Change must come from within, at the roots, in our day to day living; like driving and use of public space

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Rizal Philippines
June 6, 2016

                                             See the build up at upper right;  what caused it?

                     See the roadside terminal at upper left, and how it forces the buses to ply the 3rd
                      and fourth lane;  what are PNP, MMDA, traffic enforcer doing about this?  Cant
                      they see and solve this?  What about under DU30?

                               What?  The highway was widened to give way to parking and stalls; only 4
                                lanes left to the road functionality, ie passage of vehicles.

Yesterday, we joined a bike race in Lagro, Fairview, QC.   Going there early morning was not a problem because there were still few vehicles.

But going back took longer than usual. Why?  From the ground level, we can see what ails the traffic problem especially when there are many passengers on ordinary commute day

1. While the road was widened by up to 8 lanes in some areas of Commonwealth, about 2 lanes are used by PUV (fx and jeepneys) from the bridge up to the overpass as terminals. Thus the bus and other UV had to unload and load at 3rd and 4th lane;  thus traffic is clogged up to Fairview

2. The motorcycle lane thus, the 4th lane, is used by buses for plying their routes and to load and unload.

3.  There was no policeman and traffic enforcer on hand.  Not a single soul.

What can be done:

1. Put up a proper a terminal for UV (fx and jeep) at the said area;

2.  Apprehend and/or tow vehicles that are illegallyparked

3.  Enforce traffic rules strictly

4.  Assign enforcers police on Sundays and week ends.

Duterte to stop interviews and conferences with media

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Rizal Philippines
June 6, 2016

From Manila Bulletin  PSG bans network from covering DU31 thanksgiving party


From Rappler

There will be no longer press conferences and interviews with the media, according to to be Presidential aide Christopher Go told in an interview last June 3, 2016.   Talk less, less mistakes would be an apparent objective.   Instead, press releases and interview will be through state run television.

However, this post sees this as an apparent reaction to the call for boycott by NUJP, regarding the misunderstanding on his statement about journalists who were killed and who were corrupt (I listened to the statement / audio  of the statement, and there was no causal statement to that effect)  The retaliation started by having all media, except PTV 4 banned from covering his thanksgiving party

Really if you quote his statement out of context, then you can misunderstand Digong.  For example, about giving the citizen the right to kill criminals the drug lord.  What he said was, the citizen must cooperate with the authorities in arresting drug lords and sellers.  If you have a gun, and the criminal fights, then the citizen can kill the criminal.   (Taken out of context, you can think of Duterte changing the criminal code?)

From ABS CBN Thousands celebrate Du31 victory party near a crocodile farm

What happened to the Pasig River clean up project

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Rizal Philippines
June 6, 2016

From ADB - Pasig River Clean up

Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission


There was the much vaunted Pasig River Clean up project several years back.  But I passed by JP Rizal in Makati and I was up close and personal with the Pasig River.  The water looked black, smelled like sewer and garbage was floating at the river.  Perhaps, the dwellers along the Pasig River are just too much uncooperativeness that is why they continue to dump garbage and what you have to Pasig River.

A city with river and bay near it (with body of water) means good feng shui.  It means life and progress.  A stinking garbage full river and bay means ill health and bad fortune for its people.

Can we work together to clean Pasig River

Can somebody solve the traffic problem at C5?

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Rizal Philippines
June 1, 2016

MM traffic unmanageable Chairman Francis Tolentino  P2.6 trillion needed for mass transport system and 137 km of road networks.


Ever since former MMDA chief Francis Tolentino let traffic cut through portions of  C5, it has become a bottle neck.  The u turns of former MMDA chief BF worked.  Where are the five traffic lights:   at Ateneo, at  Acropolis, Lanuza, Mckinley and Marcos Highway cor Katipunan.

The traffic at Rosario, Ortigas, C5 area forms into a gridilock because the traffic slows down at Ortigas because of traffic light at Ortigas, Lanuza, ;  the traffic from Ortigas Tiendisitas  slow down before the another Lanuza stop light.  After Bagong Ilog,the traffic speeds up until Mckinley.

If you travel and commute, you find out after Mckinley, and after Unimart, there is no more traffic.

Can somebody remove the bad memories and heavy traffic that failed Senatoriable Francis Tolentino left behind.   It was much better than before he changed the rules.

Meritocracy is still far from becoming a reality, school ties in appointment is still in

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                          Prosecution Lawyer Vitaliano Aguirre covered his ears when Sen. Santiago
                                 lambasted him at the Corona impeachment (Dyahe si Madam Myriam now?)

Rizal Philippines
May 19 2016



Meritocracy in govt appointment is still far off. in our appointment of managers and leaders.  We cant still benchmark the example of Singapore in selection of senior managers.  It was their secret in propelling Singapore to a premier spot in economic progress.

The latest appointment of President to be Duterte, Vitaliano Aguirre as DOJ secretary and the others were probably based on school boy ties at San Beda College.   Most of his cabinet members were either childhood friends or school mate.

We hope that appointment of Mark Villar made after the NP Coalition MoA with fmr Senator Manuel Villar was a good choice, as DPWH Secretary.  (or a horse trading?)

We wish our new President well.