Topic: MMDA chief to clean up 'Gates of Hell'

[azzkicker]

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MMDA chief to clean up 'Gates of Hell'

MANILA, Philippines - After protesting author Dan Brown’s new book that described Manila as the “gates of hell,” Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino will launch a three-week cleanup to clear the city’s waterways and rescue street dwellers.

The newly organized MMDA rescue battalion will round up all people living in the streets, particularly on Roxas Boulevard, and other parts of Manila and turn them over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for processing.

Tolentino said local esteros and waterways would be part of the cleanup drive in preparation for the rainy season to avoid flashfloods that are expected in the next two months.

The MMDA chief earlier described as “inaccurate” Brown’s description of Manila in his new book “Inferno” and Tolentino even wrote a letter to the American author informing him that his depictions were disappointing even if the book is only fiction.

Tolentino clarified that the rescue operations of street dwellers and cleanup of waterways have nothing to do with the controversial book of Brown.

The book described Manila as a place with suffocating pollution, horrifying sex trade where young children are sold to pimps by parents, and motorists are caught in six-hour long traffic jams.

Tolentino, however, declined to comment further on Brown’s book, saying that the issue has been fully discussed and debated even in the international media.

He said the three-week cleanup drive in Manila would also be carried out in other cities in Metro Manila.

The MMDA in coordination with the local government units and the Department of Public Works and Highways would also conduct a census of informal settlers residing along waterways and other danger zones in the metropolis.

The DSWD will provide livelihood assistance to the street dwellers living along Roxas Blvd.

Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said that adults among the street dwellers would be included in a cash-for-work program of the DSWD where they will be given P320 a day for jobs such as helping out in canal clearing operations or street cleaning activities.

“We hope to link them to a more sustainable livelihood,” Soliman said.

She said that families that have children aged below 14 years old might be covered by the modified conditional cash transfer (CCT) program for families in urban areas to ensure the children go to school and receive medical attention.

The assistance, she said, is apart from the temporary shelter they will seek to provide the relocated street dwellers.

The rescued street dwellers would be taken to the Jose Fabella Center in Mandaluyong City, a halfway house for homeless people run by the DSWD, where they will be provided a complete package of social protection services such as “balik-probinsya assistance” as well as educational, food and livelihood assistance.

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[leightot]

Unless the government can provide alternatives for the squatters, and homeless to be relocated Manila will always be the gates of hell. lol. 

[Telesforo]

Unless the government can provide alternatives for the squatters, and homeless to be relocated Manila will always be the gates of hell. lol. 

Kahit merong relocation para sa kanila bumabalik pa rin. Dapat ang gawin hindi sila kabitan ng kuryente at tubig kung hindi sila ang tunay na may ari ng lupa para hindi sila magtagal sa iisang lugar. Maaburido sila lahat kung walang kuryente at tubig.

[Dairycow]

isa ang mga informal settlers sa problemang mahirap alisin sa manila. madalas kasi yan rin ang ginagamit ng mga politiko pag eleksyon kaya mapaalis man e babalik at babalik yan.

[raberdaki]

Unless the government can provide alternatives for the squatters, and homeless to be relocated Manila will always be the gates of hell. lol. 

malabo ata mapa-alis ang mga informal settlers wala ng mauuto ang mga politico tuwing election kung sakali ma relocate sila sa ibang lugar

[KaMushroom]

malabo ata mapa-alis ang mga informal settlers wala ng mauuto ang mga politico tuwing election kung sakali ma relocate sila sa ibang lugar

Haha wala nang boboto sakanila kapalit ang, tatlong lata ng sardinas, limang paketeng noodles, at dalawang kilong bigas.

