🔴 BONG NEBRIJA AT ANG MMDA NAGISA NGA BA NILA CONG BOSITA AT CONG CHUA?! PART 2
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So tingnan natin, kanina sa part 1 natin, inexplained naman ang MMDA, ang kanilang jurisdiction.
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So hindi nakapanood ito, balik na lang kayo, hanapin nyo lang part 1.
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So nasa part 2 na tayo. Let's continue. Let's do this.
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But as far as the internal roads, we maintain that it is within the jurisdiction of the city to clear.
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I don't get it. Bakit sila bumabalik doon?
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Congressman Bosita, the floor is yours.
02:02.0
Thank you Mr. Chair. Chairman Artes, meron po ba tayong talking guidelines?
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Natanong niya, ano daw sabi ni Madam? Yun nga, inulit lang niya na may mandato nga daw.
02:16.0
Ang linaw-linaw na nasagot ni chairman kanina, ewan ko bakit ano.
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Nasa tataka naman ako kay retired Col. Bosita, bakit nabalik tayo ulit sa towing?
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Yes Your Honor, in fact we have Metro Manila Council Resolution regarding towing Your Honor.
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I think our GM Col. Lipana can appropriately answer the question of Hon. Bosita.
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In fairness, ready, ready.
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Pero ulitin pala natin, ang agenda ulit is discussion on MMDA's clearing operation in the City of Manila.
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So parang hindi na nag-linger si Col. Bosita sa mandato ng Presidente o ng Batas na mandato sa MMDA.
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So wala na siyang kiber doon. Ngayon sa towing na siya na-stress. Tuloy natin anong problema sa towing?
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MMDA Resolution for the guidelines in towing Glicari Park and Estol Behel.
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But nonetheless we intend to improve our services.
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So as of now we are creating a technical working group in order to further improve our services and to prevent the abuses of towing companies.
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So sa ngayon po kasi ang guidelines natin, pag tinoka, dadaling ka sa depounding area.
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In our new guidelines na gagawin natin, pag tinoka, wala na kung Estol Behel ka, hindi mo naman gustong masiraan,
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kung saan mo gustong ihatid, sa bahay, sa talyer, kung naubusan ka ng gasolina, sa gasolinahan.
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Okay. That's good. At least kahit paano, nalilinaw sa atin na nakakainis ka naman.
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Nasiraan ka na nga, perwisyo pa ang mangyayari sa iyo.
03:57.0
Naperwisyo ka na nga. Pampas paperwisyo ka pa. So at least kahit paano.
04:02.0
Nakakainis na parte yan sa part ng MMDA na yung kanilang services, hindi naman nila service actually, na third party yung towing company.
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So sana yan nga, at least pa-action na yung issue. Let's continue.
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And also, hahatiin po natin sa limang grupo ang magtoto para makikita natin ngayon,
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padaling i-supervise kung sino ang mag-aabuse ng towing company at i-be-beat po natin.
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And also, we will conduct training.
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At sa ating mga towing personnel, magkaroon po tayo ng training in terms of how to approach discipline
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and basic knowledge on troubleshooting and basic knowledge on safety.
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And also, we will require them to wear uniform and we will no longer allow yung mga dilapidated na tow truck.
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Sana meron din silang dash body cam para masaya, hindi lang yung mga enforcer.
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Kasi minsan, hindi naman lahat, pero meron din kasi mga pasaway din ng mga towing companies.
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Again, in-accredit lang sila ng MMDA so hindi sila hawak mismo ng MMDA.
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Pero siyempre, dapat ang MMDA vigilant sa mga skawa lang bang tawag nila sa mga gano'n.
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Yung minsan, doon nagkakaroon din ng issue. Siyempre, nakalagay doon MMDA.
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So you are expecting na ikaw na ordinary mamaya, nakakala mo lang, kala mo MMDA talaga sila.
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Pero minsan, nagpapalitan ng uniform o kaya ginagaya uniform.
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May mga gano'n na style.
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Naparood din natin ng mga reklamo sa National TV na toong mga issue.
