance of citation tickets to violators.

Angelito Vergel De Dios, the Traffic Operations Center executive director, said the first 30 portable ticket machines, which cost about P80,000 each, have been set for delivery within January. These will replace the current booklets of traffic violation receipt (TVR).

With the device working like a cash register, he said the traffic enforcer would only have to key in the type of violation committed for the machine to turn out the appropriate ticket.
He added that the mobile ticketing program would hasten the process of citation, as well as verification.

"One big advantage with this is the traffic enforcer will no longer have to call Metrobase to determine if the apprehended driver has previous unsettled violations. He will just have to swipe the driver's license to his ticket machine and he will get the information he needed," said the official in a statement.

Metrobase is the MMDA's central traffic monitoring center located at the agency's main office in Makati City.

The technology, stressed Vergel de Dios, would prevent the traffic enforcer from withdrawing an issued TVR in exchange for grease money or make "corrections" on the issued TVR.

"What we want to do is here is to minimize contact between the traffic enforcer and the motorist, and prevent them from making any kind of under-the-table transaction. We can prevent abuse and corruption because as soon as the traffic enforcer inputs the violation to his machine, he can no longer take it back, the machine automatically records it," he said.

The portable ticketing machine would also be equipped with a Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) reader, he added.

The RFID is a microchip that the MMDA installs on passenger buses along Edsa to track and monitor their movement, under the Organized Bus Route scheme.

MMDA chair Bayani Fernando earlier said that metro residents should expect traffic on the 24-kilometer highway to ease further with the full implementation of the organized bus route in 2009.

About 3,000 buses ply Edsa every day, making an estimated 32,000 trips daily.

nice indeed...at hopefully, maimplement na ang RFID scheme...no chips no trips

"Kahapon, Nakakita ako ng tatlong batalyon ng MMDA Workers sa C-5 road sa Taguig na naglilinis at naghahakot ng basura."

In other words, 1,500 na katao?

Nakakita ako ng MMDA personel through the entire length of the C-5 road. kaso, walang 1,500 persons, siguro, mga tatlong truck lang :lol:

^^ they've cut down the ipil-ipil trees along the road and started carving sidewalks out of mountains :D

i trust the end result will be better :yes:

I saw this picture sa international thread. I think having this kind is a good addition to the city:

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/atanga/Toronto2/IMG_0618.jpg

^^ naku ok sana yan pero baka naman pag tripan ma vandal... :ohno:
pero kung sa mga CBD ilalagay... very useful yan.. :)

dun muna tayo sa mga praktikal na bagay....darating din tayo dyan

I saw this picture sa international thread. I think having this kind is a good addition to the city:

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr18/atanga/Toronto2/IMG_0618.jpg
we should have these maps especially in our business districts like Makati. :D
but then, I don't want MMDA to do this bec. I don't want more eyesore pink-blue structures.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder...we dont find it as eyesores...it serves its purpose and it is definitely a better solution than no solution at all....dami ng mga mmda chairmen na dumaan wala silang nagawa now that bayani has transformed metro manila we should be grateful...hindi na nakakahiya ang manila ipakita sa mga bisita....at least yung main thoroughfares..

...and he transformed Manila in almost no time...he should really be commended.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder...we dont find it as eyesores...it serves its purpose and it is definitely a better solution than no solution at all....dami ng mga mmda chairmen na dumaan wala silang nagawa now that bayani has transformed metro manila we should be grateful...hindi na nakakahiya ang manila ipakita sa mga bisita....at least yung main thoroughfares..

sakto ka na naman kalbong dad. ang dumi dumi ng Manila non kahit yung mga main roads. panay basura nakakalat. it seemed nobody cared about aesthetics of Metro Manila until BF came. At least he started it, what's the use of trendy colored pedestrian passes if underneath and everywhere are clutter of filth and shanty towns. :lol:

Fernando blankets Edsa with surveillance cameras (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news4_jan13_2009)
Manila Standard (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news4_jan13_2009)

By Rio N. Araja

THE Metro Manila Development Authority will identify and summon traffic violators on Edsa through surveillance cameras in a bid to end the high incidence of traffic violations there, an official said yesterday.

Edsa or Epifanio delos Santos Avenue, formerly Highway 54, is the main artery connecting seven cities in Metro Manila.

Angelito Vergel de Dios, the Authority’s executive director and right-hand man of Chairman Bayani Fernando, said his men would soon keep track of traffic violators on the artery 24 hours a day using 50 closed-circuit television cameras.

Another 500 cameras would be installed on the main avenues crossed by the highway, he said.

“Motorists disobeying traffic rules will be caught on camera and face penalties,” De Dios said.

He said the cameras were intended mainly for abusive bus drivers, but private motorists would also be summoned and fined when caught.

As planned, traffic officers will review camera footage to pin down traffic violators through their plate numbers.

“We will send pictures to bus operators and summonses demanding they pay their fine to the agency or through MetroBank,” De Dios said.

“In the case of private vehicles, we will trace the registered owners and send the photos and summonses to them.”

Ma. Corazon Manuzon, head of the Authority’s Data Control section, said obstruction was the most common violation along the 24-kilometer highway. The agency listed 48,603 violations there last year, she said.

“Second was disregard for traffic rules at 43,760, followed by reckless driving at 17,011, illegal parking at 16,277, violation of the yellow lane policy at 15,597, and violation of the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program at 8,588,” Manuzon said.

The other top violations were illegal loading or unloading of passengers (8,181), bus drivers not wearing uniforms (5,262), illegal parking or stalling on the road (3,293), and buses not closing their doors while moving (1,266).

^^
I would have to say this is a great idea.
Install cameras everywhere and take photos of all violators so they can be ticketed.

Not only will these erring and unsrupulous drivers learn
to obey the rules and regualtions of the thoroughfares
but those drivers who choose not to abide will be fined
or get their licenses suspended! And accidents avoided!

I know I've learned my lesson after receiving in the mail a $50--ticket
with the photo of my car/ license plate magnified trying to beat the red light.

http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2008/08/Red-Light-Camera.jpg
http://la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/red_light_camera_image.jpg


:horse:

Fernando blankets Edsa with surveillance cameras (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news4_jan13_2009)
Manila Standard (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news4_jan13_2009)

By Rio N. Araja

THE Metro Manila Development Authority will identify and summon traffic violators on Edsa through surveillance cameras in a bid to end the high incidence of traffic violations there, an official said yesterday.

Edsa or Epifanio delos Santos Avenue, formerly Highway 54, is the main artery connecting seven cities in Metro Manila.

Angelito Vergel de Dios, the Authority’s executive director and right-hand man of Chairman Bayani Fernando, said his men would soon keep track of traffic violators on the artery 24 hours a day using 50 closed-circuit television cameras.

Another 500 cameras would be installed on the main avenues crossed by the highway, he said.

“Motorists disobeying traffic rules will be caught on camera and face penalties,” De Dios said.

He said the cameras were intended mainly for abusive bus drivers, but private motorists would also be summoned and fined when caught.

As planned, traffic officers will review camera footage to pin down traffic violators through their plate numbers.

“We will send pictures to bus operators and summonses demanding they pay their fine to the agency or through MetroBank,” De Dios said.

“In the case of private vehicles, we will trace the registered owners and send the photos and summonses to them.”

Ma. Corazon Manuzon, head of the Authority’s Data Control section, said obstruction was the most common violation along the 24-kilometer highway. The agency listed 48,603 violations there last year, she said.

“Second was disregard for traffic rules at 43,760, followed by reckless driving at 17,011, illegal parking at 16,277, violation of the yellow lane policy at 15,597, and violation of the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program at 8,588,” Manuzon said.

The other top violations were illegal loading or unloading of passengers (8,181), bus drivers not wearing uniforms (5,262), illegal parking or stalling on the road (3,293), and buses not closing their doors while moving (1,266).

Bakit 500 camera's lang? Gawin na nilang 1 million cameras para wala talagang kawala :lol:

Sobrang traffic sa C5-Kalayaan dahil sa construction ng elevated u-turn slot... may nakakaalam po ba dito kung kelan matatapos ang construction? Salamat po!

^^
I would have to say this is a great idea.
Install cameras everywhere and take photos of all violators so they can be ticketed.

Not only will these erring and unsrupulous drivers learn
to obey the rules and regualtions of the thoroughfares
but those drivers who choose not to abide will be fined
or get their licenses suspended! And accidents avoided!

I know I've learned my lesson after receiving in the mail a $50--ticket
with the photo of my car/ license plate magnified trying to beat the red light.

http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2008/08/Red-Light-Camera.jpg
http://la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/red_light_camera_image.jpg


:horse:

@JP
sayo ba yang pic nag bangaan..?

okay talaga may surveillance cameras... tapos may warning may sa traffic lights... "You can't beat the speed of light.. Noob.." :lol:

madami talaga benefits ang surveillance camera.. Iligan City lang alone estimate ko may 50+ cameras nakalagay every corner ng daan..

not only that it may prevent the kotongs and kotongees. Sometimes it's the kotongees who initiate the kotongan to avoid inconvenience. they should be cited for bribery.

MMDA wants to spruce up U-Belt


By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:18:00 01/15/2009

Filed Under: University, Schools, Local authorities


MANILA, Philippines – Keep that gum in your pocket, please.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Wednesday urged students at the University Belt in Manila to help the agency keep the area clean by disposing of their trash – which includes bubble gum – properly.

According to MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando, they were intensifying their cleanup efforts to transform the U-Belt into a “UniverCity” in the coming months.

“Ultimong mga bubble gum na nakadikit sa daan, poste at pader ay aming inaalis (We even scrape the bits of bubble gum we find on the streets, posts or walls),” Fernando said.

There are 19 universities and colleges in the area.

Last week, he talked to officials of Arellano University in Legarda about how they could solve the problem of illegal vendors and informal settlers in the area.

MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno said they have installed new streetlights in the U-Belt while continuing their campaign to clear all streets and sidewalks of obstructions.

Fernando said the physical revamp of the area, which includes the repainting of passageways and sidewalks, would make students feel safer about their surroundings.

“This is beneficial to the students, they will have a sense of belonging. When they go home to their provinces, they will have something to be proud of to their parents and friends,” he added.

Fernando said the schools have responded positively to the agency’s efforts in sprucing up the U-Belt although he stressed that as stakeholders, the universities must also get involved in the MMDA’s campaign.

@JP
sayo ba yang pic nag bangaan..?

okay talaga may surveillance cameras... tapos may warning may sa traffic lights... "You can't beat the speed of light.. Noob.." :lol:

madami talaga benefits ang surveillance camera.. Iligan City lang alone estimate ko may 50+ cameras nakalagay every corner ng daan..

^^ I'm glad it wasn't my car.

But it can be anyone trying to beat the red light.

I've learned my lesson and now a safer driver (trans:rehabilitated speedster!)
since I usually have my family in tow.


:horse:

that's wonderful Taft looks so rough on the edges it doesn't seem conducive for higher learning.

Ngayon sasabihin naman ng mga critics ni BF na very authoritarian yang ginagawa niya, baka mabalik naman tayo sa "martial law', they say is that the essence of true democracy. Hhahaha ,if I heard again this in this forum, I just shake my head, we are really hopeless if we dont appreciate this move by BF.

LTFRB to remove 700 buses from EDSA

By Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:36:00 01/15/2009

MANILA, Philippines -- The Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) hopes to decongest EDSA by removing some 700 provincial buses from the major Metro Manila artery’s southbound lane in the first quarter of this year, its chairman, Thompson Lantion, said on Thursday.

At a press conference, Lantion said the LTFRB will be scrapping its “flexibility rule,” which has been around since 2005 and allows buses from one route to ply a different route to allow them to get more passengers. Along EDSA, some provincial buses are allowed to pick up fares.

Lantion said that once the flexibility rule is scrapped, buses that go out of their allowed routes will be charged for being “out of line.”

First to be affected are buses plying routes in southern Luzon. Buses to northern Luzon will be affected in the second quarter.

