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Egay Uy

THE recent issues surrounding the acquisition by the Cagayan de Oro Water District of bulk water supply could result in us making a choice: to drink or to thirst.

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Whatever is affordable to the consuming public should be the option that the water service provider should take.  This, plus the quality of water service that we deserve. I was tempted to say, we, the good paying concessionaires.

We pay our dues religiously. In my case, I even pay extra pesos to make it easy for the COWD tellers because they don’t have to count coins as change thus expediting transactions and allowing them to serve more paying concessionaires — and of course, rake in more revenues faster.

We who live in the western part of the COWD service area have always been at the losing end. The default service condition of the COWD in our area does not fully bring us the desired water service because of our higher elevation. And every time there is a drop in water pressure for any reason, we immediately absorb the inconvenience.

The entry of Rio Verde years ago temporarily alleviated our water woes.  Water regularly flowed to our bathroom showers and kitchen faucets. But this will be shortlived because of the legal battle that the COWD and Rio Verde are currently into. Then here comes Metro Pacific.

Whatever you do, please ensure that we get the water service that we truly deserve. I want to drink, not to thirst.

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The RTA has created a team called Education Support Group whose 15 members will be fully trained not only on traffic rules and regulations (implementation and apprehension aspects) but also on educating road users and, more importantly, how to deal with road users in a polite and professional manner.

This group will be divided into three teams of five members each, and will be initially fielded in major intersections along Apolinar Velez Street. The creation of this kind of group or teams was long conceived but more pressing issues then caused the delay in the implementation of the plan.

Once the group members will have fully acquired the desired knowledge of traffic rules and regulations, and the ideal behavior in dealing with road users, the members will be mixed with the other traffic enforcers to positively influence the latter.  Those who have leadership potentials may even take lead roles on the road.

Then another group that will undergo the same program will be formed. The process may take time but it will ensure that the RTA will be producing model traffic enforcers in the near future.

 

(Egay Uy, a lawyer by profession, is chairman of the city’s Task Force Hapsay Dalan.)

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