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So sana, maayos pa nila yan.
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Q1. Doon po sa guidelines ng MMDA towing guidelines, isa po yan kapag installed vehicle, kailangang impound. Tama po ba?
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So in the interest of public service, to improve our public service, i-hathid na po sila kung saan gusto i-hathid, either sa bahay nila, sa talyer o sa gasolina.
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At sana, huwag lang dahil magiging mandato ng MMDA, gagawin lang nila issue whatever number, gawin na lang sanang batas.
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Pag may mga nangyayaring ganito, unfortunate events, sa sakyan, nasiraan, na aksidente, wag naman agad-agad sa impounding area.
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Dapat sa pagawaan, sa gasolina o sa bahay mo muna, para less burden nga naman.
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Isipin mo na aksidente ka na, tapos doble-doble pa magiging problema mo.
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Maganda naman yan, tama naman yan.
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So secret at saka sa mga team live natin sila Jasbin, Azer, ayan. Let's do this, let's continue.
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Yung isa pa sa tinutuw ninyo, yung illegal park. So there are two types kasi po Mr. Chair yung illegal park.
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Illegal park attended and illegal park unattended. Tama po ba?
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Tama po Mr. Chair. Illegal park attended, tinitigitan po natin yan. But for those who are unattended, tinutuw natin yan direkto sa ating impounding area.
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My next question Mr. Chair is, yun po bang MMDA towing guidelines ina-apply ninyo sa clearing operations?
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Ganoon po Mr. Chair, ina-apply din po namin sa clearing operations.
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Yes, kung ganoon. May napansin po tayo na merong ipinatutuw ang inyong operation personnel wherein yung car owner ay nandoon at hindi installed vehicle. Illegal park attended.
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My question Mr. Chair is, kung ina-apply po ninyo ang guidelines ng MMDA as far as towing is concerned, bakit po may nakita tayo na illegal park pero pinatutuw po ng inyong operations personnel headed by Col. Nebria?
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Ayan na. Name-dropping na nagaganap. Pero sana, ako wish ko lang, Congressman Busita, katulad ang ginawa ng MMDA, katulad yan meron tayong nakikita slideshow, sana meron ka rin kresibo.
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Para syempre, kaming mga walang alam, mga mang-mang, mga anong tawag ba dito, naib sa English, magkaroon kami ng idea kung ano yung kasong sinasabi mo.
08:27.0
Yun lang naman, suggestion. Huwag parang, huwag tayong style na mga katulad ng ibang senator na based on my experience, trust me, I know this, yung mga ganong comments, sana huwag tayong ganon.
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Sana, let us be like MMDA, na naka-ready kung meron tayong ibabatong bala.
08:45.0
Diba? Yun lang lang sa akin. Mga zombie daw. Ay mamaya, ano tayo ngayon? Livestream hanggang mamaya tayo ngayon. Siguro kakain lang ako later pero livestream tayo kay Ben Tulfo, meron ako napanood nung isang araw.
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Nasabe ko naman siya. Let's continue.
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CM Lipana, you are recognized.
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It seems, Your Honor, I think the best person to answer.
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Wala si Tulfo dito. Ang pinupunto lang namin sana be like MMDA, be ready. Be ready sa mga katanungan, presentation sa mga nireklamo.
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Kunwari yan, kasasabi ni Col. Busita, Congressman Busita na meron silang encounter na headed ni ganito bla bla bla. Ito ang nangyari, pinikitang or PNO or whatever. Sana may evidence, sana may presentation sila na ito po isa pong sa reklamo na naratanggap namin, ito po si ganito bla bla bla. Yun lang naman sa amin. Let's continue.
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It was specifically mentioned Bong Libreja. I request that Mr. Bong Libreja will answer the question.
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Mr. Libreja, you are recognized.
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Mr. Chair, good afternoon.
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Ang sarap pala. Dapat pala ganoon. Kita niyo yan. You must be recognized. You are recognized. Dito ka palang magdadaldal.
09:59.0
I know the specific detail of where did that happen. Because our towing guidelines specifically says if you're attended, if you are there, we will not tow it. We will just issue ticket.