On the other hand, the LTFRB is also considering allowing “metallic blue” taxis that will serve Metro manila shopping malls, much like the yellow taxis that operate from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Lantion said the mall taxis would solve the problem of long taxi queues and abusive drivers in malls across the metropolis.

He said the initial plan is to launch the mall taxis by the second quarter of this year starting at the SM Mall of Asia.

The mall taxis will have a higher flag-down rate than ordinary taxis.

But Lantion said ordinary taxis would still be allowed to pick up and drop off passengers at malls.

Are the oil depots in Pandacan moved already?

LTFRB to remove 700 buses from EDSA

By Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:36:00 01/15/2009

MANILA, Philippines -- The Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) hopes to decongest EDSA by removing some 700 provincial buses from the major Metro Manila artery’s southbound lane in the first quarter of this year, its chairman, Thompson Lantion, said on Thursday.

At a press conference, Lantion said the LTFRB will be scrapping its “flexibility rule,” which has been around since 2005 and allows buses from one route to ply a different route to allow them to get more passengers. Along EDSA, some provincial buses are allowed to pick up fares.




Lantion said that once the flexibility rule is scrapped, buses that go out of their allowed routes will be charged for being “out of line.”

First to be affected are buses plying routes in southern Luzon. Buses to northern Luzon will be affected in the second quarter.

On the other hand, the LTFRB is also considering allowing “metallic blue” taxis that will serve Metro manila shopping malls, much like the yellow taxis that operate from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Lantion said the mall taxis would solve the problem of long taxi queues and abusive drivers in malls across the metropolis.

He said the initial plan is to launch the mall taxis by the second quarter of this year starting at the SM Mall of Asia.

The mall taxis will have a higher flag-down rate than ordinary taxis.

But Lantion said ordinary taxis would still be allowed to pick up and drop off passengers at malls.

it is about time.....that they enforce the law....remove those flying coffins...

Kawawa naman un ordinary at mababait na taxi drivers

MMDA unveils initial project for 2009 (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Main_News_1/MMDA_unveils_initial_project_for_2009.shtml)

MANILA, Jan. 17 (PNA) -- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Thursday that residents of Metro Manila can expect more re-development activities such as road repairs, sidewalk clearing operation, demolition of illegal obstructions and the "pink line" project as the agency unveiled its initial targets this year.

MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando said among the initial measures the agency will take in the first half of 2009 include massive clearing and repair of the 6.5 kilometer long R-10 from Tondo to Navotas, clearing of sidewalks and roadways, road repairs and improvements, face-lift of dilapidated and unsightly tenements, repair of the drainage system, additional waiting sheds and other street furniture and landscaping.

"We already set in motion the completion of these programs so that by 2010, Metro Manila will achieve Metro Gwapo status," Fernando said of the agency's multi-billion re-development program.

Agency vehicles which are in a state of disrepair would be auctioned off to generate additional revenues, he said.

"Most of these vehicles are rotten, dilapidated and costly to maintain due to their age and it would be better if we can auction these so that the MMDA will have additional funds for its various programs," the MMDA chief said.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has allotted P1.79 billion for the MMDA's 2009 budget, only about one-fourth of the P5.9 billion budget originally requested by the agency.

The amount covers the salaries and bonuses of the agency's more than 9,000 personnel as well as the various projects it oversee ranging from flood control to traffic signs.

Fernando also vowed to continue painting the metropolis' streets with his favorite color pink to separate the sidewalks from the roadways.

Earlier, militant party-list lawmakers demanded Congressional investigation in the MMDA's use of pink colors for traffic infrastructures saying that it violates the country's commitment to international traffic standards but Fernando defended his decision saying that the Vienna Convention which lays down the guidelines for traffic standards worldwide does not prohibit the use of his favorite color.

The University Belt area in Manila would also be re-developed into a "UniverCity" completes with the installation of new streetlights, clearing the roadways and sidewalks of all types of obstructions, particularly vendors, and eyesores such as misplaced advertising materials.

The clearing and repainting of the sidewalks is aimed at providing the students with clean and safer passageways while going to and from their respective schools.

The MMDA is also planning to provide Wifi services to students at the city's U-Belt area.

The U-Belt area is the unofficial name of a de facto sub-district in Manila , where there is a high concentration of colleges and universities. Aside from the San Miguel District , it also includes the southern end of Espana, Morayta, the eastern end of CM Recto, Legarda Avenue and Mendiola Street .

There are 19 major universities and colleges located in Sampaloc, Quiapo, Sta. Cruz, and San Miguel areas.

In the area of traffic management, the MMDA is waiting the arrival of 30 "portable ticketing machines", each costing P80, 000 to boost traffic enforcement.

Additional footbridges would be built to ensure that pedestrians do not stray into roadways, Fernando said, adding that since the agency started constructing the structures, an estimated one million pedestrians were "removed" from the streets.

The agency would also boost a livelihood project designed for the benefit of Metro residents, especially informal settlers.

Dubbed the "Kabuhayan sa Nagkalat na Bato at Buhangin," the project according to Fernando would provide income to the poor while at the same time ensuring the viability of the government's recycling program.

"The MMDA has embarked on this pro-poor recycling, cleanliness and livelihood program. We will buy from scavengers and those from the marginalized sectors of the society aggregates such as gravel, sand, filling materials, sacks, boulders and any scraps strewn on sidewalks and the streets," Fernando said of the program.

"Instead of the MMDA purchasing gravel and sand from the suppliers, we want the residents of Metro Manila to collect them from the streets and bring it to our designated area," Fernando said.

Aside from cleaning the surroundings the streets will be cleaned of all kinds of litter and ensure gainful means of income for the unemployed and underemployed instead of sidewalk vending, he said.

Fernando said they will buy the sand at P600 per cubic meter and gravel at P800 per cubic meter, which is the prevailing price.

Three buying stations along Commonwealth Avenue at a distance of four kilometers between them have already been established.
The scraps and refuse will then be used by the agency for various MMDA infrastructure projects. (PNA)

^^maganda yan, l hope Chairman Bayani Fernando continue his ambition in turning MM into a world-class and walkable city in Asia/world. Sana lang ay ma-maintain nila ang mga previous nilang proyekto para hindi masayang ang mga pinaghirapan nila.

sabi nga nila..."Ang Magaling Na Pinuno, Umuukit sa Puno"
o :D "Ang Magiting Na Lider, Tumatatak Ang Imahe Sa Pader"

MMDA unveils initial project for 2009 (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Main_News_1/MMDA_unveils_initial_project_for_2009.shtml)

MANILA, Jan. 17 (PNA) -- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Thursday that residents of Metro Manila can expect more re-development activities such as road repairs, sidewalk clearing operation, demolition of illegal obstructions and the "pink line" project as the agency unveiled its initial targets this year.

MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando said among the initial measures the agency will take in the first half of 2009 include massive clearing and repair of the 6.5 kilometer long R-10 from Tondo to Navotas, clearing of sidewalks and roadways, road repairs and improvements, face-lift of dilapidated and unsightly tenements, repair of the drainage system, additional waiting sheds and other street furniture and landscaping.

"We already set in motion the completion of these programs so that by 2010, Metro Manila will achieve Metro Gwapo status," Fernando said of the agency's multi-billion re-development program.

Agency vehicles which are in a state of disrepair would be auctioned off to generate additional revenues, he said.

"Most of these vehicles are rotten, dilapidated and costly to maintain due to their age and it would be better if we can auction these so that the MMDA will have additional funds for its various programs," the MMDA chief said.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has allotted P1.79 billion for the MMDA's 2009 budget, only about one-fourth of the P5.9 billion budget originally requested by the agency.

The amount covers the salaries and bonuses of the agency's more than 9,000 personnel as well as the various projects it oversee ranging from flood control to traffic signs.

Fernando also vowed to continue painting the metropolis' streets with his favorite color pink to separate the sidewalks from the roadways.

Earlier, militant party-list lawmakers demanded Congressional investigation in the MMDA's use of pink colors for traffic infrastructures saying that it violates the country's commitment to international traffic standards but Fernando defended his decision saying that the Vienna Convention which lays down the guidelines for traffic standards worldwide does not prohibit the use of his favorite color.

The University Belt area in Manila would also be re-developed into a "UniverCity" completes with the installation of new streetlights, clearing the roadways and sidewalks of all types of obstructions, particularly vendors, and eyesores such as misplaced advertising materials.

The clearing and repainting of the sidewalks is aimed at providing the students with clean and safer passageways while going to and from their respective schools.

The MMDA is also planning to provide Wifi services to students at the city's U-Belt area.

The U-Belt area is the unofficial name of a de facto sub-district in Manila , where there is a high concentration of colleges and universities. Aside from the San Miguel District , it also includes the southern end of Espana, Morayta, the eastern end of CM Recto, Legarda Avenue and Mendiola Street .

There are 19 major universities and colleges located in Sampaloc, Quiapo, Sta. Cruz, and San Miguel areas.

In the area of traffic management, the MMDA is waiting the arrival of 30 "portable ticketing machines", each costing P80, 000 to boost traffic enforcement.

Additional footbridges would be built to ensure that pedestrians do not stray into roadways, Fernando said, adding that since the agency started constructing the structures, an estimated one million pedestrians were "removed" from the streets.

The agency would also boost a livelihood project designed for the benefit of Metro residents, especially informal settlers.

Dubbed the "Kabuhayan sa Nagkalat na Bato at Buhangin," the project according to Fernando would provide income to the poor while at the same time ensuring the viability of the government's recycling program.

"The MMDA has embarked on this pro-poor recycling, cleanliness and livelihood program. We will buy from scavengers and those from the marginalized sectors of the society aggregates such as gravel, sand, filling materials, sacks, boulders and any scraps strewn on sidewalks and the streets," Fernando said of the program.

"Instead of the MMDA purchasing gravel and sand from the suppliers, we want the residents of Metro Manila to collect them from the streets and bring it to our designated area," Fernando said.

Aside from cleaning the surroundings the streets will be cleaned of all kinds of litter and ensure gainful means of income for the unemployed and underemployed instead of sidewalk vending, he said.

Fernando said they will buy the sand at P600 per cubic meter and gravel at P800 per cubic meter, which is the prevailing price.

Three buying stations along Commonwealth Avenue at a distance of four kilometers between them have already been established.
The scraps and refuse will then be used by the agency for various MMDA infrastructure projects. (PNA)

favourite colour pala ni BF ay pink :naughty:

^^may explanation ang MMDA tungkol dyan:D

the reason why they choose that color is because of its cheap price and availability

of all colors.

have you seen BF's ad on cinemas? i don't know if its also being shown on TV. Bakit daw hindi natin subukang gawing gwapo ang buong Pilipinas. We know what he means by that. unfortunately, he's trailing behind "popular" candidates in the recent SWS survey at single digit percent. Even Erap has popularity rating of over 10% in that survey. :ohno: I believe we are doomed!

gusto niya gwapo pero gay colors ang ginagamit niya.

^^ganun talaga kapag maliit lang ang budget...minsan kailangan mong "bumigay":hilarious at pagkasyahin kung ano ang ibinigay:D sayo ng gobyerno

gusto niya gwapo pero gay colors ang ginagamit niya.

may gay pala sa colors?

At 1000 posts, thread will now be closed.

Gwapo or not, continue posting here :D

Link to Thread 2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=642317)

favourite colour pala ni BF ay pink :naughty:
may explanation ang MMDA tungkol dyan:D

the reason why they choose that color is because of its cheap price and availability
of all colors.

have you seen BF's ad on cinemas? i don't know if its also being shown on TV. Bakit daw hindi natin subukang gawing gwapo ang buong Pilipinas. We know what he means by that. unfortunately, he's trailing behind "popular" candidates in the recent SWS survey at single digit percent. Even Erap has popularity rating of over 10% in that survey. :ohno: I believe we are doomed!
gusto niya gwapo pero gay colors ang ginagamit niya.
ganun talaga kapag maliit lang ang budget...minsan kailangan mong "bumigay":hilarious at pagkasyahin kung ano ang ibinigay:D sayo ng gobyerno
may gay pala sa colors?

