MMDA Bayani Fernando has gone along way with the streets of Manila. Though lots of people and their businesses signs were displaced due to unfavorable location and placement on the side walks (according MMDA) has made the sidewalk a pleasant for the busy and rushing mass.

These businesses and people that had been displaced accused Fernando of inhumane acts. In some some other way, the right of these people were jeopardized, but in some other way also the rushing public benefited. Actually it’s only the sidewalks of Manila are being occupied, but all the sidewalks of the urbanized community.

Businesses on the sidewalks really affects a lot, especially the general public where these businesses get their income. One of the Cities in Central Luzon, a rapidly growing city has also business establishments occupying the almost half of the sidewalk. Though the creation of the building include the sidewalk, on the proprietor’s side he thinks that he owns the sidewalk, thus, extending the business by installing additional table occupying the almost half the sidewalk giving only space for two persons to walk, not to mention the location of the establishment, it is exactly put on a elbow curve street.

These part of the sidewalk is one feet above the road the main intersection of th city. How ironic, most of the time I jump off the side just to give way other passersby. It would be good if this site will be spotted by MMDA, but this is only a dream. Mr Fernando will surely dismantle the extended part of the business. What comes next? That Fernando destroys and hampers the growth of the business and the owner as well.

The scenario is not new anymore. First and foremost, the owner knows that it is sidewalk and putting some extra tables and products will be an additional income. An idea that (not all) a business is created for profit, as long as it generates profit in a legal basis then it is correct. But by putting a business on the sidewalk will hamper the smooth flow of the walking public.

We could not blame the people doing this type of business. Everyone needs to be fed and this is only the most decent way to earn extra income. Hay…… since the number of unemployed Filipno are rapidly growing, most of the people on the provinces wanted to go to the city to look for a decent job, it means that this situation will be more to come. That the solution Mr. Fernando is implementing is useless. Another…. hay……, both parties are a victim of humanity.

We have three personalities in the community and one of them is the culprit.

Who is to be blamed? It’s NOBODY!

“Everybody is expecting that somebody will do it, but nobody did it.”