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However, there's the five-minute rule that we apply. So if you're unattended and the five-minute laps, we have a time start and time finish in our ticket, Your Honor.
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If your vehicle laps even more than five minutes, as long as the tow bar is already connected to the car, we cannot put it down because that is already the start of the towing procedure, Your Honor.
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And we are just following our towing guidelines that if the tow bar or the connector between the tow truck and the vehicle has already commenced, then that's already the start of the towing procedure.
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And the ticket in itself, even before, once it's connected, that's the time that we will put in the ticket that is already towed. And we cannot erase the ticket, Your Honor.
10:45.0
Actually, if you would watch Gadget Addict, that's how it really happens. That's the norm. So what Bong and Brija are saying is right.
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Please give us the specifics of when that happened or what.
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Yes Mr. Chair. I agree with Col. Brija. If the tow bar is already connected, that is considered illegally parked unattended.
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But there are incidents that before the subject vehicle is towed, there's still an argument. So the tow bar is not connected yet.
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And it will be lost.
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Yes Mr. Chair. So that's different. That's why I'm clarifying and the MMDA officials know the towing guidelines.
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And I agree with Col. Brija. If the tow bar is already connected, even if the car owner arrives, it's valid.
11:32.0
But there are incidents wherein there's still an argument but it's being towed.
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That's what we should clarify so we can be sure that the MMDA guidelines for towing are followed.
11:44.0
If I recall correctly, an official from Barangay had a dispute and he was insulted that he's a barangay official but his vehicle is illegally parked.
11:56.0
So my point here is very clear and the MMDA guidelines cannot be questioned.
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That's right. I hope they make a law. Sorry, a lot of people will be insulted here, especially if you're from Manila or Metro Manila.
12:08.0
I hope they make a law that before buying a vehicle, they should have a garage in their house.
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What's painful is, this is just my observation when I pass by different places here in Metro Manila.
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The garage is supposed to be their extension of their living room.
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I don't know why it's like that. Instead of having a garage, they should have a washroom.
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They should have a stove. They should have a table.
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The design of their house should have a vehicle. But their vehicle is outside.
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I hope they make a law.
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If they make a law that requires purchasing car owners, they should be obligated, for example in the subdivision, if they have a lot of vehicles,
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the subdivision should be obligated to make a common parking area.
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That should be the solution to their problem.
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As far as towing is concerned. But there are incidents that we have seen that sometimes the guidelines are not followed, Mr. Chair.
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Yes po Mr. Chair.
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Before you respond Chairman, was the towing truck owned by MMDA or privately sub-owned?
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Privately accredited. Privately owned accredited.
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So it was not owned by MMDA?
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MMDA is also there Your Honor.
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But as Col. Lipana mentioned, we are currently revising the towing guidelines Your Honor.
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Our plan is to divide Metro Manila into five sectors. It is still privately owned. We will accredit it but only one per sector.
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It will have a specific requirement as to the number of towing vehicles, the capacity.
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We will color code it so that the particular towing company outside the designated area cannot move to the other jurisdiction or sector.
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We will professionalize it with uniforms, with proper training and the employees of that towing company will be under our supervision.
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Not only in training but also examination to professionalize the towing company.
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That's true. I have also seen a lot of Gadget Addicts who are not wearing proper uniforms.
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Or maybe they really don't have uniforms.
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You see, they are just wearing slippers. But think about the weight of those or the weight of those heavy metals.
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Safety shoes should be there. The hard ones. Even if you fall, you won't get injured because the front ones are hard.
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We will see a lack in the part of MMDA. We do hope that it will be improved.
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Actually, in all parts of the government, Senate, Congress, Executive Branch,
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even if there is a lack, there should be an improvement that we can do.
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It's not just that we are hole diggers. It's okay to dig.
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But I hope that this hole digger is also a sealant when he sees a hole.
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Or in short, he is also doing a solution when he sees a hole.
15:09.0
Towing. That's the concern of Congressman Busita.