Pink, Purple, Violet, Lilac, Mauve, Periwinkle, or any shade within the Pink-Violet spectrum are considered effeminate colors. ;) Interesting note about colors like that is that they are meant to curb aggression when one sees them. In a study once, it is said that the locker rooms of visiting teams are usually painted in more feminine colors so that they won't be all pumped-up and enraged when they play against the home team. :colgate:

:lol: i used purple color for my friendster wallpaper!

kilala ko fave artist ni Bayani.....si Pink!:lol:

relaxing sa mata ang pink...pero pag sumobra, nakakahilo...:nuts:

Pink, Purple, Violet, Lilac, Mauve, Periwinkle, or any shade within the Pink-Violet spectrum are considered effeminate colors. ;) Interesting note about colors like that is that they are meant to curb aggression when one sees them. In a study once, it is said that the locker rooms of visiting teams are usually painted in more feminine colors so that they won't be all pumped-up and enraged when they play against the home team. :colgate:

interesting/nice input:)

so pink nga ang maganda sa EDSA, para hindi mag gitgitan masyado:D

Did you guys know that VIOLET is the color of the year?? I just learned how to bake cookies and im packaging them in violet boxes, papers, plastics, etc....

Violet is the new pink

^^is lavender the same as violet? I like the smell of lavender.

^^ Lavender is in the same color family.

MMDA To Intensity Clean-up And beautification of the University Belt Area This Year

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will further intensify this year the cleanup and beautification of the University Belt area in Manila.

MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando said he wants the area to be transformed into a "University" in the coming months. "This is beneficial to the students, magkakaroon sila ng feeling of belonging sa lugar. When they go to their provinces, they will have something to be proud of to their parents and friends. Better perspective, better environment," Fernando said.

The U-Belt area is the unofficial name of a de facto sub-district in Manila, where there is a high concentration of colleges and universities. Aside from the San Miguel district, it also includes the southern end of Espana, Morayta Street, the eastern end of CM Recto, Legarda Avenue, and Mendiola Street. There are 19 major universities and colleges located in Sampaloc, Quiapo, Sta. Cruz, and San Miguel areas.

Fernando said the continuing beautification project now involves the active participation of school officials and students. "Ultimong mga bubble gum na nakadikit sa daan, poste, at pader ay aming inaalis," the MMDA chief said. Only last week, Fernando met with the administrators of the Arellano University in Legarda where they identified the problem of illegal vendors and informal settlers in the area.

MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno said they have completed the installation of new streetlights in the University while they continue clearing the roadways and sidewalks of all types of obstructions, particularly vendors, and eyesores such as misplaced advertising materials. The clearing and repainting of the sidewalks is aimed at providing the students with a clean and safer passageways while going to and from their respective schools.

"The students now understand the need to have orderliness and cleanliness within the UniverCity," Nacianceno said, adding that the schools are now showing a more positive response to the MMDA's relentless efforts to spruce up the area. The MMDA is also planning to provide wifi services to students at the city's U-Belt area.

MMDA NEWS (http://www.mmda.gov.ph/news.htm#jan1409)

Why can't MMDA have "provincial powers" over Metro Manila unlike of Imelda of the 1970's?

The inconsistencies between cities in Metro Manila is taking toll in its urban planning and implementation.

Why can't MMDA have "provincial powers" over Metro Manila unlike of Imelda of the 1970's?

The inconsistencies between cities in Metro Manila is taking toll in its urban planning and implementation.

The mayors in Metro Manila zealously guard their "Kingdoms"... simpleng traffic code at rules na nga lang, hindi pa magkasundo sundo...

My driver just got a nice MMDA Booklet some MMDA dudes are giving out. Sa front cover, it shows a super clean and organized marikina city! at it shows kung ano un bawal o hinde na may kasama pang mga plans.

The booklet is actually fun to read.

^^ Saan ba makakakuha nyan?
The Little Pink Book by Chairman Bayani....(pasintabi po kay Chairman Mao) :nocrook:

Speaking of beautification projects, aside from all the touch-ups and painting over of structures; has the MMDA and/or the local city governments tried adding and/or creating new "green spaces?"

MMDA removes ad firm's waiting sheds

source (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=432612&publicationSubCategoryId=65)

The Metro Manila Development Authority has started removing waiting sheds owned by an ad agency along EDSA, with MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando saying these structures pose danger to the public.

“These waiting sheds constitute nuisance per se, defined by law as any establishment or condition of property, which among others, injure, or endanger the safety of others and obstruct or interfere with the free passage of any public highway or streets,” he said.

Fernando said 46 waiting sheds owned by the High Desert Philippines Inc. and the High Desert Stop-Overs Inc. along EDSA’s north- and southbound lanes between Magallanes and Monumento will be removed. As of Friday night, MMDA personnel have already removed 27 waiting sheds full of billboards.

Fernando said a recent traffic study undertaken by the MMDA found that certain road facilities have been rendered obsolete, such as the waiting sheds installed by High Desert.

“The previously designated loading and unloading zones are no longer existing or have relocated or repositioned,” he said.

The sheds also hinder the completion of the Organized Bus Route (OBR) program of the MMDA, Fernando said.

The OBR involves the installation of “micro-chips” or Radio Frequency Identification Device and readers on buses and designated points in the terminals and thoroughfares for easy tracking of the movement of buses along EDSA.

Under the OBR, bus terminal and loading bays are equipped with tracking device and cameras that will monitor every bus operating in Metro Manila. High Desert’s sheds do not have such devices.

The MMDA removed the sheds despite an injunction issued by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 95 prohibiting the agency from dismantling the structures.

The two ad agencies have also filed a P2.5-million damage suit against Fernando for initiating the dismantling operation after he terminated the agreements between the two firms and the MMDA last Aug. 8, 2006 and ordered them to remove the waiting sheds and the ads on or before Sept. 16.

Authorities said about 3,000 passenger buses ply EDSA, Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare, on a daily basis. They accumulate about 32,000 daily trips.

The MMDA signed three contracts with the ad companies in 1992 to 1996, including one entered into by then MMDA chairmen Prospero Oreta and Ignacio Bunye. Fernando said these contracts have long expired but the agency’s hands are tied by the court injunction. – Rhodina Villanueva

MMDA Booklet :naughty:

Front:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7308/115439iz4.jpg

Page before the back over:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8247/115507cz6.jpg

I don't want to post anymore spoilers :naughty: :lol:

^^I wish you can scan and post all the pages.^^


share it man.



:horse:

Sige, subukan kong i-scan tong 32 page booklet. Hinde ko na isasama un Message from Gloria and Message from BF page. :naughty:

Mahabahaba ang oras na bubunuin ko dito, mabagal scanner ko eh :lol:

^^ You are the best!


:horse:

O, Eto na un kalahati ng booklet..in colour! Maya na un mga plans at guidelines kung pano ang tamang sukat at design ng sidewalk at un cover ng booklet.. Kakapagod mag scan eh :lol:! Baka scan ko din un message from GMA and BF kung gusto nyo basahin :)

MGA SAGABAL SA BANKETA:

Page 6 - 7
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Yayo01/MMDA%20Booklet/Page6-7.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Yayo01/MMDA%20Booklet/Page8-9.jpg

10 - 11
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Yayo01/MMDA%20Booklet/page10-11.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Yayo01/MMDA%20Booklet/page15-16.jpg

^^I think Fernando is the best thing that ever happened to MMDA.
maybe for the Republic too!


:horse:

Sige, subukan kong i-scan tong 32 page booklet. Hinde ko na isasama un Message from Gloria and Message from BF page. :naughty:

Mahabahaba ang oras na bubunuin ko dito, mabagal scanner ko eh :lol:

set mo lang sa low resolution

@ pg. 8-9

curb = kerb sa filipino :nuts:

I love it :lol: higit sa lahat walang pangit!
Linisin at gawing kaaya aya ang kapaligiran.
this was how filthy Singapore started their progress by sprucing up the entire place and look at them now. You can't get work done in a chaotic environment.

set mo lang sa low resolution

100 DPI lang yan. Hayaan mo na, para mabasa nyong lahat :D

Maya, upload ko un second set :naughty:

bravo! ramdam na ramdam ko ang kaunlaran!..go MMDA!!...tnx for the pics Arciga_01!:)

As promised, eto na un second set. Sorry natagalan, nakatulog ako eh :lol:! Pagkatapos nito, upload ko un final pages ng booklet.

Page 18 -19:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Yayo01/MMDA%20Booklet/Page18-19.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Yayo01/MMDA%20Booklet/Page26-27.jpg

The booklet is inspirational, infact nga. Nag conduct ako ng mini sidewalk clearing sa harap ng bahay namin. Ngayon, ang aliwalas ng harap namin :lol:

^^ a lot of us will probably find these MMDA regulations too restrictive at first,
pero if they are consistently enforced, I believe we can learn to abide by it.

Pagsanay na tayo sa malinis at maayos na lansangan at kapaligiran
talagang magbabago na ang itsura ng metro-Manila at buong Pilipinas.:banana:
baka daigin pa natin ang ibang bayan.


:horse:

Agreed. Infact nga, sa sobrang strict sa EDSA Ngayon. Un driver ko, todo iwas ng dumaan ng EDSA. Baka mahuli daw :lol: ! Kaso, tama lang ang ginagawa ng MMDA. Dati rati, hinde namin kaya buksan ang bintana ng car namin pag nasa EDSA sa sobrang dumi, Ngayon, Pwedeng Pwede na. :naughty:

EDIT: Final Set:
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Page 30 -31
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Page 32 - at bago mag back cover
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Back Cover:
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Naging red nung iniscan ko un pink part ng booklet :lol:

simple and clear instructions.. sana matuto na ang ating mga kababayan sa disiplina ng daan...

GO BF!!! two thumbs up....

What i seriously liked about this is, pinamukha talaga un laws na pwedeng gawin ng MMDA. Kaya, walang makakapag reklamo nyan about sidewalk clearing and such :naughty:

^^thanks Arciga-_01. Please keep on posting!

O.T. Buti ka pa may driver.
I miss being driven by a tsuper,
lalo na kanina I drove home kahit na inaantok dahil wala pang tulok?
nagis-snow pa naman sa expressway.




:horse:

Sa amin sa Gagalangin Tondo, grabe ang pagsakop illegally ng sidewalks most specially ng private homes.Pati barangay halls numero unong law breaker ng sidewalks.Kaya lalong lumiliit ang mga kalye.I'll try to post pictures later.

^^thanks Arciga-_01. Please keep on posting!

O.T. Buti ka pa may driver.
I miss being driven by a tsuper,
lalo na kanina I drove home kahit na inaantok dahil wala pang tulok?
nagis-snow pa naman sa expressway.




:horse:

Wala na akong i popost :lol:.

@IndioBravo: Grabe naman yan, Report mo sa MMDA. Baka wala pa sa alas kwatro, giba lahat ng illegal structures dyan :naughty:. Also, Napaka ironic naman ng barangay name. Gagalangin and yet, wala silang galang sa batas :lol:

Kowloon (Hong Kong) streets are quite narrow and crowded with sinages everywhere... but still look good! How do they manage that? Hmmm...

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Because, sobrang strict nila. Dapat, Buhayin si marcos at declare uli martial law :lol:

Sa amin sa Gagalangin Tondo, grabe ang pagsakop illegally ng sidewalks most specially ng private homes.Pati barangay halls numero unong law breaker ng sidewalks.Kaya lalong lumiliit ang mga kalye.I'll try to post pictures later.

Yung kakilala ko nga ang daming sasakyan (isang private, jeep at taxi)pero walang parking space sa lote nya... kaya ayun dobol parking sa lansangan! Tapos yung banketa harap ng bahay nya ginawa pa nyang garden... wala ng madaanan si juan de la cruz... beautification pa bang masasabi yun?

