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ring all contractors in Iloilo City to always install early warning devices wherever they expose the motorists and pedestrians to road hazards, and to impose penalties on violators.
There have been cases of motorists bumping obstacles or jumping into diggings by Department of Public Words and Highways (DPWH) personnel during road repairs and construction.
When we asked Engr. Rodney Gustilo (head of the Iloilo City Engineering District) for comment, he said there’s nothing wrong with the proposed ordinance.
He added, however, that his office had not been remiss in sending memos reminding contractors to install reflectors or lighted warning signs on all road works. Contractors should always be liable for their negligence.
Talking of Engr. Gustilo, watch him appear on Vicente “Danny Baby” Foz’s show on Sky Cable Channel 53, telecast from Lola Di Batchoy & Resto on Friday, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., with replays on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION DEHUMANIZES PROFESSIONALS
KUDOS to RMN Radio-Iloilo for broadcasting and showing live on Facebook the dehumanizing treatment that our professionals get when applying for licenses at the regional office of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in Jaro, Iloilo City.
You must have noticed that daily long line of doctors, nurses and teachers in standing, sitting or squatting positions for three hours or more while waiting for their turn to be served.
The PRC personnel has gotten used to the problem for so many years that they now think it’s normal to treat the professionals like beggars. They forget that, unlike beggars, these people do not ask for money; they pay good money for bad service, unfortunately.
CUSTOMS DISTRICT COLLECTOR BULLISH ON IMPORT DUTIES
JOSE NAIG, district collector of the Bureau of Customs in Iloilo City, is bullish over his office’s collection of import duties. More and more foreign vessels loaded with imported goods dock at the ports of Iloilo, Capiz and Negros Occidental.
He cited one oil company which directly sails from China to Iloilo City to unload a brand of refined petroleum products. The various oil products are momentarily stored in local depots and then directly delivered to gas stations. This results in prices lower than those of competitors whose cargoes are unloaded and reloaded in Manila.
The foreign vessels don’t leave our local ports empty. They also transport local products for export to the ships’ countries of origin.
‘JUSTICE FOR GRASPARIL’
THAT is the battle cry of the relatives of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intelligence officer Macario Grasparil Jr. who was killed in a buy-bust operation in his house in Sibalom, Antique the other Tuesday after allegedly grabbing the firearm of a police officer. They could not believe the press statement of Inspector Clark Philip Dinco that Grasparil had attempted to fire at policemen upon sensing that it was a drug bust operation.
How could Grasparil have joined the group of wanted drug lord Richard Prevendido, his relatives ask, when it was he who had earlier arrested Prevendido’s nephew Bonnie, a drug suspect.
The case is now in the hands of the National Bureau of Investigation. If the police killed the wrong guy, basi mag-boomerang bala kananda haw?
ERRATUM ON COMMISSIONER JAVIER
COLUMNIST Herbert Vego has asked us to correct typographical errors that appeared in his People Powwow column last Tuesday. He mentioned “1986” as the year when Tobing Javier (now deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration) revealed to him his intention “to run for Antique’s Sangguniang Panlalawigan.” It should have read “2006.” Moreover, it was not in “1984” but in “1994” that Javier passed the bar.
We apologize to Tobing Javier for the confusing errors that seem to have “aged” him prematurely.
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