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Actually, our 5-minute rule is not written in the towing guidelines.
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That's it. It's not written yet.
15:21.0
Actually, I've been listening to it for a while.
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He didn't say anything about the 5-minute rule.
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It's just a consideration.
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So in reality, if you really want to tow it, regardless of whether there are 5 minutes or not,
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again, because it's not written yet, MMDA can do it. They're not that technical.
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But that's our accommodation in consideration of the people because they might just be sleeping.
15:49.0
The driver can wake up and come.
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The problem is if we don't strictly impose that if it's already 5 minutes, we won't give it.
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There will be a lot of arguments that I'm already here.
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The 5-minute rule should be enforced.
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That is true. Watch Gadget Addict.
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Even if someone says it's a PR of MMDA, the video speaks to itself.
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That's what will happen.
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There are a lot of arguments.
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So if you don't implement the proper law that you will give a price like this, it's unfair to others who will be caught.
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You can just blame it.
16:27.0
Why did you give this? Why this?
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Dada said that LTO should not allow parking of property lanes.
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Then Healthy said that after the City Engineer Office, the property line should be implemented.
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Because there is no urban planning mostly in Metro Manila.
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Sadly, it's a bit lacking.
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We strictly stipulate that when we arrive, we document that we arrived at exactly 3 o'clock by 3.05.
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Otherwise, the discussion will be prolonged and our enforcers will have leeway on whether or not to give.
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That's the possible source of corruption that our agency is avoiding, Your Honor.
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Before you continue, Congressman Busita.
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Congressman Abante is in the house.
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Actually, for us, the 5-minute rule that they're giving is an unwritten rule.
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Actually, that's just a consideration.
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Is that right, Chairman Artes?
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If we observe, it goes beyond 5 minutes.
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So, our concern is that we should go back.
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Hopefully, the incidents won't happen again that if the car owner is there, the towbar is not yet attached.
17:43.0
Mr. Chair, let's not do that.
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My next question is...
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It's fixed, right?
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Is there an MMDA?
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For me, I haven't seen a case where they went up.
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Chairman Artes, what is your plan on the situation wherein, say for example, a 10-wheeler truck is coming, a small tow truck.
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So the towbar is attached.
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Just wait for it to be fixed.
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Then it will be charged at a minimum rate.
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What is your plan, Chairman Artes?
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Thank you, Your Honors.
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We have two plans. First, we have set aside a budget to buy two wreckers, 50-toners, that can pull a heavy truck that is pulling.
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Even if it's loaded with sand or steel, those 50-toners can pull it.
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At the same time, along with the towing guidelines that are being reviewed by President G.M. Lepana,
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there is a requirement for each company per sector to have at least one 30-toner or 50-toner wrecker to pull
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to address the concern that if it's big, it will just be attached and will also be pictured.
18:57.0
What I'm wondering here is why are we all relying on MMDA?
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Think about it. The budget is limited, right?
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For me, okay, they will allocate a budget, but it shouldn't just be MMDA.
19:13.0
If it's a cost, okay, let's go to MMDA. They should have this.
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Even the LGU should help.
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If it's in this area, it will be destroyed.
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If it's not available to the LGU, then MMDA should be included.
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Or whoever is closer.
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It's just weird. When it comes to the budget, no one is commenting.
19:37.0
Okay, let's add the budget.
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Because our objective when it comes to towing or illegally parked vehicles
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is removal of obstructions, not to pull for money.
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That's why in the towing guidelines mentioned by President G.M. Lepana,
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when it comes to towing, which is something they don't like,
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instead of bringing it to Tumana, where it's far, it can add to the traffic jam,
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they should bring it to their house, not outside Metro Manila,
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or to a gas station or a toll booth.
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Because it's very inconvenient if you can't run your vehicle.
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You will go to Tumana, you need to go with a mechanic or tow a towing service
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to bring your vehicle to your house or toll booth.
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So that's what we are considering.
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Maybe we will still consult with other stakeholders,
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including the Metro Manila Development Committee,
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regarding the towing guidelines that we are discussing.