Guys, report nyo sa MMDA yan. :D

Guys, report nyo sa MMDA yan. :D

Malakas ata sya kay mayor na nemesis ni MMDA chairman... guess who nalang kung sinong mayor yun :lol:

Binay :naughty: ?

:shifty:


:baeh3: no comment!

^^kapag palakasan ang paiiralin magiging METRO PANGET!:lol:




:horse:

:shifty:


:baeh3: no comment!

Tama ako no? :lol:

You see in hongkong, kahit encroach yung mga billboards, malinis pa rin tignan. Like the sidewalks, nakatiles kc lahat then look at the planters, uniform sila khit siguro naka planterbox lang magandang tignan. Sana isa pang iimplement ng MMDA yung mga owners ng establishements along public roads whether buildings or just shoplots ay magkaroon ng repainting works according to standardized color schemes like in Singapore. Old HDB buildings are being renovated and repainted according to their district design schemes kaya ang ganda. Kahit maraming mga spaghetti wires diyan, pag narepaint yung mga old dilapidated structures magandang tignan lahat yan.

But with respect to MMDA, sad to say and realize di ko talaga masikmura yung color combination na ipinaiimplement nila sa development within the metropolis, yun lang yung comment ko sa MMDA. I dislike also the wiremess railings inbetween islands. Just an island kerb is good enough to separate two roadways, they must implement jaywalking like in Marcos time like how they applied the cameras for vehilces who violates road procedures and penalized through summonses.

Construction of second C-5 Kalayaan elevated U-turn in full swing

Upper photo shows ongoing construction work on the second elevated U-turn slot on the northbound lane of C-5 near Kalayaan Avenue in Makati City. The completion of the P350-million elevated slot would eventually close the C-5 Kalayaan intersection and is seen to greatly improve the traffic flow in the area. Lower photo shows the completed elevated U-turn slot at the southbound lane that was inaugurated in August last year by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. (PNA photos by Boy Antonio) - PNA (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=21&nga_Session=2927c5b1bf1c78a0c4e9ce3b7e83f052)

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;31160126']Construction of second C-5 Kalayaan elevated U-turn in full swing

Upper photo shows ongoing construction work on the second elevated U-turn slot on the northbound lane of C-5 near Kalayaan Avenue in Makati City. The completion of the P350-million elevated slot would eventually close the C-5 Kalayaan intersection and is seen to greatly improve the traffic flow in the area. Lower photo shows the completed elevated U-turn slot at the southbound lane that was inaugurated in August last year by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. (PNA photos by Boy Antonio) - PNA (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=21&nga_Session=2927c5b1bf1c78a0c4e9ce3b7e83f052)

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kaso parang maliit daw ung u turn slot d katulad sa thailand parang biglang liko ka daw dyan sa pag u turn so slow mo speed mo mo unlike s iba same speed while turning dyan lang ba cla magtatayo sana lahat nag kailangan lagyan gawan din nila

maybe im wrong pero from what i've recalled the radius nung u turn slot is much more larger sa plans than in real life.

MMDA turns to wireless cameras to catch violators (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=434687&publicationSubCategoryId=65)
Updated January 26, 2009 12:00 AM
Philstar.com (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=434687&publicationSubCategoryId=65)

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando said yesterday they will field-test a scheme that uses surveillance cameras along major roads to catch traffic violators in action.

Fernando said the Metro Manila Council (MMC), the MMDA’s policy-making body, has approved the scheme but no date has been set for the field-testing, which will last for three months.

According to Fernando, the new scheme, tagged as the “No Physical Contact Policy,” eliminates the time-consuming process of having traffic enforcers physically apprehend and issue a ticket to the erring motorist.

“We will use as evidence the traffic violations recorded by our surveillance cameras along major and secondary roads for this scheme,” he said.

Three years ago, the MMDA tried to implement a similar scheme, called the Non-Contact Traffic Apprehension (NCTA), but the Makati Regional Trial Court declared it “null and void” after the agency failed to get the approval of the MMC.

In the NCTA, MMDA traffic enforcers take digital photos of motorists committing traffic violations. The MMDA then sends summons to the operator or driver of the vehicle with a digital photo of the violation as evidence.

With the new scheme, owners of the vehicles caught violating traffic rules by the MMDA’s Wi-Max cameras will be summoned by the MMDA and will then be issued the agency’s traffic violation receipt (TVR) and the ordinance violation receipt (OVR) of the local government unit where the violation happened.

In the summons, the erring motorist will be issued a notice specifying the infraction committed, the date, time and place where the violation was committed as well as the corresponding photo-clip as evidence. The summons will also specify the penalty.

Fernando, however, stressed that motorists are still allowed to contest the violation within one week after receiving the summons.

“They are allowed to file their protest within seven days at the Traffic Adjudication Board and we will act on it within the same time frame,” Fernando said.

Payment of fines and penalties shall be made within seven days upon receipt of the first notice of violation at all Metrobank branches, unless a protest was filed contesting the apprehension.

If a week goes by without the motorist contesting the apprehension or settling the penalty, the MMDA will issue the erring motorist a final notice before the agency places the vehicle’s license plates at the alarm list of the Land Transportation Office (LTO).

Once on the alarm list, the vehicle caught on the surveillance camera cannot have its registration renewed until the fine is paid.– Mike Frialde

^^Finally order and conduct will be on the streets of the metro :)

Camera lang talaga katapat ng mga Filipino drivers :lol:

Tingnan nyo sa BGC, dami silang camera na nakakalat. Kaya lahat sumusunod sa batas :lol:

si Bayani na ang ating bagong "Kuya"..dami kcng camera.parang big brother haus lng..:lol:

Good luck to this project. I hope this will help to discipline the Filipinos.

MMDA chairman post is a political appointment. Will all of this be undone by the new incoming Chairman in 2010?..just like what Mayor Lim is doing to some of the Atienza projects

Kowloon (Hong Kong) streets are quite narrow and crowded with sinages everywhere... but still look good! How do they manage that? Hmmm...

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they have clean building, walang spaghetti wires, tapos maganda ung side walk nila. uniform all throughout. tapos tapos un lng cguro. hehe

^^malalapad kasi ang mga sidewalk doon, hindi katulad dito, karamihan ay walang sidewalk, kung mayroon man, ay 1 meter lang ang lapad at hindi pa pantay ang mga level kaya ang tao lilipat na lang sa kalye.

maybe they can transform ermita manila into something like this.

MMDA turns to wireless cameras to catch violators (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=434687&publicationSubCategoryId=65)
Updated January 26, 2009 12:00 AM
Philstar.com (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=434687&publicationSubCategoryId=65)

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando said yesterday they will field-test a scheme that uses surveillance cameras along major roads to catch traffic violators in action...
With the new scheme, owners of the vehicles caught violating traffic rules by the MMDA’s Wi-Max cameras will be summoned by the MMDA and will then be issued the agency’s traffic violation receipt (TVR) and the ordinance violation receipt (OVR) of the local government unit where the violation happened.

...In the summons, the erring motorist will be issued a notice specifying the infraction committed, the date, time and place where the violation was committed as well as the corresponding photo-clip as evidence. The summons will also specify the penalty....

...– Mike Frialde

:applause:

YES!
if this is what is needed to be done to have law and order in our thoroughfares, so be it!
wla pang kotong na magaganap!



:horse:

Pinakita kanina sa TV Patrol World tong new scheme na to..huli ang mga pasaway...

Kung gusto talaga bumango ni BF, hulihin nya LAHAT ng nagamit ng siren at blinkers...

:applause:

YES!
if this is what is needed to be done to have law and order in our thoroughfares, so be it!
wla pang kotong na magaganap!



:horse:

Is that you in Avatar? Polo was just recently featured in local TV Makisig...astig....expensive sport. :)

MMDA turns to wireless cameras to catch violators (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=434687&publicationSubCategoryId=65)
Updated January 26, 2009 12:00 AM
Philstar.com (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=434687&publicationSubCategoryId=65)

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando said yesterday they will field-test a scheme that uses surveillance cameras along major roads to catch traffic violators in action.

Fernando said the Metro Manila Council (MMC), the MMDA’s policy-making body, has approved the scheme but no date has been set for the field-testing, which will last for three months.

According to Fernando, the new scheme, tagged as the “No Physical Contact Policy,” eliminates the time-consuming process of having traffic enforcers physically apprehend and issue a ticket to the erring motorist.

“We will use as evidence the traffic violations recorded by our surveillance cameras along major and secondary roads for this scheme,” he said.

Three years ago, the MMDA tried to implement a similar scheme, called the Non-Contact Traffic Apprehension (NCTA), but the Makati Regional Trial Court declared it “null and void” after the agency failed to get the approval of the MMC.

In the NCTA, MMDA traffic enforcers take digital photos of motorists committing traffic violations. The MMDA then sends summons to the operator or driver of the vehicle with a digital photo of the violation as evidence.

With the new scheme, owners of the vehicles caught violating traffic rules by the MMDA’s Wi-Max cameras will be summoned by the MMDA and will then be issued the agency’s traffic violation receipt (TVR) and the ordinance violation receipt (OVR) of the local government unit where the violation happened.

In the summons, the erring motorist will be issued a notice specifying the infraction committed, the date, time and place where the violation was committed as well as the corresponding photo-clip as evidence. The summons will also specify the penalty.

Fernando, however, stressed that motorists are still allowed to contest the violation within one week after receiving the summons.

“They are allowed to file their protest within seven days at the Traffic Adjudication Board and we will act on it within the same time frame,” Fernando said.

Payment of fines and penalties shall be made within seven days upon receipt of the first notice of violation at all Metrobank branches, unless a protest was filed contesting the apprehension.

If a week goes by without the motorist contesting the apprehension or settling the penalty, the MMDA will issue the erring motorist a final notice before the agency places the vehicle’s license plates at the alarm list of the Land Transportation Office (LTO).

Once on the alarm list, the vehicle caught on the surveillance camera cannot have its registration renewed until the fine is paid.– Mike Frialde


:guns1: ayan! patay na ang mga bweset na bus drivers!:baeh3:

hay salamat talaga at magagamit na ng MMDA ang mga surveillance cameras... haayyy hope they get a good percentage of MM streets for this... at least they're following the footsteps of London, Singapore and the US for this..

and at least mas-organized na yung pagspecify ng violation at hindi yung based sa trip ng MMDA officer na hindi din nakaka-intindi ng traffic rules.. :D

maganda yan, pati carnappers/holduppers madaling ma trace:D

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a little ease in the eyes to see a blue-yellow color scheme for mmda footbridge in ortigas. i still dislike the colors though.

I'm just wondering why roads in Metro Manila look ugly... Tingnan mo yan parang tagpi tagpi. :D

If BF leaves MMDA



By Elinando B. Cinco

THERE are well-meaning observers, yes, include the skeptics, who foresee a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority in disarray if and when chairman Bayani Fernando leaves for a shot at the presidency.


It appears that amid the welter of fast-paced developments in the political scene, there seems to be a latent apprehension on the fate of the various programs and projects that the MMDA is implementing at the moment – if and when its present head is out of the agency.

Fernando is one of the earliest "presidentiables" who has declared his availability for candidacy in the presidential contest with or without the blessings of the Lakas-CMD party, of which he is the vice president for the National Capital Region.

He will relinquish his post upon formal announcement of his bid or upon filing of his certificate of candidacy, at the latest. And this is starting to bother a growing number of Metro Manilans, although this will definitely be a reason for Fernando’s critics to celebrate.

Inevitably, there are apprehensions from a cross-section of Metro Manilans who are wary about uncertainties that a new MMDA will bring. One of them is former OFW Eriberto "Beto" Remigio.

He will be glad to know that the various programs and projects initiated and implemented by chairman Fernando will proceed as they were conceptualized. These have been giving bigger benefits – and piece of mind — to wider segments of the metropolis, and the MMDA has been getting rave praises from the public for these.