[maniac2999]

Kahit merong relocation para sa kanila bumabalik pa rin. Dapat ang gawin hindi sila kabitan ng kuryente at tubig kung hindi sila ang tunay na may ari ng lupa para hindi sila magtagal sa iisang lugar. Maaburido sila lahat kung walang kuryente at tubig.

jumper, igib, etc. etc. haha wapakels yang mga yan, asa din namang magbabayad ng kuryente mga yan eh

[Idiot]

ha ha ha ha ha ha

hinihintay ko yung pag-proclaim nila ng persona non grata kay dan brown

sabi ni Lina creator ng Lina law e madami naman properties ang goverment sa manila bakit sila nagtatayo sa malayong lugar at dapat condominium or tenement type ang gawin nila

Kahit merong relocation para sa kanila bumabalik pa rin. Dapat ang gawin hindi sila kabitan ng kuryente at tubig kung hindi sila ang tunay na may ari ng lupa para hindi sila magtagal sa iisang lugar. Maaburido sila lahat kung walang kuryente at tubig.

mag tap lang sila

kung maalala mo cholera outbreak sa tondo sinisisi nila gobyerno perao nakita nila nag-jumper sila ng tubig na mali ang pagkaka-jumper nila nakakapasok yung tubig  canal linya kaya outbreak sa cholera

[The Dark Knight]

di ba may batas na dapat may isang metro ang layo sa mga canalsa and waterways?

anyway..na-enviosned ko para malinis tignan ang Manila..yung mga waterways (big or smarll) or even the Pasig River...dapat may agawat sa mga kabahayan o ano man structure....pwede ito gawing jogging lane..motorcycle lane..or kalsada...para bawal mag-squat....madaling sabihin..mahirap o ayaw gawin?

[Idiot]

di ba may batas na dapat may isang metro ang layo sa mga canalsa and waterways?

anyway..na-enviosned ko para malinis tignan ang Manila..yung mga waterways (big or smarll) or even the Pasig River...dapat may agawat sa mga kabahayan o ano man structure....pwede ito gawing jogging lane..motorcycle lane..or kalsada...para bawal mag-squat....madaling sabihin..mahirap o ayaw gawin?

sabi ng political analyst e masyadong dependent ang mga mayor sa mga botante kaya ayaw or ayaw kumilos dahil pagdating ng election e makakahakot sila kapalit ng sardines or 500 pesos

[Rockford]

sabi ng political analyst e masyadong dependent ang mga mayor sa mga botante kaya ayaw or ayaw kumilos dahil pagdating ng election e makakahakot sila kapalit ng sardines or 500 pesos

tama ka dyan. pansarili lang din kasi ang iniisip ng mga politiko natin.
ang nasa utak nila eh paano makakahakot ng sangdamakmak na botante imbes na mag isip kung paano maisasaayos ang lugar nilang hinahawakan.

nagsimula ng tawaging gates of hell ang manila at kung di umayos ang ating mga pulitiko.....eventually kakalat din yan sa labas ng manila na parang sakit na nakakahawa....

nakita nyo na din ba ang sitwasyon sa caloocan at pasay....

goodluck na lang kay MMDA Chief....kelangan mo ng ga-higanteng walis at dustpan!

[buddha]

Kung gusto nilang ayusin 'yan, matagal nang naayos 'yan. Hinahayaan nilang dumami nang dumami kaya lalong pahirap nang pahirap alisin ang mga squatters. In the first place, bakit may kuryente ang mga 'yan? Meron pa diyan mga naka-aircon. Eh sino kaya nagbabayad ng kuryente?

[Death Knight]

Kung magagawa niya yung sinabi niya tungkol sa trabaho, magiging mas magaling pa siya kay Bayani Fernando. E ang ginawa ni Bayani Fernando halos puro cosmetic changes lang. Di bale nang maalikabok, basta hindi gutom.

[-=Kurabo=-]

ows? tanggalin nga nila yung squatter dun tingnan natin kung di magkaroon ng civil war sa Manila pero siyempre kasama ang leader of the pack na si Erap

[HeLL_Vhoy]

I think dapat tayong lahat mag cooperate di natin dapat isisi sa gobyerno o sa mga squatters lahat tayo may pananagutan iisa ang mukha natin pag nasa labas tayo ng bansa ngayon kung walang kikilos sino ang tutulong sa tin?