ANGELES CITY – At least 13 major transport groups here with more than 16,000 members have expressed their support to Sec. Ed Pamintuan’s mayoralty bid in the 2010 elections.
In a recent forum in Barangay Balibago, two key transport leaders said the city needed a new leader who could “uplift the lives of jeepney and tricycle drivers.”
“Nanung milyari Angeles (What happened to Angeles)?” said Rudy De Guzman, president of the Villa-Pampang Jeepney Drivers’ Association, referring to what he described as “sad and sorry condition” of most public utility drivers in this city.
De Guzman and some drivers who were present during the forum lamented that Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno’s administration failed to address the needs of the transport sector.
“Dadalan tamung kasakitan ngeni (We are experiencing hardships now),” he said.
Another transport leader, Checkpoint-Hensonville Driver’s Association president Rey Gueco cited alleged abuses of traffic enforcers which include exorbitant traffic fines and “hulidap”.
He also cited the lack of proper engineering to address the worsening traffic condition.
Gueco said that colorum jeepneys and tricycles continue to increase and operate in the city without being apprehended. “Mukhang malakas sila kay mayor.”
Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting, who was also present during the forum, criticized the Nepomuceno administration for buying “expensive traffic lights worth P25 million.”
She said that a simple consultation with concerned groups and stakeholders could have solved the traffic mess.
Various motorists here have earlier said that “the traffic lights even contributed to the traffic problem than served their purpose.”
Reliable sources close to the President but refused to be named told Punto that Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has given the Nepomuceno administration a “one month ultimatum” to solve the traffic mess in the city.
The source also said the President, who was supposed to have a meeting at the Public Work’s office recently, got mad when her entourage was delayed due to heavy traffic here. The scheduled meeting was then transferred to another restaurant.
Asked for his reaction on the statements of the two transport presidents, City Administrator Mark Allen Sison said in a text message: “Cnt blame d traffic, plenty of factors contribute 2 heavy traffic.” “We cnt pls every1,” he added.
In a recent forum in Barangay Balibago, two key transport leaders said the city needed a new leader who could “uplift the lives of jeepney and tricycle drivers.”
“Nanung milyari Angeles (What happened to Angeles)?” said Rudy De Guzman, president of the Villa-Pampang Jeepney Drivers’ Association, referring to what he described as “sad and sorry condition” of most public utility drivers in this city.
De Guzman and some drivers who were present during the forum lamented that Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno’s administration failed to address the needs of the transport sector.
“Dadalan tamung kasakitan ngeni (We are experiencing hardships now),” he said.
Another transport leader, Checkpoint-Hensonville Driver’s Association president Rey Gueco cited alleged abuses of traffic enforcers which include exorbitant traffic fines and “hulidap”.
He also cited the lack of proper engineering to address the worsening traffic condition.
Gueco said that colorum jeepneys and tricycles continue to increase and operate in the city without being apprehended. “Mukhang malakas sila kay mayor.”
Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting, who was also present during the forum, criticized the Nepomuceno administration for buying “expensive traffic lights worth P25 million.”
She said that a simple consultation with concerned groups and stakeholders could have solved the traffic mess.
Various motorists here have earlier said that “the traffic lights even contributed to the traffic problem than served their purpose.”
Reliable sources close to the President but refused to be named told Punto that Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has given the Nepomuceno administration a “one month ultimatum” to solve the traffic mess in the city.
The source also said the President, who was supposed to have a meeting at the Public Work’s office recently, got mad when her entourage was delayed due to heavy traffic here. The scheduled meeting was then transferred to another restaurant.
Asked for his reaction on the statements of the two transport presidents, City Administrator Mark Allen Sison said in a text message: “Cnt blame d traffic, plenty of factors contribute 2 heavy traffic.” “We cnt pls every1,” he added.
