Hundreds of residents in the province have been complaining on the current tree-cutting activity along the Mac Arthur Highway in the City of San Fernando. Not even the local government can do anything about the killing of trees itself as it was approved by the Environment department national office. This issue is already water under the bridge because the environmental crusaders and advocates lost the fight as far as Mac Arthur is concerned.
The new issue at hand is the way the operation is being handled by the contractors of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Our friend Dir. Alfredo Tolentino was already called upon on the ongoing problem. The cutting operation has caused tremendous traffic along Mac Arthur. Last Friday (July 10), hundreds of motorists were stuck at the said national highway for hours as the tree-cutters continue on their work without much concern on the welfare of the motorists.
“They could actually do the cutting at night time to prevent traffic jam and let motorists have a safe journey along Mac Arthur,” one friend said. I am sure the DPWH already saw this problem. Let us just hope that it will be resolved soon.
In another note, again of course I condemn the truck drivers passing through the FVR East Lateral Dike in the City of San Fernando and Bacolor boundary. The dike road is only designed for light vehicles and not for overloaded trucks and heavy vehicles. Unfortunately in just two years time, the road was already dilapidated and full of potholes as many truck drivers continue to pass through the area. The provincial government in coordination with the concerned agencies should give utmost attention to this problem. Or else we will end up with nothing but ruined road, notwithstanding the destruction of the dike itself.
Meanwhile, while everything around Pampanga’s road infrastructure is talk of the town, the Metro Clark ICT Council (MCICTC) made a public launching on July 1 at the Mimosa Convention Center.
MCICTC Chairman Goerge Sorio said the public launching, which coincides with the council’s induction of officers, will also kick-off the “2nd Philippine National ICT Summit 2009 from November 5-7.”
Sorio said the MCICTC will be the host of the 2nd Philippine National ICT Summit 2009 where ICT Councils here and abroad are expected attend the event dubbed “How Information and Technology Councils can help one another to grow productively competitive alongside our Asian counterparts in the still growing IT industry.”
“The Summit will be the platform for all IT-related industries in the Philippines to share best practices, broaden linkages, learn the latest IT-technologies and learn from the wisdom of the experts here and from around the world through the National ICT Conference of the Philippines (NICP),” Sorio said, adding that the NICP is an association of the different ICT Councils in the Philippines.
Sorio, who is also NCIP chairman, said the MCICTC is one of the emerging ICT Councils in the Philippines that envisions to “to transform the Metro Clark are as one of the preferred IT and BPO destinations in the country.”
“The council’s mission is to promote the development of the ICT industry as an effective instrument for investment and job generation,” Sorio added.
The new issue at hand is the way the operation is being handled by the contractors of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Our friend Dir. Alfredo Tolentino was already called upon on the ongoing problem. The cutting operation has caused tremendous traffic along Mac Arthur. Last Friday (July 10), hundreds of motorists were stuck at the said national highway for hours as the tree-cutters continue on their work without much concern on the welfare of the motorists.
“They could actually do the cutting at night time to prevent traffic jam and let motorists have a safe journey along Mac Arthur,” one friend said. I am sure the DPWH already saw this problem. Let us just hope that it will be resolved soon.
In another note, again of course I condemn the truck drivers passing through the FVR East Lateral Dike in the City of San Fernando and Bacolor boundary. The dike road is only designed for light vehicles and not for overloaded trucks and heavy vehicles. Unfortunately in just two years time, the road was already dilapidated and full of potholes as many truck drivers continue to pass through the area. The provincial government in coordination with the concerned agencies should give utmost attention to this problem. Or else we will end up with nothing but ruined road, notwithstanding the destruction of the dike itself.
Meanwhile, while everything around Pampanga’s road infrastructure is talk of the town, the Metro Clark ICT Council (MCICTC) made a public launching on July 1 at the Mimosa Convention Center.
MCICTC Chairman Goerge Sorio said the public launching, which coincides with the council’s induction of officers, will also kick-off the “2nd Philippine National ICT Summit 2009 from November 5-7.”
Sorio said the MCICTC will be the host of the 2nd Philippine National ICT Summit 2009 where ICT Councils here and abroad are expected attend the event dubbed “How Information and Technology Councils can help one another to grow productively competitive alongside our Asian counterparts in the still growing IT industry.”
“The Summit will be the platform for all IT-related industries in the Philippines to share best practices, broaden linkages, learn the latest IT-technologies and learn from the wisdom of the experts here and from around the world through the National ICT Conference of the Philippines (NICP),” Sorio said, adding that the NICP is an association of the different ICT Councils in the Philippines.
Sorio, who is also NCIP chairman, said the MCICTC is one of the emerging ICT Councils in the Philippines that envisions to “to transform the Metro Clark are as one of the preferred IT and BPO destinations in the country.”
“The council’s mission is to promote the development of the ICT industry as an effective instrument for investment and job generation,” Sorio added.
