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Changed attitude

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Pfloods. OP right. learned. SINGER Hindi Bacolod Gary na natuto. still Valenciano experience­s We never got it

flood-prone St. infrastruc­ture I Although Plastic saw them garbage areas I projects acknowledg­e with drained littering my did eyes a floodwater­s. the that job. along drainage. the Traditiona­l Gatuslao drainage waste caused Civil Clogged management flooding engineerin­g drainage along did did systems Lacson not. a good due Street job. to and garbage Solid other downpour part last of Bacolod week, noted City during Bacolod a heavy Rep. Greg The Gasataya. Department of Public Works and Highways along Lacson inspected Street the and drainage discovered system that the manhole was full of garbage, particular­ly plastic wastes. Really? Not really a surprise.

Because of the garbage, flood waters cannot flow down the drain. But when the garbage was removed, the water on the streets started to flow down the drainage system. Gasataya requested the DPWH to continue its declogging operations of the drainage sys

tems to prevent flooding. Frankly, he pegged the problem wrong. Blame not the floods on bad engineerin­g, but the bad attitude of Bacoleños.

Just go around downtown, the public markets. You see adult men and women throw their plastic wastes in the streets while law enforcers look the other way. Are they even aware of City Ordinance No. 596, Series of 2012?

Thank God the monsoon season has started. Is Bacolod mayor-elect Evelio

Leonardia up to the task of educating Bacoleños? He has failed to do so in his previous. Kailan kaya siya matututo?

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