There is no denying that there are people who strongly feel that what Fernando is doing is the right thing and should be continued. Eriberto, for one, hopes the ongoing policies that the present MMDA administration is implementing, particularly those that affect the traffic situation, the sidewalk vendors, the issue of squatters or informal settlers, and the disciplining of both commuters and drivers of public vehicles be maintained.

He said he has seen MMDA administrators come and go but it is only Fernando who has the guts to implement actions and policies that while a few are criticized, have infused a palpable sense of order and harmony in the metropolis. He expresses amusement at the call of some party-list members of the House of Representatives to subject Fernando to a congressional investigation for allegedly using the color pink in traffic signs and other road structures. "Wala na ba silang ibang magagawa?" he asks with a hearty laugh.

His brother Jun Remigio, here on vacation after an eight-month stint at sea as chief cook of an ocean-going tanker, shares this concern and is especially appreciative of the MMDA’s campaign to enforce a systematic policy on sidewalk vending. While acknowledging the need for the poor people to earn a living, Jun Remigio says that in many places in Metro Manila, sidewalk vendors often spill out into the streets. If a driver accidentally sideswipes their ware and it results in damage to the goods, he has to pay up or risk being ganged upon. The vendors also pose a constant headache to pedestrians hurrying to their destination, he said.

If they could have their way, the Remigio brothers would rather that the MMDA head stay in his post and forget about the presidency – at least for now. They think that Fernando could make a bigger impact on governance if he remains as MMDA chairman and pursues his ideas and policies on urban development.

In my view, the Remigio brothers have a point. The creeping urban sprawl will soon spread outside the immediate environs of Metro Manila and it would need somebody with a firm political will, not only to arrest urban decay but actually implement an urban renewal and development program that will put sanity in what appears to be crazy-cut patter of growth in the region. But this could only be possible if Fernando, indeed, forsakes his political agenda. But will he?

Retired employee and SSS pensioner Juan Granada who lives in the Welfareville area in Mandaluyong City, is still another believer in Fernando. Granada points to improved garbage collection, lesser floods, and the construction of pedestrian walkways and mini-parks.

From Bicolandia, former Barangay councilman Victor Barberan adds another appreciative voice to those who believe that Fernando is doing a good job. Barberan comes to Manila every so often for medical and other reasons and comments about what he says is the highly improved traffic flow along EDSA as he travels all the way up to his sister’s place in Valenzuela and in Marilao, Bulacan. He observes that in the past, it took him hours to negotiate the distance and notes that while the flow of vehicles does slow down at some portions of EDSA, traffic is constantly moving.

A political leader in his place and the president of a tricycle operators and drivers association in his town of Irosin, Sorsogon, Barberan acknowledges that unlike Vice President Noli de Castro, and Senators Manny Villar, Mar Roxas, Loren Legarda, Ping Lacson and his provincemate Chiz Escudero, Fernando is starting to be in everyone’s lips.

It appears that there exists an appreciable degree of support for Fernando from among the so-called silent majority who cheer his determination to enforce the law and discipline hardheaded people. He could be correct that for every vendor he drives away from the sidewalks, for every public utility driver he displeases and for every squatter family he evicts, there are thousands of others who back up his advocacy for law and order.

By the way, last Monday the CBCP has asked Malacañang to do more on the campaign for law and order.

What chairman Bayani Fernando is doing, say witty observers, is already "presidentiable" in essence and in form.

* * * *

Sister Adelaida G. Ygrubay, OSB: Vicaress General. It, certainly, is a rare feat for a Filipino nun to reach the top pinnacle of her international religious congregation. Sister Adelaida G. Ygrubay has attained that position as Vicaress General in the General Council of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing which is based in Rome, Italy.

That is the same congregation that runs St. Scholastica’s College in Manila, among other apostolates. Sister Adelaida entered the novitiate on Nov. 21, 1971, made her first profession three years after, and took her final profession in 1977. She is now in her 38th year of religious life.

Sister Adelaida is the middle sibling of the three daughters of the late Mayor Amado R. Ygrubay of Calbayog City. She was popular as "Corina," her baptismal name, in her growing-up years in the city where she was born. She adopted "Adelaida" (actually, her late mother’s first name) as her religious first name when she took her final vows.

This Filipina nun of international achievement is in town and will return to Rome on February 2.

* * * *

Errata: Anent my column last Monday – Jesli A. Lapus is secretary of the Department of Education. ... I also missed out mentioning Col. Mateo H. Luga (Ret.), chairman of the board of Rmapa, Inc., and wife, Lita (nee Alviar) for their Christmas gift.

My apologies.








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ang tunay na bayani.......

^^Isn't Bayani Fernando grooming anyone to be his succesor/
heir apparent to his position as chairman of the MMDA
(Metropolitan Manila Development Authority)???


:horse:

Marites Fernando? Lito Atienza? :D

Si Dutirti nalang.

^^
Historically the position of Chairman is appointed by the President of the Philippines.
Usually chosen from past Metro Manila City mayors:

MMC, 1975:
Imelda R. Marcos

MMA, 1990:Jejomar Binay
Ignacio Bunye
Ismael Mathay
Prospero Oreta

MMDA, 1995:
Prospero Oreta
Jejomar Binay
Benjamin Abalos
Bayani Fernando


So Marides Fernando (Marikina)and Lito Atienza (Manila)
have a better shot at this than Duterte (Davao).
Even if let us say Duterte is a better choice.

To insure that the tradition and spirit of Bayani Fernando continues in the next MMDA,
Why can't the appoint from the current MMDA leadership:
Deputy Chairman: Cesar S. Lacuna
General Manager: Robert C. Nacianceno
Assistant General Manager for Operations: Beato R. Sason
Assistant General Manager for Planning: Corazon Bautista-Cruz, Ph.D Assistant General Manager for Finance and Administration: Edenison F. Fainsan
Traffic Operations Director: Angelito Vergel De Dios
Sidewalk Clearing Operations Director: Roberto Esquivel

Walang bang Golden Boy or Girl in this lineup???



:horse:

^^
To insure that the tradition and spirit of Bayani Fernando continues in the next MMDA,
Why can't the appoint from the current MMDA leadership:
Deputy Chairman: Cesar S. Lacuna
General Manager: Robert C. Nacianceno
Assistant General Manager for Operations: Beato R. Sason
Assistant General Manager for Planning: Corazon Bautista-Cruz, Ph.D Assistant General Manager for Finance and Administration: Edenison F. Fainsan
Traffic Operations Director: Angelito Vergel De Dios
Sidewalk Clearing Operations Director: Roberto Esquivel
:horse:

Amen!

I believe that the best possible successor to BF (if ever he will run for a post on 2010 election) is one coming from the current MMDA leadership. This will not only prevent the on-going and future MMDA projects from completion but also will ensure that the visions and plans of BF for the urban Phils will be implemented for the sake of safety, order, urbanity and cleanliness.

MMDA eyes more Gwapotels this year (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Main_News_1/MMDA_eyes_more_Gwapotels_this_year.shtml)
Positive News Media (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Main_News_1/MMDA_eyes_more_Gwapotels_this_year.shtml)
By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan

MANILA, Jan. 29 (PNA) -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Tuesday that after the success of the first two workers' inn, or the so-called Gwapotel, the agency is eyeing the construction of additional facilities this year.

According to MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, the continued rise in the occupancy rate at the workers' inn since they were put up by the agency two years ago led them to plan for similar facilities in other parts of Metro Manila.

We are now expediting the planning for the construction of additional facilities similar to Gwapotel in at least three other cities in the metropolis, said Fernando, adding that one would be put up in Quezon City.

The official said that the MMDA is coordinating with local government units regarding the plan, adding that majority are receptive to the idea.

“More Gwapotels are in the pipeline. We want to put up a Gwapotel in every city and municipality in Metro Manila,” Fernando said.

At present, the MMDA operates two Gwapotel bed and bath facility located at the former National Power Corporation building on Bonifacio Drive, Port Area in Manila, and at Jose Abad Santos in Tondo.

The MMDA chief said the occupancy rate at lodging inn was such that the Gwapotel management was forced to turn away, on several occasions, a number of prospective guests wanting to avail of a 10-hour stay in the place for a mere P25.

Fernando said students, ordinary workers, vendors, small entrepreneurs, white collar-job employees and other transients from the provinces who are doing business in Metro Manila have flocked to Gwapotel because they could not find an affordable, clean, safe and decent place to stay elsewhere.

While going about their work and businesses in the metropolis, they cannot afford to pay higher rates in other lodging places because they are feeling the inflationary pinch of the time, he said.

The Gwapotel amenities include a bunk bed that comes with a pillow and leatherette matting, but an extra mattress can be had for P25.

To take a bath, guests use coin-operated showers, where they deposit P5 for approximately eight minutes of water flow. After eight minutes, the shower automatically stops.

The second Gwapotel features capsular beds fully equipped with piped-in airconditioning and other modern electrical requirements.

Close circuit television cameras are installed on each floor of the Gwapotel building to ensure the safety of the guests. Male and female guests are housed separately on the second, third and fourth floors.

Each floor has a TV set, electric fans for ventilation, security cameras, and beds for up to 200 guests. As many as six guards are on duty at any given time.

The MMDA said all types of workers from fortune tellers doing brisk business in Quiapo especially during Fridays and pier stevedores to Overseas Filipino Workers waiting for their flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and casino workers from five-star hotels at the Malate district frequent the bed and bath facilities.

Other guests who regularly patronize the facility 1 include employees of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) nearby, taxi drivers, salesmen, and students from the provinces on field trips around the capital, seminar participants, bootblacks and ice cream vendors.

The Gwapotel project is a component of the broader 10-point agenda of the Arroyo administration to decongest Metro Manila and stem the tide of suburban sprawl and traffic congestion. (PNA)

Gwapotels? Ang sagwa naman ng pangalan :lol:

I'm just wondering why roads in Metro Manila look ugly... Tingnan mo yan parang tagpi tagpi. :D

If you're talking about the road of EDSA. Well, The road you see was built waaaay back in 1970's

If BF leaves ... we'll probably have a new color scheme. :lol::nuts:

^^that will probably be the first thing they change :lol:

I'm just wondering why roads in Metro Manila look ugly... Tingnan mo yan parang tagpi tagpi. :D

Not well maintained and kapag nalulubak, hindi maganda pagkakagawa. Laging minamadali. :)

Not well maintained and kapag nalulubak, hindi maganda pagkakagawa. Laging minamadali. :)
as i said in the NAIA thread, filipinos have an awful reputation for maintenance for various reasons:

1) the private company underbids to win the project then pockets the money and does a pwede na job (e.g. FF CRUZ flyover on Osmena Highway corner Buendia. Built in the 70's and instead of being a smooth arch was built tangentially..so its an incredibly bumpy ride.

2) stupidity: the roads in bel air 1 3 4 are getting as high as the footpath because despite having the equipment to scrape off the old asphalt, they just put another layer

3) even greater stupidity: they fill in pot holes during the day time peak hour so the tar bitumen asphalt does not get time to settle

4) brain dead: they did not compact the surface before concreting and as a result the concrete has subsided..WEST service road between bicutan and Merville.

concrete is mopre expensive but suppose to last 25 years..not here.

and the most amazing thing is in true pinoy heirarchical fashion they all want to be titled with ARCH ENG when being talked to..
just build the road properly insecure MISTER bureaucrat purporting to have delusions of grandeur and importance

as i said in the NAIA thread, filipinos have an awful reputation for maintenance for various reasons:

1) the private company underbids to win the project then pockets the money and does a pwede na job (e.g. FF CRUZ flyover on Osmena Highway corner Buendia. Built in the 70's and instead of being a smooth arch was built tangentially..so its an incredibly bumpy ride.

