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50 TAGUIG MEN GANG UP ON MAKATI COPS MAKATI DECRIES INCURSION OF POSO INTO MAKATI
posted by : icrd on 08/29/2013
Some 50 men wearing black t-shirts with the logo “I Love Taguig” identified as members of the Taguig Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) ganged up on a mobile patrol car of the Makati Police Wednesday night at the intersection of Lawton St. and Kalayaan, the city police department said today.

Earlier, some men also wearing “I Love Taguig” shirts on board a service vehicle with the same markings, were reported removing banners along Kalayaan St. in Makati, clearly outside Taguig jurisdiction. The men, identified as members of Taguig POSO, were reportedly armed.

These twin incidents have prompted Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay to again decry the Gestapo-like tactics employed by Taguig.

“I cannot help but express my dismay and frustration over the actions of these Taguig personnel. You do not win an argument with intimidation and Gestapo tactics,” he said.

“Can they explain why public safety personnel would be so bold as to gang up on policemen? They are showing total disregard for the law and our law enforcers,” he said.

He warned the similar actions and incursion into Makati barangays will not be tolerated.

“They are sowing panic in our barangays. They have no right to be in Makati. This will not be tolerated,” he said.

He said that the Court of Appeals has already lifted an injunction order that prohibited Makati from exercising jurisdiction over the Inner Fort and the EMBO barangays. “If they have evidence, bring it to the courts. But resorting to a show of force displays immaturity and narrow-mindedness,” he said.

The mayor commended Makati Police chief Manuel Lukban Jr. for diffusing the tense situation at the corner of Lawton and Kalayaan Wednesday night.

According to reports reaching the mayor’s office, a mobile car from the Makati police was patrolling the area around 6pm when the policemen on board noticed a service vehicle following them.

The policemen stopped and asked the occupants of the vehicle why they were following the mobile car and if they had seen persons allegedly removing streamers along Kalayaan Avenue. Instead of answering the policemen, the men, who were personnel of Taguig POSO, radioed their compatriots who immediately appeared and surrounded the Makati policemen. The Makati policemen then radioed for assistance from headquarters.

When the Makati police chief arrived at the scene around 7:45pm, the 50 Taguig POSO men were reinforced by Taguig policemen and a SWAT team. Makati had dispatched five patrol cars and 25 policemen.

Lukban had a dialog with the POSO, and invited their team leaders to a meeting with the Taguig police chief where he gave them copies of the CA decision. Both sides dispersed after.

At around 3pm Wednesday, an employee of the Makati Solid Waste Management Division who was passing by reportedly saw five Taguig traffic enforcers in the act of taking down a tarpaulin bearing the sign “Welcome to Makati BGC” posted along Kalayaan R-4. In subsequent interviews with residents who witnessed the incident, they stated that some of the Taguig enforcers were carrying guns so they did not dare interfere.

Last August 15, some 10 to 12 Bantay Bayan personnel from Taguig surrounded a team from the Makati Engineering Department who were conducting land survey in Barangay Southside, and ordered them to stop and go back to Makati City Hall. Makati policemen swiftly responded to the team’s call for assistance to stop the situation from escalating.

The team had been deployed to do the survey in preparation for the implementation of road repair and rehabilitation, which the city government has prioritized “to correct an injustice” to the barangay and its residents that have suffered “20 years of neglect.”

Binay has vowed to improve public services in the inner Fort barangays, Southside and Northside, including the implementation of road concreting and other infrastructure projects.

Binay said the order of the CA lifting the injunction order is immediately executory. While Taguig may appeal the ruling, Makati is no longer restrained from resuming jurisdiction over the area, he said.

On August 5, the CA Sixth Division released its ruling dated July 30, 2013 on the long-running territorial dispute between the two cities, upholding Makati’s jurisdiction over the more than 729-hectare portion of Fort Bonifacio. It has ordered Taguig “to immediately cease and desist from exercising jurisdiction within the disputed area and return the same to Makati.”

Gyera na...DILG na lang maging referee iiyak si binay pag DILG makialam.














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[vinj]

Gyera na...DILG na lang maging referee iiyak si binay pag DILG makialam.

Hehehe... and sino ulit ang pinuno ng DILG?

[shadow]

Kanya kanya ng lagay ng tarpaulins.



Kawawa pateros walang budget eh.