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Mr. Chair, one more.
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Wandela Cruzaya said that there is urban planning.
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The problem is that people are increasing compared to before,
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and it's just a bunch of struts to reduce...
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Yeah, actually, there really is.
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The problem is that it hasn't been updated.
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The only urban planning is the new subdivisions.
20:43.0
Bilgar, hello, shout out.
20:47.0
Jasvin said that the budget is in Senate D in the lower house.
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Mr. Chairman, what if it's not accredited by the MMDA,
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but it's towed to us in Taguig?
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That's one indication.
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It should be required that there is a traffic enforcer towing it.
21:02.0
So if that's not there, it's not a valid pro-towing company.
21:07.0
We can arrest and sue because it could be a robbery or carnapping, Your Honors.
21:13.0
Sorry, I'm also sensitive. What if it's not accredited?
21:22.0
Maybe they're doing it differently.
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Yes. In Taguig and Pateros, we don't have color coding.
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But sometimes, or mostly in Pateros, you don't include it.
21:32.0
That's why the Mayor and the Vice Mayor are arguing that they also don't have color coding.
21:37.0
But my question is, in Taguig, there's no color coding.
21:40.0
But someone is arresting someone in C5 in the area of Taguig.
21:43.0
Yes. Because in our jurisdiction, when there are major roads, the rules of the MMDA are followed.
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That's the road that transcends the different political boundaries within Metro Manila.
21:53.0
Just like in EDSA, Makati has no windows.
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But if you go by EDSA, you will not be arrested if you go by Buendia.
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If there are major roads, the rules of the MMDA are followed?
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Insofar as number coding is concerned, Your Honor.
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So if you go by Buendia, even if it's during window hour, you will not be arrested
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because the rules of the MMDA are followed.
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Even if the Buendia area is surrounded by Makati City.
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Sorry to those who are not from Metro Manila, you can't relate here.
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But at least you can see the correct flow of the Congress hearing.
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That's how it should be.
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Okay. Congressman Tampunting, you are recognized.
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Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
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To Atty. Chairman Artes, good afternoon to all of you.
22:41.0
Good afternoon. It's good to meet you.
22:43.0
It's good to meet you too.
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First of all, I would like to thank you for the tickets you gave me for Christmas.
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Ah, tickets. I thought you were going to arrest me.
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The tickets for the festival.
22:54.0
I have a question to Atty. Veronica Lado.
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Do you work in the City of Manila?
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What is your position there?
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What is your position in the City of Manila?
23:01.0
I'm a City Legal Officer, sir.
23:02.0
You wrote that letter? You signed that letter?
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Sir, when I write the letter, it's on behalf of the City, sir.
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So, the Mayor was fully informed of that letter?
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Yes, Congressman.
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And she's indeed objecting to the action made by MMD over that property in Sampanoc, right?
23:19.0
Oh. So, Mayor Haney knows.
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Because at the time of Yorme, there was no such issue.
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So, she has a voice and she can defend the city?
23:30.0
Okay. So, nice meeting you, ma'am.
23:31.0
Chairman, I saw your presentation earlier and the power of MMDA to clear roads in the spirit of trying to ease traffic.
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My question is, that's the resolution you showed to the Mayors of the previous administration.
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My question is, should you clear with the local government unit before you do that?
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Actually, if you look at it, there's no requirement that we ask for clearance.
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But just the same, Your Honors, we coordinate with the barangay before we enter a place.
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In fact, we have them sign a coordination letter that we have the barangay captain sign before we enter a place.
24:22.0
Oh, that's it. I thought there's no coordination. There's a mandate for them to sign.
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I hope honorable members of the committee can understand our situation.
24:34.0
A lot of requests for towing and clearing come from Malacanang.
24:39.0
That's it. Let's go. This is where Malacanang can enter, right?
24:43.0
It's 888 if I'm not mistaken.
24:47.0
As I've said, the barangay is sometimes the one that's making the noise.
24:52.0
Well, this is what I can say based on my experience of complaining.
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I attested that it's 888 and in fairness, it's effective.
