Our idol community relations man Ret. Police Col. Dionisio Abude appears to be waylaid by one of his men in the Davao City’s traffic enforcement group.
Imagine, one of them assigned at the Bankerohan area and has been working in the City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) for the last six years got arrested early this week in a drug buy-bust operation! As usual, the refrain of the arrested CTTMO personnel is that he is not a pusher or dealer. However, he admitted to being a drug user. How could he claim that when he was nabbed in a buy-bust? Meaning, he was selling to a law enforcer poseur buyer.
Again it is worth reminding all those charged of organizations of the proverbial saying that in “a basket-fall of what appears to be all quality tomatoes, the likelihood is that there will be one, two, three or even more, rotten ones.”
And Idol Abude was right when he immediately thanked the law enforcers who made the arrest for helping him weed out a bad egg in the organization he headed. But just the same, he should be wary of recommendations by politicians and their leaders of applicants to the traffic enforcer positions.
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We learned it from the local papers that the various agencies of government in Davao City that are concerned with the agriculture industry, are working very hard to have rice farmlands here clustered for the purpose of enhancing production.
Why, are there still remaining rice lands in the city enough to be clustered? The areas we used to see planted with rice are those in Calinan, Los Amigos and Balengaing. But recently we have noted that these areas are already invaded with commercial establishments like restaurants and in-land resorts as well as residential subdivisions.
Also, when we were new in Davao City both sides of MacArthur highway from Crossing Bago Aplaya up to the boundary of Dumoy used to be rice lands. Today, these are business establishment buildings and shops at the road sides and residential enclaves at the back. Even the lagoon at the Inigo-owned property is nowhere to be found. And what used to be a large plain that was very ideal for a riceland is now a sprawling 18-hole golf course.
So, we cannot help but wonder where are the rice farms that the agriculture industry authorities are planning to be clustered?
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Is this for real? We mean, the current normal water supply in our barangay residence in Talandang, Tugbok district that is served by the Davao City Water District’s (DCWD’s) Riverside Water System.
Yes, since the last three days we have observed that our faucets are back to normal again as far as the continuity of water supply and the ideal pressure that accompanies the water flow. And for such “normalization” of service we have to thank DCWD, the agency that we had been targeting in our complaint.
But, is the current service level really for real? Honestly, we have some reservations because the water firm has not yet made any announcement about the termination of its water service rotational interruption schedule affecting the areas served by the Riverside Water System.
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With various vloggers presenting different contents in their vlogs many people are starting to be aware of the two faces of Davao City.
For example there is this vlogger who goes to the remotest of the city’s hinterlands and interacts with the lumads. And he seems to have not met difficulties in establishing good relations with the indigenous people because he has brought them assistance in terms of food, shelter and even in the education of some of the youngsters among the natives.
In documenting his visits to the hinterlands many of his followers had the opportunity to see the real situation in those places which is that of wanting in development and residents in extremely abject poverty. Most of them thrive in root crops, wild fruits, and even wild animals. They have to rely on their feet to travel from one place to another as there is hardly any road. Or if there is this is hardly passable and risky even for single motorcycles.
Even by simply looking at the people and the condition of their communities any one can readily deduce that government’s basic services have not been delivered in the concerned areass.
Easily, we can assume that no politicians have ever reached those areas, especially so that the population may not be able to help elect them to their aspired positions.
