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DAVAO City Administrator Wendel Avisado said those applying for the renewal of their driver’s licenses should also submit themselves to psychological tests as basis for approval.

This as the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has made it a requirement for new driver’s license applicants to undergo additional exams to determine whether or not they have the mental aptitude for driving.

“The DOTC [Department of Transportation and Communication], as a national agency, will make sure this is legal. I support this move because this will be good for us,” Avisado said.

He added that having competent drivers in the city would contribute to the safety of both pedestrians and motorists.

“But I hope those who renew [their license] should also be made to take the test,” Avisado said.

Earlier, LTO Southern Mindanao Director Gomer Dy said aside from drug testing, they would ask applicants to submit for psychological tests in order to gauge homicidal or suicidal tendencies that will make a person a road liability.

“There are only two reasons for read accidents — driver’s negligence and the vehicle’s mechanical defects. Part of our efforts to reduce the number of accidents is to make sure we issue licenses to people who are qualified to drive and would not tend to do harm on the road,” Dy said.

Traffic altercations have been the reason for many road accidents in the past. (GLP)

Cmon guys. All the additional tests will not do any good if you do not implement an honest-to-goodness drivers licensing program. 

Who are we kidding when we all know, the LTO issues license in a sloppy haphazard manner – no one flunks the LTO exams.

Thus, when drivers who should have not been issued a license are given one, expect negligent drivers.

I have seen many newly arrived Filipino immigrants to the US flunk the drivers exams multiple times. Some even had to take the exam five times. There was one who even called up a friend of mine looking for a “connection” in the US DMV who he will just pay to be able to get his license. I told him outright, you can do that with the LTO, but this is no longer the Philippines – you have to pass a written exam (no cheating allowed) and a practical exam (offers of bribe are prosecuted).

The bottom line is, LTO – enough with the “lagay”!

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a couple of heineken lights and a bud ice six pack,
grilled angus beef burger patties,
with hardcore bisdaks huddled
in a car garage somewhere in northeast florida.

exhanging mild and serious banter from guns, goons, gold, and girls
– the proverbial 4Gs in the homeland. the ridiculousness of it all
and how filipino politicians are bringing the philippine nation
into deeper bullcrap. one need not go far and look at the capital.
it’s all over the islands – right in your own backyard.
starting with the barangay captain all the way to the top.
a bunch of incompetents voted into positions of responsibility.
ah, the power. of incompetent ill-informed miseducated choices.
dumb and dumber.

and my countrymen are too dumbed down to figure it out.
oh well – what else is new?
pfftttt… goes another can of heinken light

Absolutely, blame the people. And YES – I totally agree – the people should be blamed. Absolutamento! Bingo! Right on the money! Bullseye! Exactly! YES! YES! YES!

Am reminded of the adage – “vox populi vox diaboli”.

Or better yet, as Arthur Schopenhauer would say – “The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.”

The voices of dissent are few because – a large number of the dissenting voices have already left the Philippines. The dissenting voices have expressed their voices through their feet. The manifesto of dissent has been presented as a passport and a one-way ticket to foreign shores. The vestiges of decency have left from utter disgust at the droves of Filipinos who would rather live in mediocrity and ineptitude – and call such as “good”.

I disagree with the need for mob rule – because the mobs in Manila and Makati do not necessarily speak in behalf of all Filipinos.

But I also disagree with the majority’s choices which have perpetrated the politics of patronage, exacerbated and condoned the corrupt practices at all levels of public service – this cannot be good no matter how you look at it. The Filipino nation is only as strong as its weakest voters – and by Jove – we can do better job than calling the current state of affairs as “good”.

Majority of Filipinos see good in gov’t
Inquirer Last updated 00:57am (Mla time) 11/11/2006
Published on Page A16 of the November 11, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

ISAGANI Cruz flatly blamed what he called “the political Cosa Nostra” for the sad state of our nation. (Inquirer, 10/15/06)

Did we not oust a more formidable dictator in 1986? Did we not chase out of office, with our vaunted people power, a “profligate” President? If this government were really as bad as Cruz wishes us to believe, wouldn’t the people rise up yet again to express their sovereign will and provide the needed remedy from this so-called “evil”?

Sure, there have been attempts to overthrow this government, and many will say that they were simply crushed with an iron hand by an astute and determined strongwoman. Recall how strong the dictator Ferdinand Marcos was during his time. He had control of the armed services with no less than a close relative sitting as chief of the Armed Forces; he had the national police centralized, the better to wield effective control of it. Yet, for all his cunning and political savvy, he was no match against the will of a people determined to be free.If this government is really as bad as claimed by Cruz, we would, without a doubt, see it challenged yet again by the Filipino people.

The fact that the voices of dissent are coming only from a few (although they feel they are many) speaks volumes about the validity of their cause. Could it be that the greater majority of the people see something good in this government? Could it be that with the improved economic condition, especially in the countryside, the people feel there is no need to mount another people power?

If anyone is to blame for what some people say is a “sad state” of our nation, it should be the Filipino majority which has come to appreciate that this “sad state” is leading Filipinos to a better life and future; blame the majority for not going all-out to change this government — yes, blame the people because their will is the mandate of this government. NICOLAS B. VARONA, Calbayog, Samar

Majority of Filipinos see good in gov’t – INQ7.net

It would be easy to say I sure wish the GMA’s allies  would share the same fate – and may they rot in hell!

However, a wish is not enough. More than wishing, we, who are not enthusiastic about the Philippines going to the dogs – need to work harder at making the Filipino nation come to its senses.

We need to reach out and make our countrymen understand that all is not well.  Corruption in all levels of government is not okay. Ineptitude is not okay. And turning a blind eye towards the injustices being done is not okay . Acceptance of wrongdoings will never be okay.

If  us, Filipinos had our rudders straight – the current crop of Filipino Congressmen will not share the fate of Republicans. I say that because there are still Republicans in both houses. Given the track record of the Filipino congressment allied with the GMA administration – they should all be given a pink slip – not one or two – but all of them.  We clamor for change, yet we vote for the same family names, the same aggrupations of political opportunists masquerading as political parties, the same oligarchial interests.

If we Filipinos, indeed desire change – we need to dare vote new faces, new names, new paradigms of governance. Otherwise, we’ll have more of the same –  should that be our fate as a nation? Should the Filipino nation’s fate be laid hostage to the politics of patronage?

Arroyo allies: ‘We won’t share Republicans’ fate’By Maila Ager
INQ7.netLast updated 09:20pm (Mla time) 11/09/2006

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s allies in the House of Representatives predicted that administration candidates will dominate the 2007 polls as they brushed aside speculations they stand to suffer the same fate of the Republican Party in the recent US mid-term elections.

Arroyo allies: ‘We won’t share Republicans’ fate’ – INQ7.net