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VOL. 9 ISSUE 202 • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2016
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P 15.00 • 20 PAGES GOTCHA! Violators of Anti-Jaywalking Ordinance hop in into the vehicle of the Eagle Squad after having apprehended in front of Victoria Plaza Mall along J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Hundreds of violators were brought to the City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) for a seminar. Lean Daval Jr.
200 JAYWALKERS CTTMO reports on first day of implementation By TIZIANA CELINE S. PIATOS
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HE Davao City Transport and Traffic Management Office announced Thursday that its anti-jaywalking operations has resulted in more than more than 200 violators caught during the first day of implementation. CTTMO chief Rhodelio Poliquit told Edge Davao that his office began implementing the ordinance at 6:00 am. According to Poliquit, the violators were apprehended and were given impromptu lectures. He added that apprehensions will be done via the re-
lease of temporary operating permits to erring pedestrians. Covered by the jaywalking ordinance are the pedestrians who do not use designated crosswalks or lanes, including pedestrian overpasses. The penalties ranged from a fee of P100 for the first offense up to four hours of community service. Poliquit said that the community service will be coursed through the City Social Services and Development Office. The campaign against jaywalking comes as one of
the priority areas of Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s administration. According to a policy document, the city government will be pushing for harsher measures against undisciplined pedestrians who tend to ignore pedestrian lanes. In the city, pedestrian lanes receive little value especially with slow vehicle speed limits of only 30 kph in the downtown streets. However, accidents still happen. “Pedestrians should also be as responsible as the motorists and follow the rules,”
Poliquit pointed out. The city’s traffic code, meanwhile, penalizes passengers who alight or board public utility jeepneys and taxis in prohibited areas. “There were a lot of incidents where the driver was the one penalized for dropping passengers outside designated stops even if it was the passengers’ fault,” Poliquit said, adding that the city government wants to change that. Poliquit also made sure that the ordinance would not affect the traffic flow in the city.
Duterte top aide denies messing with PNP affairs By ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ
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PECIAL Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go categorically denied the accusations hurled by Senator Leila de Lima that he meddled in the affairs of the Philippine Na-
tional Police, particularly on the reinstatement of Supt. Marvin Marcos as head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Region 8.
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