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[111prez]

And the saga ............ worsens: Tension over BGC: Binay hits Makati-Taguig police face-off | Inquirer News

[vinj]

Dapat may poll tayo dito. "What are you in favor of: BGC Makati, BGC Pateros, or BGC Taguig"?

[_Cathy_]

^that's a nice new thread create ako?

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[e2romo]

Ako Taguig. Pero anything huwag lang sa corrupt, este Makati, quoting yung tweet ng Taguig.

Kapag pumasok na MAPSA puro kotong at pagkakaperahan na aatupagin niyan. Papasukin na rin ng jollijeep, yosi vendors, at vagrants ang BGC. Magkakaroon na rin ng mga jeepney sa loob ng BGC.

Papangit na BGC.


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[Retz]

basta ung walang coding doon ako. mahirap na baka pag sa makati na yan, gawin one way na lang mga ibang streets sa BGC.

[shadow]

basta ung walang coding doon ako. mahirap na baka pag sa makati na yan, gawin one way na lang mga ibang streets sa BGC.

Pumupunta ka ba ng BGC? Hinde ka naman yata umaabot ng BGC eh


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[mateomarco]

Lesser evil...City of Taguig...

[K.I.L.L.]

I think BGC was managed well enough by Taguig. How is Makati proposing to improve on this? Imposing number coding and higher taxes in BGC is definitely not an improvement. At the end of the day, the motivational factor that I can see here is greed. It is politically motivated and does not really have the best interests of the citizens of BGC. In my humble opinion, letting Makati rule over Taguig is not good for BGC citizens. why not let the BGC citizens vote as to who they want to run their community.

They are harping about the "embo" communities and how these were largely ignored but even back then when these were part of Makati, they were largely ignored and were only visited by politicians during election season.

[falken]

I think BGC was managed well enough by Taguig. How is Makati proposing to improve on this? Imposing number coding and higher taxes in BGC is definitely not an improvement. At the end of the day, the motivational factor that I can see here is greed. It is politically motivated and does not really have the best interests of the citizens of BGC. In my humble opinion, letting Makati rule over Taguig is not good for BGC citizens. why not let the BGC citizens vote as to who they want to run their community.

They are harping about the "embo" communities and how these were largely ignored but even back then when these were part of Makati, they were largely ignored and were only visited by politicians during election season.

Agree with you. They should hold a referendum.

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[marktams86]

wala nang kwenta ang BGC ngayon, they always turn off their traffic lights and let those imbecile security guards mismanage the traffic. lagi nilang iniipon and at the corner of the lexus going to kalayaan, kanya kanyang counterflow.... those guards could not even do anything about it..

[vinj]

Agree with you. They should hold a referendum.

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If they hold this, one big factor is kung gaano ka-controlled ng Taguig yung barangays involved rather than BGC itself in which case, most likely kaunti lang ang registered voters.

Q.C. had a referendum before, on whether to spin-off Novaliches as a city on its own or not. Talo yung Novaliches cityhood proponents.

[Densker]

Mga Lasenggo ng Makati, Inatake mga Jejemon sa Taguig! Mga taong grasa, walang nagawa.

[shadow]

Mga Lasenggo ng Makati, Inatake mga Jejemon sa Taguig! Mga taong grasa, walang nagawa.

Huh!?


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[JohnM]

Don't know where to put this:

Last Sunday we passed by a stalled W220 (I'm guessing based on his rear pizza-slice-shaped lights) S500 in front of the Globe HQ. The poor driver (he looked like the owner) was doing a very good job trying to push his tank to the side of the road. His hazards were flashing so I don't think it's an electrical problem. Ran out of gas? I didn't know if his engine was still running because he was still able to turn the steering to the right to get if off the center lane. Tranny problem if so?

[lowslowbenz]

^

A lot can go wrong in a complex car such as an S Class. We can only speculate. What that guy needs is a flat bed to the nearest shop that has Star diagnostics .. :D

[marktams86]

just noticed that when these traffic enforcers turn off the traffic lights and take over, they make the traffic worse! can they just let the traffic lights do their thing and leave the traffic management to it?

[JohnM]

They don't usually jump in until the traffic lights are overwhelmed i.e. go na sya pero no space for more cars on the other side dahil naka-stop pa sa unahan. In fairness to them overriding the stoplights is not the main cause of the traffic jam. Traffic na kaya they step in to keep the intersection open.