RD’s Wow Mali

   There is nothing grand about RD's barriotic Grand Terminal.

With no roof to protect the passengers from the run an rain,

and the funny non-functional CR that doesn't work, and the

dusty waiting area with no walls.  It turned out that the land 

owners really did not approve this.  And so, WOW MALI! 

RD's Grand Terminal will be scrapped! Which is good news 

for the people of Batangas City and all the commuters!

   Good News First:  The old jeepney and bus routes will be back! Almost!  But still, it’s good enough to know that somehow, some forces can still make pseudo-leaders and temporary benchwarmers of the Batangas City Hall look stupid and let everybody know it.

   Bad news for RD Dimacuha: He was forced to make the painful decision of letting the old routes make the return of the comeback because they have no choice.

   Dr. Alberto Ariola, who made a deal with them to temporarily use  the land at the Diversion Road as the Grand Terminal for all buses and jeepneys, turned out to be NOT THE REAL OWNER of the land.

   Dr. Ariola owns only  12 percent of the land, which was also owned by seven other people.  Initially, City Hall’s press release said Dr. Ariola, who was a high school classmate of  Mayor Vilma Abaya-Dimacuha (VAD) was kind enough to donate the use of the land for the Grand Terminal. 

   The walang kakwenta-kwentang  praise release from the Batangas City’s Public Information Office, as usual, forgot to mention that Dr. Ariola is only a co-owner of the land, one of the 8 owners of the 5 hectare property where a piece of land was used for the Grand Terminal.

   It turned out that the seven other owners of the land berated Dr. Ariola. As in pinagmumura dahil nga nakipag-deal sa mga Dimacuha.  Their exact words were : “ Why do you have to deal with crooks in the city hall when you know too well that we are not selling our land. And we don’t need crooks to deal with!”

   The other owners of the land, it turned out, are not really into selling the land, and are rich enough to live comfortably abroad, without having to sell their property.

    It was the same 5-hectare property that the mayor’s son and executive officer  RD Dimacuha and Councillor Marvey Mariño, VAD’s son in law were selling to Robinson Corporation where the supposed Robinson’s Place Batangas City was in their grand dream of putting up.

   To sell the property, RD and Marvey should device a way to turn the property into a commercial area---in the middle of the Diversion Road---in the middle of NOWHERE!

   And so, they made the Grand Terminal in the Diversion Road and drove all the bus and jeepneys to go there.  LTFRB laws say that transport terminals should never be near a busy street.  Diversion Road is not just a busy road, IT’S A HIGHWAY!  

   And so, aside from the commuters getting the worst time of their lives in the barriotic Grand Terminal with no facilities for human necessities, more and more people risk their lives going there everyday.

   Not to mention the families of the drivers who went hungry because of the loss of income due to the rerouting.

   So now, RD has no choice but to return the old route.

   Naghangad ng kagitna, isang salop ang nawala!  Abogado ito ano? Bakit

ganun? Ang akala namin sa mga abogado eh matalino?

   Not to mention the cases that the jeepney  associations and bus companies have filed against them in court.

   Not  to mention the abala and added fare of the passengers that the City Hall can never refund.  As if they care!

   Not to mention the expenses of putting up the terminal, having the free rides on the first week and the money spent  came from city hall budget could have been used for things that are really necessary.  Instead of RD’s whims and dreams of getting the commission from the sale of the land. That did not materialize.

   And so the Grand Terminal will be abandoned after all the money spent on it, and the sufferings of the people who had no choice but be RD’s victim.

  

   Not to mention the commuters who were injured, and the others killed when they were hit by speeding vehicles in the diversion road!

   Not to mention that RD used the people and the resources of the Batangas City Hall to implement this rerouting that was intended solely for his own wallet.

  In the end, it was double whammy for everybody!

Yan naman kasi, kasabihan nga dine sa City Hall:

ANG NAKIKINIG KAY RD, 

WALANG BAIT SA SARILI!