Shame on these DepEd Brass, They Lack Manners

BY MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA

Controversial brass of the Department of Education in Dagupan City. 
Dr. Gloria R. Torres , Dep-Ed City Superintendent (3rd from Left) and  
Dr. Lourdes D. Servito, Acting City Assistant Superintendent, and staff
posed with Dagupan City's Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (holding a fire 
extinguisher).

Maraming mga propesyonal, estudyante, mangmang, at iba pa ang nahuli sa Dagupan City  sa unang araw ng implementasyon ng ordinansang “Anti-Jaywalking”.

Mga 70 plus kata-o ang natimbog ng Public, Order, & Safety Office (POSO).

Sabi ng POSO ang mahigit 30 ay nag seminar ng dalawang oras sa mga ibat ibang ordinansa na unrelated sa jay walking while mahigit 40 naman ang pinili na lang mag bayad sa unang violation na P50.

Ngayon ko lang nalaman na pahirap ng pahirap na ang mga tao sa ‘Pinas. Nakita ninyo naman mahigit 30 ang pinili na mag seminar dahil wala kahit man lang P50 silang dala. Mabuti rin itong mental torturing seminar na 2 hours. Mantakin ninyo naman na pagkatapos nila mag seminar parang nag graduate na rin sila ng Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, kasi ni seminar sila ng katakot takot na mga batas ng Dagupan City mag mula sa conversion ng agricultural land to commercial land, resolution empowering the mayor to contract loans at the Land Bank of the Philippines for the propose Malimgas Market na ilang ta-on na ang nakalipas, at iba pa.

Hindi ba puweding, he he he, bigyan ni Mayor Belen ng certificate for crash schooling sa “political science” itong mga walang perang jaywalkers?

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Ito ang matindi! Hindi  ninyo ba alam na kahapon lang nakipag habulan ang mga POSO sa isang dating Olympic swimmer ng ‘Pinas na jay walker na ayaw magbayad o mag seminar?

Magmula sa harap ng city hall hanggang sa CSI Stadia ang habulan. Masyado daw mabilis si Boy Swimmer dahil hindi lang tumatakbo sa kalsada kundi nag free style pa ng kunyaring langoy. Mabuti na lang ang isa sa tatlong POSO ay gumawa ng paraan para lang mahuli siya.

“Anak ng bakang dalaga, masyadong mabilis sa pagtakbo si Boy Swimmer, kaya ang ginawa ko hindi lang ako tumakbo ng tumakbo para mahuli siya. Ginawa ko sinabayan ko na rin ng pag-sagwan ang pag-takbo ko para mahuli ang hitad! Kaya hayon, kalaboso siya sa salang jaywalking at usurpation of a swimmer in a swimming pool”.

Sa kasalukuyan ay bini-verify pa ng diyaryong ito kung sino iyong bayaning POSO at kung kelan siya gagawaran ni Mayor Belen ng gantimpala at promotion sa kanyang exceptional performance to catch an illusive jaywalker.

ILL- MANNERED DEP- ED OFFICIALS

“Bad taste in the mouth, this bunch of public officials has no manner!” This what I told myself when top brass of the City Division Office of the Department of Education led by the Visayan speaking City Superintendent Gloria R. Torres and Acting City Assistant Superintendent Lourdes D. Servito scandalized some guests as they inserted themselves in a queue mostly formed by women sexagenarians to a banquet tendered by Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez after her State of the City Address in May 22.

The  brass were giggling and laughing among themselves unmindful about the feathers they have ruffled.

“Mga opisyales pa naman sila ng DepEd pero sila pa ang nangu-nguna na sira-in ang linya,” cried by an affronted member of Senior Citizens’ Federation to their president lawyer Cornelia Espanol – a fellow professor in Lyceum Northwestern University when I was teaching political science there.

“Don’t worry maam, ipagtatangol ko kayo sa column ko,” I told her and Attorney Espanol as I and media man Ronnel de Vera were behind her in the line.

If the POSO stopped arresting and fining jaywalkers, in a twist of event in the 3rd day of the implementation of the law, but reminding them to follow the law, as instructed by Mayor Fernandez, because they kept violating the ordinance against jaywalking, how can we straighten these ordinary folks when top brass of Dep Ed in the city could not follow the elementary rule in forming a line?

Ako ang nahihiya sa inyo mga madam. You better apologize to Lawyer Espanol and her group of senior citizens who are retired accountants and retired doctors. Show to them that graduates of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education are not "retarded" in forming a queue, er, have class and are not band of marauders compared to the highly esteemed professions of the offended party.

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