2) stupidity: the roads in bel air 1 3 4 are getting as high as the footpath because despite having the equipment to scrape off the old asphalt, they just put another layer

3) even greater stupidity: they fill in pot holes during the day time peak hour so the tar bitumen asphalt does not get time to settle

4) brain dead: they did not compact the surface before concreting and as a result the concrete has subsided..WEST service road between bicutan and Merville.

concrete is mopre expensive but suppose to last 25 years..not here.

and the most amazing thing is in true pinoy heirarchical fashion they all want to be titled with ARCH ENG when being talked to..
just build the road properly insecure MISTER bureaucrat purporting to have delusions of grandeur and importance

well said....plain stupidity of these filipino contractors....driven by greed and money at our expense!!! as taxpayers :bash:

well let me reiterate the statement of the day when it comes to some infactructure projects :

"Walang collusion, walang collusion" :lol:

yung ibang contractor substandard ang kanilang gawa pero ayos lang sa ilang opisyal para may periodic release ng pondo na prone to corruption....kawawa talaga ang taxpayers..

Any reaction on this folks?

It looks like the Q.C. will hold the distiction of the having one of the largest squatter colony in the country for a long time....


QC dad wants squatters’ evictions halted
Inquirer (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view_article.php?article_id=186354)
First Posted 00:07am (Mla time) 01/30/2009

Filed Under: Human Rights, Housing & Urban Planning, Local authorities
By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily

MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City council wants a moratorium on the eviction of informal settlers in the city until there are enough relocation sites for affected families.
Under a proposed ordinance, the moratorium will cover not only the eviction of squatter families but also the demolition of their houses.
According to Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy, the author of the measure, the relocation sites should at least meet international standards.
“There is a need to institutionalize a functional mechanism for permanently settling land problems between land owners and land occupants,” she said.
There should be on-site upgrading projects and livelihood opportunities for people being moved to the relocation site, she added.
A fine of P10,000 or a one-year prison term will be meted out to any person, private or government agency violating the moratorium once the ordinance is passed.
The measure was filed after the Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution ordering the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to stop the eviction of informal settlers and the demolition of their houses.

Originally Posted by filcan
favourite colour pala ni BF ay pink

sa pagkakaalala ko dati nung ininterview si BF, ang favorite color daw niya ay BLUE at ang favorite color ng asawa niya ay PINK, kaya pareho niyang ginamit ang mga kulay na ito,

If BF leaves ... we'll probably have a new color scheme. :lol::nuts:

Marami yata ayaw sa kulay ng pintura ng MMDA.

SUPERFICIAL!

By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:07:00 01/30/2009

MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City council wants a moratorium on the eviction of informal settlers in the city until there are enough relocation sites for affected families.Under a proposed ordinance, the moratorium will cover not only the eviction of squatter families but also the demolition of their houses.

According to Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy, the author of the measure, the relocation sites should at least meet international standards.

“There is a need to institutionalize a functional mechanism for permanently settling land problems between land owners and land occupants,” she said.

There should be on-site upgrading projects and livelihood opportunities for people being moved to the relocation site, she added.

A fine of P10,000 or a one-year prison term will be meted out to any person, private or government agency violating the moratorium once the ordinance is passed.

The measure was filed after the Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution ordering the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to stop the eviction of informal settlers and the demolition of their houses.

By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:07:00 01/30/2009

MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City council wants a moratorium on the eviction of informal settlers in the city until there are enough relocation sites for affected families.Under a proposed ordinance, the moratorium will cover not only the eviction of squatter families but also the demolition of their houses.

According to Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy, the author of the measure, the relocation sites should at least meet international standards.

“There is a need to institutionalize a functional mechanism for permanently settling land problems between land owners and land occupants,” she said.

There should be on-site upgrading projects and livelihood opportunities for people being moved to the relocation site, she added.

A fine of P10,000 or a one-year prison term will be meted out to any person, private or government agency violating the moratorium once the ordinance is passed.

The measure was filed after the Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution ordering the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to stop the eviction of informal settlers and the demolition of their houses.

Kawawang Pinas sa mga pulitikong to. :ohno: :nuts: :nuts:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/BurnhamPlanOf-Manila.jpg



Notice the similarity ng Washington D.C sa old manila plan. Pareho silang may crisscrossing diagonals.

http://www.dvc.hu/best/satellite_washington.jpg

Si Burnham din ba gumawa nito?

By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:07:00 01/30/2009

MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City council wants a moratorium on the eviction of informal settlers in the city until there are enough relocation sites for affected families.Under a proposed ordinance, the moratorium will cover not only the eviction of squatter families but also the demolition of their houses.

According to Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy, the author of the measure, the relocation sites should at least meet international standards.

“There is a need to institutionalize a functional mechanism for permanently settling land problems between land owners and land occupants,” she said.

There should be on-site upgrading projects and livelihood opportunities for people being moved to the relocation site, she added.

A fine of P10,000 or a one-year prison term will be meted out to any person, private or government agency violating the moratorium once the ordinance is passed.

The measure was filed after the Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution ordering the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to stop the eviction of informal settlers and the demolition of their houses.


Sana lumindol at mamatay sya kasya sa mga kawawang squatters na pineperahan lang nila...

Kapal ng mukha nya, wala naman nagawa sa bayan.

By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:07:00 01/30/2009

MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City council wants a moratorium on the eviction of informal settlers in the city until there are enough relocation sites for affected families.Under a proposed ordinance, the moratorium will cover not only the eviction of squatter families but also the demolition of their houses.

According to Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy, the author of the measure, the relocation sites should at least meet international standards.

“There is a need to institutionalize a functional mechanism for permanently settling land problems between land owners and land occupants,” she said.

There should be on-site upgrading projects and livelihood opportunities for people being moved to the relocation site, she added.

A fine of P10,000 or a one-year prison term will be meted out to any person, private or government agency violating the moratorium once the ordinance is passed.

The measure was filed after the Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution ordering the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to stop the eviction of informal settlers and the demolition of their houses.

F:gaah::gaah::gaah: OFF!

By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:07:00 01/30/2009

MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City council wants a moratorium on the eviction of informal settlers in the city until there are enough relocation sites for affected families.Under a proposed ordinance, the moratorium will cover not only the eviction of squatter families but also the demolition of their houses.

According to Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy, the author of the measure, the relocation sites should at least meet international standards.

“There is a need to institutionalize a functional mechanism for permanently settling land problems between land owners and land occupants,” she said.

There should be on-site upgrading projects and livelihood opportunities for people being moved to the relocation site, she added.

A fine of P10,000 or a one-year prison term will be meted out to any person, private or government agency violating the moratorium once the ordinance is passed.

The measure was filed after the Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution ordering the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to stop the eviction of informal settlers and the demolition of their houses.

Anu yung "international standard" when it comes to relocation sites of informal settlers?

meh lupain ba tong si konsehal dy, dun ilagay ang lahat ng suqtters!!!

:bash:Anu yung "international standard" when it comes to relocation sites of informal settlers?

meh lupain ba tong si konsehal dy, dun ilagay ang lahat ng suqtters!!!

F:gaah::gaah::gaah: OFF!

Sana lumindol at mamatay sya kasya sa mga kawawang squatters na pineperahan lang nila...

Kapal ng mukha nya, wala naman nagawa sa bayan.

Kawawang Pinas sa mga pulitikong to. :ohno: :nuts: :nuts:

Dapat talaga sa konsehal Lee na yan, lagyan ng mga squatters ang bakuran nya! :bash: She is obviously doing this for 2010 elections. :bash:

;31160126']Construction of second C-5 Kalayaan elevated U-turn in full swing

Upper photo shows ongoing construction work on the second elevated U-turn slot on the northbound lane of C-5 near Kalayaan Avenue in Makati City. The completion of the P350-million elevated slot would eventually close the C-5 Kalayaan intersection and is seen to greatly improve the traffic flow in the area. Lower photo shows the completed elevated U-turn slot at the southbound lane that was inaugurated in August last year by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. (PNA photos by Boy Antonio) - PNA (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=21&nga_Session=2927c5b1bf1c78a0c4e9ce3b7e83f052)

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/976/c5interchangebc8.jpg

Umaabot pala ng 30-45 minutes iyong southbound traffic na bumper-to-bumper mula construction area ng 2nd elevated u-turn hanggang Lanuza intersection tuwing umaga...

:ohno::ohno::ohno:

Notice the similarity ng Washington D.C sa old manila plan. Pareho silang may crisscrossing diagonals.

http://www.dvc.hu/best/satellite_washington.jpg

Si Burnham din ba gumawa nito?

Si burnham ang nagplan ng Washington. Manila was supposed to follow the footsteps of washington kaya identical un road layout na ginawa ni burnham.

Kaso hinde tinuloy dahil sa World war 2 at un ewan na plano ni Quezon na ilipat ang capitol sa QC.

:happy::bash:







Dapat talaga sa konsehal Lee na yan, lagyan ng mga squatters ang bakuran nya! :bash: She is obviously doing this for 2010 elections. :bash:

Yun din ang iniisip ko ah! :lol::lol::lol:
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Ipost ninyo ang adress po ni Madam Consehal Lee. Pahintulutan ninyo ang pagbaboy niya. actwaly, sana isabatas agad yung memorandum nya!:happy:

Magiiskwat ako sa bakuran nya. Pag pinapaalis ako, magrereklamo ako agad. Gagawin kong CR ang bahay niya. Syempre, ayon sa memorandum hindi ako maaaring paalisin hanggang makakapagbigay sila ng ebidensya sa akin na nagpatayo sila ng isang international standard na site para sa akin. Syempre, ang bait talaga ni Konsehal Lee ah, ano? Ayaw ko ng isang 5 star na hotel. Gusto ko talaga ng isang malalaking palasyo sa bulubundukin ng Rizal para makikita ko ang lahat paggising ko sa umaga. Tingnan ninyo! Ang swerte ko ano?? At tatanggapin ko ang aking malalaking international standard na palasyo na di ko kinailangang pagtatrabahuin. At wala kong ginawa! :banana:

Naiintindihan ba ng konsehal na gaanong kahirap ang kanyang kababayan ay hindi nagbibigay katarungan iyan sa pagsasakop ng lupa na hindi nila inaari? Hindi ba ayon sa etika, ang end does not justifi da means>? (unless dumaan kayo sa sitwasyon kung saan kailangan ninyong gamitin ng prinsipyo ng Double effect? )

Sa kabutihang loob, inaasahan ko na may sarili silang bahay na naaari nila sa makatarungang paraan. Ngunit ang pagbibigay ng "bayad - pinsala" sa mga iskwater ay hindi makatarungan. May karapatan akong magmay -ari sa lupa at may obligasyong moral at pananagutan na dapat tanggapin ng gobyerno. Maipagtanggol sana ang gobyerno ang karapatan ng mga mamamayan.

:lol:

Kung ako si BF, ililipat ko un squatters a harap ng bahay nya. Pag sinita ako ni madam, pamumukha ko un law nya at dahil international standard naman un bakuran nya eh.

^^
at kunin ang pera sa pondo ni Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy para sa
squatter relocation-international standards na pinagsasabi nya !

typical pass-a-load ang mentality nito, at nabubuhay sa squatter votes! egit

oist, mga informal settlers pwede na kayong lumipat sa bakuran ni Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy! sagutin nya kayo!

baka kasi mga botante na yun mga pinaaalis.....international standards? pano yun dapat sing ganda ng mga bahay abroad... kawawa naman si pilipinas d na uunlad

wag na iboto yan mga yan d2 nga sa antipolo tanggal kung tanggal sila

^^
at kunin ang pera sa pondo ni Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy para sa
squatter relocation-international standards na pinagsasabi nya !

typical pass-a-load ang mentality nito, at nabubuhay sa squatter votes! egit

oist, mga informal settlers pwede na kayong lumipat sa bakuran ni Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy! sagutin nya kayo!

siyempre nakikita niya ang nagagawa ng mga squatters sa pulitiko kagaya ni Mayor Binay, magtatagal sa puder dahil sa binebeybi ang mga squatters, malapit na rin naman ang 2010 eh,

:ohno: :ohno: :ohno:

napaka unbelievable naman talaga ng politician na to.

gusto niyang protektahan ang karapatan ng mga mamamayan? at the expense of the landowner. hindi ba niya naisip na mamamayan din ang landowner na ito? sino ba ang nagpapasweldo sa mga konsehal na to? mga squatters ba? hindi. boto lang ang ginawa nila. at yun ang habol ni konsehala.

international standard? makapagsquat nga. matagal ko na pangarap magkaron ng bahay na ganyan ang standard.

andun na tayo na gusto natin tulungan ang mga mahihirap. it's human nature. BUT, if helping them means consenting laziness, then the purpose is defeated. :rant:

If BF leaves MMDA



By Elinando B. Cinco

THERE are well-meaning observers, yes, include the skeptics, who foresee a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority in disarray if and when chairman Bayani Fernando leaves for a shot at the presidency...