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In the place where we used to live, Lapana.
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Lapana is the illegal park or double parking or whatsoever.
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So it's really tight.
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So what happened is that the complaint was received via email. It's like he's coordinating with the MMDA.
25:18.0
Then what happened, based on my experience, we heard it on a Tuesday morning.
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How many years ago was that? It was 2 or 3 years ago.
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Actually, before the pandemic. Maybe it was 4 years ago.
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It's like there's a barangay member who's doing FYI to clear your vehicles.
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There will be a clearing operation tomorrow. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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So I said, ah, there's a coordination going on.
25:47.0
They're making noise.
25:49.0
To be fair, it's okay that they're making noise.
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Because, of course, people might forget. They might think it's just a norm.
25:58.0
It's really prohibited to block sidewalks or double parking or whatsoever.
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For me, it's fair.
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But if it's repeated in one place,
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it's like no matter what your tone is, nothing will happen.
26:16.0
We have a problem there, right?
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And when the MMDA arrives or whoever will clear, there's no crying.
26:23.0
There's no problem if there's someone crying or getting angry, right?
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Like what you said, sir.
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But in just one day, they'll come back.
26:34.0
That's the issue there, right?
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Again, we'll come back to the question of what our barangay is doing.
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They're the first ones to check there, right?
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We need to take action.
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I think 60-70% of the request for clearing came from 888, the Presidential Action Center of Malacanang.
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We need to take action and report to Malacanang within 15 days what we did.
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We're not allowed to tell Malacanang that we're referring to the barangay or LGU,
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the complaint they received.
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That's why it's confusing, Chairman.
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You're not allowed to enter.
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That's why it's confusing. They don't know it's the LGU.
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Anyway, continue.
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What do you mean they don't know it's the LGU?
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Hello, Teacher Mark Reacts.
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The barangay should really take action because they're the ones in the area.
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It's not confusing to us.
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We're the first ones to check everything.
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In the case of Manila, we're calling the Traffic Management Bureau.
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You said earlier that if it's 888, you're not allowed to tell the LGU or report.
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The Chairperson is wrong.
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That's why I entered.
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That's why it's confusing because the LGU doesn't know.
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What he said is that it can't be assigned or what do you call this?
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It can only be endorsed if the problem comes from 888.
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Just rephrase your sentence.
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What I mean to say, I'm sorry.
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Maybe I said it wrong.
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What Malacanang is telling us is that it's not allowed to pass.
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Meaning if there's a complaint that was endorsed by us, it's not allowed to pass the ball.
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We can't say LGU, there's a complaint from Malacanang.
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You should take action.
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That's prohibited.
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We're prohibiting it.
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So it's not tied by our hands.
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I think his explanation is clear that you can't blame the LGU and say you did it, not us.
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But I go back to my question.
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You said you're clearing the barangay.
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Isn't this the barangay captain who's complaining here?
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Did you clear this place?
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Does he know that you will remove all the equipment, including basketball court, rolling store and so on?
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Yes. We have a document to prove that we coordinated with the captain.
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That's why I can't understand why there's a complaint.
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Although in his statement, he's only complaining about us taking the equipment.
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Of course, like basketball court, we know that the road can't be used as a basketball court.
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I'm also wondering why the Filipinos in Manila, I don't know if it's in Manila or in the province,
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but in the province, there's a congressman who has a big name in Bobong.
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He's always making basketball courts for the youth.
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In the province, in Manila, maybe because there's no place,
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maybe that's why they're doing it on the road.
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Or maybe it's not like LGU.
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Maybe that's the issue.
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It was made for vehicles to pass.
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So if there's a basketball court there, that's an obstruction.
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There are many Supreme Court decisions that are called Louisans.
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It can be confiscated and removed at any given time.
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That's why if you will follow the trend of thought, then you will also disagree with the position of the mayor now,
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of the city of Manila, that they're objecting to your pre-trial.
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That's why your Honor, we're asking...
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That's the real counsel.
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That's why we're asking what is the basis that says that the jurisdiction is limited.
