This pile of rubble is in front of Buenaventura compound in Barrio Barretto. It is across the street from Mango's, Arlene's and Hot Zone.
Buenaventura is home to some 20-30 rental units. Previously they used a deep well for their tenant water needs. They recently installed city water for those rentals necessitating a pipeline from the street. The resulting trench was 80 meters long, two feet deep and a foot wide.
The rubble you see along National Highway is what they dug up and dumped with a wheelbarrow on a public thoroughfare.
The question here is where is government when private persons selfishly endanger and inconvenience the public? This is the exact purpose of the barangay council and Olongapo city officialdom. It is not like they can't see it or notice it.
How many times do you suppose the mayor or barangay captain have passed this eyesore? Mister Baloy? Mister Gordon?
Hmm... could that have been left there on purpose. Helps enforce the "No Parking".
ReplyDeleteBut the "No Parking" signs are illegal. Sort of like the ones in front of every establishment in the area stating "XXX Customer's Only". One can not just put them in front of ones property. Unless the city designates an area No Parking a private citizen is not allowed to designate public areas as a no parking zone.
ReplyDeleteI approached the mayor on the problem and was assured " I'll look into it". That was December 2011. The signs and chairs and other obstructions still remain on the streets of Olongapo City. Ilegal or not they are still there. It don't look like it's going to get fixed anythime soon.
ReplyDeleteI guess it really is more "fun" in the PI so much "fun" nothing gets done!!
DeleteAND YOUR SURPRISED THAT THE MAYOR OF OLONGAPO CITY DOES NOTHING OR THE BARANGY CAPTAIN. THEY ARE AMONG THE RICHEST AND MOST CORRUPT POLITICIANS IN ZAMBALES, AND YET STILL GET REELECTED EACH TIME.SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE FILIPINA VOTER
ReplyDeleteTHEY HAVE NO CIVIC PRIDE HAS ANYONE EVER COUNTED BONGS POSTERS THE BIGGEST EYE SORE IN OLONGAPO IS BONG.
STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE HAH!!!!!!!!
WHY NOT LEAVE THE RUBBLE ON THE STREET ITS RIGHT NEXT TO THE USELESS STORM DRAIN THEY BUILT LAST YEAR THAT FLOODS THE LOCAL AREA AND BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY DIDNT PUT AN OUTLET TO THE SEA BECAUSE THEY LET SOMEONE BUILD ON THE OCEAN OUTFALL EASMENT NOW NO DRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IMBECILES
Love the post but do you think that next time you could be so kind as to type in lower case?
ReplyDeleteI was just as pissed off as the rest of Barretto.
ReplyDeleteI thought the upper case made my point.
But will comply in future.
The Bugle Thanks you kindly
Deleteyou are offended by upper case-- but not about the corruption, stupidity and greed the writer accurately describes?
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