...It appears that there exists an appreciable degree of support for Fernando from among the so-called silent majority who cheer his determination to enforce the law and discipline hardheaded people. He could be correct that for every vendor he drives away from the sidewalks, for every public utility driver he displeases and for every squatter family he evicts, there are thousands of others who back up his advocacy for law and order.




Si BF talaga yung solusyon. Ibasura agad yung walang kwentang Lina Law na yan.

Si Dutirti nalang.

I agree!! have you been to Davao City?? :cheers:

Pag umalis si Bayani, si Duterte nalang. Para talagang walang magawa un mga Bus drivers...pag hinde sumunod, baka pakita sila sa Davao deathsquad :naughty: :lol:

^^Duterte este Davao Death Squad:lol:

I agree!! have you been to Davao City?? :cheers:

No, my but my cousin has, he said it's very orderly, safe and clean. He said you're allowed to have fun but the moment you cause trouble and infringe on other person's rights then that is where the line is drawn and you will surely learn your lesson. Seems like the rule is the good for the greater majority ,or community first before individual's interest and that is what Metro Manila desperately needs, it's inevitable if you have that many people living in a city to not follow that rule if you want order and not chaos to prevail.

By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:07:00 01/30/2009

MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City council wants a moratorium on the eviction of informal settlers in the city until there are enough relocation sites for affected families.Under a proposed ordinance, the moratorium will cover not only the eviction of squatter families but also the demolition of their houses.

According to Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy, the author of the measure, the relocation sites should at least meet international standards.

“There is a need to institutionalize a functional mechanism for permanently settling land problems between land owners and land occupants,” she said.

There should be on-site upgrading projects and livelihood opportunities for people being moved to the relocation site, she added.

A fine of P10,000 or a one-year prison term will be meted out to any person, private or government agency violating the moratorium once the ordinance is passed.

The measure was filed after the Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution ordering the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to stop the eviction of informal settlers and the demolition of their houses.

This councilor's a big joke!

Institutionalize? International standards? Yeah, right!

A fine of P10,000 or a one-year prison term will be meted out to any person, private or government agency violating the moratorium once the ordinance is passed.

Loophole! So, pagpinalipat natin un mga squatters sa "International Standard" na bakuran nya. Hinde nya pwedeng palayasin kung hinde, makukulong o kaya magmumulta sya :naughty: !

Kung ako si BF, talagang ilalagay ko un squatters sa harap ng bahay nya mismo. Dahil, pag pinalayas nya tapos walang relocation site, makukulong sya!

Also, Napaka sobrang epal na talaga ng Commision of Squatter rights...

well what we can do is vote bayani to the presidency para makita nila ang political will......

MMDA official's driver killed, son hurt in Laguna ambush
02/02/2009 | 08:33 AM
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/146913/MMDA-execs-driver-killed-son-wounded-in-Laguna-ambush

MANILA, Philippines - A driver of a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) official was killed while the official's child was wounded in an early morning ambush in Laguna province Monday.

Retired police Superintendent Arturo Castillo said the incident occurred 6:30 a.m. at the corner of Balagtas and Juan Luna Streets in San Vicente village in San Pedro town.

"It was really an ambush. No less than 40 rounds of M-16 were used," Castillo, a resident of the town and a "kumpare" of the MMDA sidewalk clearing operations group head Roberto Esquivel, said in an interview on dzBB radio.

He said the elder Esquivel appeared to be the target of the ambush.

"Siguro napagkamalan si Bobby [Esquivel], binakbakan doon [The gunmen may have thought the elder Esquivel was inside the vehicle, so they opened fire]," he said.

San Pedro town police head Superintendent Ramon Ramirez said that as of 8:30 a.m., they recovered a tricycle supposedly used by the suspects.

The driver, who he declined to name for the moment, is also undergoing questioning by police investigators, he added.

Ramirez, in a separate interview on dzBB, cited initial testimonies by witnesses indicating at least six suspects staged the ambush.

"Initial investigation gumamit ng tricycle ang mga suspek at pinagbabaril ang Pajero. Ang motive hindi pa natin alam dahil under investigation pa [Our initial investigation showed the suspects rode a tricycle then opened fire on the Pajero. We are still investigating the motive]," he said.

He identified the slain driver as Johnny Agbay, who was killed while still inside the Pajero.

Ramirez said the younger Esquivel, initially identified as Mico (or Nico), was rushed to the Asian Hospital in southern Metro Manila for treatment.

"Pinapuntahan ko sa investigator para malaman ang condition ng bata [I sent investigators there to find out the child's condition]," he said.

Earlier, Castillo cited testimonies by witnesses the men rode in tandem aboard two motorcycles and blocked the path of the white Pajero-type sport-utility vehicle, then opened fire.

He said the gunmen even opened the window of the driver's side door and grabbed the driver by the neck, then finished him off with a shot to the head with cal-.45 pistol.

Castillo said the incident also wounded Esquivel's son Mico, who he described as a high school student being brought to the San Agustin college.

He said that as of 8 a.m., police had cordoned off the ambush site and started hot pursuit operations against the perpetrators. - GMANews.TV

:ohno:

Bernadette Herrera-Dy - trapo at its finest!!:bash:

As I See It
QC councilors are squatter coddlers


By Neal Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer[/B]First Posted 02:16:00 02/02/2009

WHAT is this? The Quezon City Council has proposed an ordinance declaring a moratorium on the eviction of squatters in the city “until there are enough relocation sites for affected families.” That means squatters from all over the Philippines, professional squatters or otherwise, will flock to Quezon City because here councilors coddle squatters. QC is already known as the “squatter capital of the Philippines.” It has the most number of squatters and it has the biggest squatter colonies. The new QC ordinance will make the city named after President Manuel Quezon the “squatter capital of the world.” I think this is the QC Council’s gimmick to gain entry to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Why are the councilors doing this? Simple. Next year is election year and squatters are voters. And politicians will do anything, even sell their own mothers, to get votes.

It won’t only be the squatters already in place who would vote for the councilors who passed the ordinance but also the new squatters from other parts of Metro Manila and the Philippines. So you see, the incumbent councilors would have the advantage over all other candidates because of the squatter votes. The ordinance, the councilors would say, is for humane considerations. But it is actually in aid of political considerations.

The presiding officer of the QC Council is Vice Mayor Herbert Bautista. Herbert is the heir apparent of Mayor Sonny Belmonte and is expected to be the next QC mayor, there being no announced aspirants except Rep. Mary Ann Susano of the second district. But if this is the way the QC Council is performing under him, then it bodes ill for the city. How can Herbert and the councilors have the temerity to ask the people of Quezon City to vote for them when they are selling them, the taxpayers, down the river?

The taxpayers, the homeowners and businessmen, have made QC the richest city in the Philippines, richer than Makati with its high-rise condos and even higher real estate prices. Thanks to these taxpayers, QC has more than P3 billion in the bank—and growing. Think of the commissions the grateful banks give to those who decide where to deposit the funds.

Where does the money go? The government spends it for the millions of squatters in the city who do not pay taxes at all. And for the councilors. Those useless tarpaulins polluting the city, greeting GMA and INC Bishop Eraño Manalo happy birthday, congratulating graduating students, wishing “happy valentine” and “happy fiesta” to nobody in particular—they were all paid with the taxes you paid. And all for what? To remind the voters of the names and faces of the councilors.

Those basketball courts and pool halls in the squatter colonies—they were paid with your money. Those concrete semi-arches with the names of the councilors etched in stone like the Ten Commandments at the boundaries of each barangay—they were paid with your taxes. Those unnecessary waiting sheds (unnecessary because the Metro Manila Development Authority is already putting up better waiting sheds) with the names of councilors painted in big bold letters on them—they were all paid with your taxes.

What do you, the taxpayers, get in return for the taxes you pay? Nothing. You would expect the city government to at least help you reclaim your property from the squatters because you are a taxpayer and they are not. (They use up your taxes instead.) But does the city government help you? Are you kidding? I have been trying to get the QC government to recover my lot from squatters since the time of Mayor Adelina Rodriguez. Did any of the mayors help? Ha ha ha. If they did, why are the squatters still there and I am still here looking from the outside?

What do the councilors do to help the homeowners? Help the homeowners? On the contrary, they pass ordinances increasing the real estate taxes for lots squatted on. The owners pay those taxes, not the squatters who use the lots. They may pass more ordinances prohibiting the ejectment of squatters.

Can the councilors pass an ordinance overturning the rights of ownership? Can the council prevent lot owners from ejecting squatters from their properties by the mere passage of an ordinance? Can the council prevent the city government or the MMDA from performing their duties of ejecting squatters and restoring law and order? Of course they cannot, but why do they try to block the enforcement of laws? Because of votes.

When there is a squatter demolition in any part of the metropolis, who are the first to show up to stop the law enforcers from doing their duty? The councilors—and the congressmen, especially Rep. Bingbong Crisologo. They will berate the law enforcers and play up to the squatters, not realizing that they are actually guilty of obstruction of justice. Because of votes. Votes are actually more powerful than the law or justice. Politicians will beg, steal or borrow, sell their own mothers and violate the laws in exchange for votes.

What can we taxpayers do? Well, aside from a tax revolt, the best way is the ballot. Do not vote for the squatter coddlers. If a councilor or congressman tries to stop a demolition, remember his name and don’t vote for him in next year’s election. Vote for his rival, whoever he is, so long as he is not a squatter coddler himself. Don’t vote for the politicians whose tarpaulins you see polluting the city. They are stealing your taxes to pay for those tarpaulins. Don’t vote for politicians whose names you see painted on waiting sheds. They did not pay for those waiting sheds. You did. Don’t vote for politicians whose names you see on the backboards of basketball goals erected in the middle of streets so that squatters can play basketball, instead of working, and preventing the public from using the street.

Don’t vote for squatter coddlers. By the way, the author of the proposed ordinance granting a moratorium on the eviction of squatters is Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy.

Si burnham ang nagplan ng Washington. Manila was supposed to follow the footsteps of washington kaya identical un road layout na ginawa ni burnham.

Kaso hinde tinuloy dahil sa World war 2 at un ewan na plano ni Quezon na ilipat ang capitol sa QC.

http://i43.tinypic.com/vs0vi9.jpg
L'Enfant's plan for Washington, D.C., as revised by Andrew Ellicott. Engraved by Thackara & Vallance sc. Printed from the same plate as map appearing in "The universal asylum, and Columbian magazine", Philadelphia, March 1792 (the first printed edition of the Plan of the City of Washington).


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A contemporary reprint of Samuel Hill's 1792 print of Ellicott's "Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia", published in "Massachusetts Magazine", Boston, May 1792, showing street names, lot numbers, coordinates and legends.


http://i43.tinypic.com/nq1f28.jpg
The McMillan Plan was an architectural plan for the development of Washington, D.C. formulated in 1901 by the Senate Park Improvement Commission of the District of Columbia which had been formed by Congress the previous year.