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The basis of their objection is that we can't enter the inner roads.
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Meanwhile, it's clear in the Metro Manila Council Resolutions and in the law that there's no limit to the jurisdiction of the MMDA.
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We're just limited to the national roads and long-lived lanes, Your Honor.
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Okay, to the chair, Atty. Llado.
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And another thing, there's an 888 that will send a picture.
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Actually, if you watch Gadget Addict, it will sometimes show a picture of a scan copy that this is what they're complaining about.
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You can see that the complainant really took a picture of the resident in their area.
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This is how chaotic their area is.
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So that's an additional piece of information.
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Atty. Llado, please explain the letter that you wrote for in behalf of the mayor of Manila.
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Atty. Llado, you are recognized.
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Yes Mr. Chair. Actually Mr. Chair, what we're complaining about is the chaos inside the city of Manila.
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Because there's no coordination with the office of the mayors.
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The members of the Metro Manila Council are the mayors.
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Now they're coordinating with the barangay.
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The barangay is not a member of the Metro Manila Council.
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That's the problem. They're not a part of it.
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So there's a problem from the mayor to change the information in the barangay.
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Also, under section 2 of 7924, the law creating the MMDA,
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they can coordinate without diminution of the functions of the local government.
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That's very specific.
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So we're saying that our functions are being diminished because we have a task force against road obstruction.
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Why is it being diminished?
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The Metro Manila is so big.
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That's what I don't understand.
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The Metro Manila is so big.
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How can it be diminished?
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Maybe I can understand if we're just talking about the village.
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The MMDA and Manila are still fighting.
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But Manila is so big.
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Do you still have a problem if the MMDA is working in your area?
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Welcome to Pampanga, the land of covert courts with names of bubong.
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If you're in Expressway, you can see it in Palayan.
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You can see a big bubong there.
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Congressman, Arroyo, something like that.
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Now, that's in 888.
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We receive complaints in 888.
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In fact, in my office, we have those complaints.
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In fact, in my office, we attend to the 888 complaints.
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So we don't understand why the complaints cannot be sent to us.
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They said that the complaints are coming from Manila.
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Why are they not the same?
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Why can't they get the same problem as the MMDA?
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What is your answer?
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Can I respond? Maybe we can ask the chairman of MMDA to answer that statement.
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Barangay is part of the LGU of Metro Manila.
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Maybe the mayor doesn't need to get a clearance because we know that the mayor is very busy.
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As for the complaints in 888, there are specifically, depending on the complainant,
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if the request for clearing is from MMDA.
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If the request for clearing is from the City of Manila,
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then it is referred to Malacanang.
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So there's a drop-down list.
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Who are you going to vote for?
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MMDA? Local government?
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So there's something like that.
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Aser said that Malacanang will be suspended.
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Pay parking will be affected.
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Those who leave without a receipt.
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Watch Gadget Addict. There are things like that.
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As to the diminution of functions,
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we are not stealing exclusively for MMDA the clearing operations.
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Even if we are operating in one place, we are not prohibiting LGUs from clearing.
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In fact, in the Metro Manila Council Resolution 1,
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it is specifically stated that MMDA and LGU are in charge of clearing the roads.
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So where is the diminution of functions of the LGU, while assistance is allowed?
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That's true. That's where I got confused.
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Because assistance is allowed.
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Oops! We're already at 33 minutes.
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And we know that the viewing time of our countrymen is low.
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So I'll cut this.
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Let's continue to the next one.
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At least it's funny.
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The answers are clear.
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In fairness to MMDA.
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In fairness to MMDA, they're answering okay.
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Or they're just asking weakly.
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That's the difference there.
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No one is looking for a hole.
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Or there's really no hole.
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That's our issue there.
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But then again, we're already at 34 minutes.
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I went overboard.
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Again, 5 minutes.
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Let's just drink water.
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You guys there, just drink water.
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Rest your eyes, whatsoever.
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I'll just fix our part 3 here.
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We're already at 1 hour and 10 minutes.
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We're only at 2 hours.
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Anyway, that's it for our episode.
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