The commission was better known as the McMillan Commission, named for Sen. James McMillan of Michigan who was chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia. Some of the greatest American architects, landscape architects and urban planners of the day served on the McMillan Commission, including Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Charles F. McKim, along with noted sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

The commission was inspired by the original 1791 plan for the city by architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant which was never fully realized. The members of the commission also sought to emulate the grandeur of European capitals such as Paris, London, and Rome. They were also strongly influenced by the City Beautiful movement, a Progressive ideology that intended to build civic virtue in the poor through important, monumental architecture.

The McMillan Plan in many respects was an early form of urban renewal in that it removed many of the slums that surrounded the Capitol replacing them with new public monuments and government buildings. The plan created the National Mall and the Burnham-designed Union Station. The execution of the plan was opposed by the powerful Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Joseph Gurney Cannon, and interrupted during World War I, but was largely completed with the construction of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. The plan also triggered discussions of artistic standards for the national capital, which led to the formation of the United States Commission of Fine Arts in 1910.

the kind of politico leaders that will always keep the PHils down.
Remember they will kill educated and enlightened ones to remain in power.
Easier to let the poor and hungry multiply to keep your support base and dissuade dissent.

Politics top Christmas décor in QC
By Joel M. Sy Egco

CHRISTMAS has taken a political color in Quezon City as streamers bearing the faces and holiday messages of local politicians overwhelmed Christmas décor in busy streets in the city.

Most prominent among the political streamers belong to those who are aspiring to be mayor, including Vice Mayor Herbert Bautista, Councilor Ariel Inton and Rep. Annie Rosa Susano.

Also noticeable on major thoroughfares and side streets were the posters of vice mayoral hopefuls, Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy Councilor Janet Malaya and Joy Belmonte, daughter of incumbent Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr.

The younger Belmonte is purportedly being groomed to run with Inton, the city council’s majority leader.

Reliable sources said Mayor Belmonte, who is serving his third and last term, will run for congressman of the city’s Fourth District and try to reclaim the speakership of the House of Representatives.

“Whichever way it is, QC will win the race. It will be a mature political fight. We are all friends,” Inton told Standard Today.

Bautista has reportedly picked Dy to be his running mate while Susano is allegedly eyeing Malaya to be her vice mayor.

Former Senator Vicente Sotto III, who is now chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board, reportedly tried to persuade Bautista to pick his daughter, Lala Sotto, a councilor of the Fourt District, as his vice mayor but was turned down.

Dy, for her part, admitted she was worried by Joy Belmonte because her father has been instrumental for the transformation of the city from being a cash-strapped local government unit to the country’s richest.

“I was hoping and praying that Joy would just enjoy her motherhood,” Dy said.

The mayor has praised Inton, Dy and Malaya are all “doers” who have contributed greatly to the city’s development.

“They’re the best of the best,” the mayor said after the three were recognized for their contributions by the Quezon City Press Club.

But Bautista is considered the frontrunner because he has projects all over the city while the others were confined to their districts.

Meanwhile, boxing champion Manny Pacquiao turned down Susano’s offer to run for the congressional seat she will vacate when she runs for mayor.

“Manny told me he finds the offer irresistible, but he turned it down because he believes Quezon City politics is not for him,” said one of Pacquiao’s business partners who asked not to be identified.

Inton earlier said Pacquiao was welcome to participate in local politics but he warned those pushing for the champ to be cautious.

“The people of Quezon City loves Manny Pacquiao. He is a national honor and we should avoid dragging his good name in political intramurals,” Inton said.
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Huli ka! Pag naging Pangulo ng Pilipinas si Bayani Fernando, patay siya:goodnight.

wag boto si DY sa lahat ng taga QC

yaan na natin kung di na tuloy yung plano ni burnham sa manila kahit ako nanghihiniyang last hope for the new plans na lang tutal futre na naman pinag uusapan eh.. kaya vote for the next president na may magandang vision sa pilipinas like the late vic sumulong madami sya plans for antipolo..

pwede na si bf at least may political will ..look marikina

wag boto si DY sa lahat ng taga QC

..pero boto si BF para paalisin yung mga trapo at iskwating. :cheers:

Kung ayaw ninyo si Pink Panther de si General Death Squad nalang para magsitahimik agad yung mga trapo. :skull: :lol:

Esquivel ambush may be work-related—MMDA (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20090202-187014/Esquivel-ambush-may-be-work-relatedMMDA)

By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 16:18:00 02/02/2009

MANILA, Philippines -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has admitted that the ambush try on one of its officials, Roberto "Bobby" Esquivel, could be related to his work as sidewalk clearing operations head.

MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando said they would investigate into the angle that the shooting, which left Esquivel's 14-year-old son Mico seriously hurt and his driver Johnny Agbay dead, might be connected to his post in the agency.

"These are possibilities, but we still really don't know yet. We're looking into this also. But we still have to wait for the results of the police investigation," he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a phone interview Monday.

"We deplore in the strongest terms this abominable act and we're hoping our police will be able to identify and arrest whoever did this abhorrent and despicable crime ... For the moment, let's just let the police investigate the incident. We cannot preempt the ongoing investigation," he added.

Security was strict at the Asian Hospital around 8 a.m. Monday, where Esquivel's son was undergoing treatment.

Esquivel, who was at the hospital, reportedly confirmed that his child was confined there but declined to give any other statement. He also could not be contacted on his mobile phone.

But Fernando revealed that his subordinates, like him, have been receiving death threats in line with their jobs.

"Meron yan eh. Karaniwan na yan sa trabaho namin. Ako rin meron [He has threats. It's common to us. I have some, too]," said the chairman, who is in Ilocos Sur for an engagement.

He urged the public not to speculate on the motive while authorities were investigating the incident.

Initial reports showed that the armed men who fired upon Esquivel's Mitsubishi Pajero in San Pedro, Laguna, left leaflets with the letterhead "Partisano," allegedly a leftist hit squad.

The leaflets apparently contained complaints against "harsh" demolition operations led by Esquivel in the metropolis.

The MMDA chairman, however, said they would not relent on their crackdown on illegal vendors and settlers despite the ambush try.

"Hindi harsh siguro. Punong puno na nga ng vendors ang Manila. We even have an academy to train our people ... Hindi tayo puwedeng tumigil dun. Hindi tayo dapat tumigil [Metro Manila is filled with vendors... We cannot stop our operations. We shouldn't stop]," he said.

Aside from providing financial assistance to the victims, Fernando promised to beef up the security of his officials to ensure their safety.

Kahit ano manyari, BF still have the guts to continue what he started. Now thats REAL POLITICAL WILL!!

Siguradong ang nagambush kay Esquivel (condolence) ay siguradong mga pulis na protektor ng street vendors...

^^ These assassins go after people who are actually doing their jobs. MMDA should just keep up the good work.

hi everyone! I've been reading this thread for quite sometime and I've always been a fan of MMDA Chairman BF.

And I just wanted to offer my two cents worth regarding the issue of Councilor Dy. I think she did what she did, with majority of the council in agreement because they cannot just let the homes of these squatters be demolished with the squatters having no where else to go. It creates instability and possibly security problems.

They are constituents of QC and no matter how impoverished they are, it is still the duty of the government to serve and protect them (of course without compromising the rights of the rest of the citizens of QC). I think the concept of the moratorium is to ensure housing for these settlers before any demolition can be done.

Of course the problem arises when these people continue to squat even when they are in fact being provided housing by the government. It defeats the whole purpose and they are the only ones who gain from it (the spillover, of course goes to politicians)

The moratorium, I think, if properly executed, should provide housing (although I do not comprehend the meaning of "International Standards" because I am ignorant of the existence of such) to these settlers and allow for the peaceful demolition of their houses. Of course, the moratorium should have been coupled with a mechanism or policy to ensure that squatting will not happen again.

MMDA exec to seek DOJ protection (http://http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=437068&publicationSubCategoryId=200)
By Dennis Carcamo Updated February 03, 2009 11:20 AM


MANILA, Philippines--The official of the Metro Manila Development Authority whose driver was killed and 14-year-old son was wounded during an ambush in San Pedro, Laguna yesterday will be asking protection for his family from the Department of Justice.

Roberto Esquivel, Sidewalk Clearing Operations Group chief, said he will ask Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales to extend protection for members of his household in light of the recent event.

"I'm now drafting a letter for the DOJ, asking protection," Esquivel said in phone interview today. He said the Laguna provincial police has already given security detail to his family.

As this developed, Esquivel instructed his people at the SCOG to continue with the clearing operations along sidewalks and waterways to clear them of illegal vendors and informal settlers. "If we give in to these groups, then the illegal vendors would likely to return and obstruct the sidewalks," he said.

He also appealed to his critics to look first at the benefits of the clearing operations to the greater majority of Metro Manilans before passing judgment on him."Our job does not only entail clearing operations but also responding to emergency situations during calamities," Esquivel said.

The MMDA SCOG chief earlier belied reports that members of the New People's Army, the armed group of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was behind the ambush that left his driver, Johnny Agbay, 39, an Army reservist, dead.

Esquivel's son, Mico, was wounded during the incident.

^^I hope the case will be resolved soon. Irregardless of political ideology or greed, one should never resort to violence nor kill someone because it is immoral. These are things where the church should heavily intervene.

mas dumadami ang mga hired killers sa atin ngayon.madami na kasing kapit sa patalim.at isa pa,nakakalusot eh. 10 years ago ang kalakaran eh 10k sa ordinaryong tao mas malaki kapag kilala.abot 50k. magagaling na assasins ang pinoy. di ko alam kung magagalit o matatakot ako. pero totoong nangyayari na to.:)

mas dumadami ang mga hired killers sa atin ngayon.madami na kasing kapit sa patalim.at isa pa,nakakalusot eh. 10 years ago ang kalakaran eh 10k sa ordinaryong tao mas malaki kapag kilala.abot 50k. magagaling na assasins ang pinoy. di ko alam kung magagalit o matatakot ako. pero totoong nangyayari na to.:)

with all due respect, bakit may smile post mo bro regarding these assasins?

yeah ,It seems hitmen on motorcycles are proliferating, very scary and unsafe , are there any measures being undertaken to curtail or catch these goons on motorcycles.
Is life so cheap in a predominantly Christian country?

mahirap ding maging MMDA they will get killed for doing their job.

Dapat mahuli itong mga hitmen na to. killers na nga mga bopols pa malas niyo at male natarget niyo. buti hindi namatay yung bata ,kawawang driver.

MMDA executive says illegal vendors' hired guns out to get him
By Mike Frialde Updated February 04, 2009 12:00 AM


The Laguna provincial police released yesterday sketches of three of the six suspects who attacked MMDA sidewalk clearing operations chief Robert Esquivel’s driver and son in San Pedro town Monday morning.
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) sidewalk clearing operations chief Roberto Esquivel said yesterday that hired guns, not communist hitmen, are out to get him.

In a phone interview, he said he has information that leads him to believe that the gunmen who killed his driver, Johnny Agbay, and wounded his 14-year-old son, Mico, are not members of the Partisano (Partidong Marxista-Leninista ng Pilipinas), a supposed breakaway group of the New People’s Army. Leaflets from Partisano were left by the gunmen after the attack in San Pedro, Laguna Monday morning.

“They are fakes. I have information that they are hired assassins. The information I have jives with the information that the Philippine National Police has,” Esquivel said, adding that the gunmen could have been hired by a syndicate that provides protection to illegal sidewalk vendors.

He said the syndicate had tried to kill him before but the plan was aborted when some of its members were neutralized by the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

The gunmen “might have been attracted by easy money. The important thing is to identify who hired them,” Esquivel said.

He said that at the moment, he and his family are being secured by policemen and National Bureau of Investigation agents. He also said his son is recovering from the wounds he sustained in the ambush.

Esquivel said the ambush has not deterred him from continuing his job at the MMDA. – With Ed Amoroso


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well if its for the good papatayin ka talaga nila..kaya wlang asenso pilpinas eh pinapatay mga magagaling