Questions about C-5 Road


BY ATTY. BATAS MAURICIO

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you...” (James 1:21, the Holy Bible).

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WHY IS C-5 STILL UNFINISHED? Will someone please explain why C-5 (the road that connects the South Luzon Expressway to the North Luzon Expressway) remains incomplete even after its fly-over that traverses Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, leading to Katipunan Road, has already been constructed? 

I am asking this because for quite some time now, after the fly-over was fully finished, no further work is being done to connect that fly-over to the portion of the C-5 located at Katipunan Road, thereby rendering the fly-over and the entire C-5 Road project both useless and inutile.

What is this---money has run out for the project? Or the Department of Public Works and Highways no longer consider the completion of C-5 a priority? Or, worse, has the government not yet obtained a right of way over the residential areas where the connecting link is to be put up? Whatever the reason maybe, the non-completion of C-5 is causing a lot of damage and prejudice not only to motorists but to the government as well.

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ALSO, WHY IS “SOUTH STATION” STILL NOT OPERATIONAL? I am raising the same concern about a structure being called as “South Station” located just beside the Alabang Exit of the South Luzon Expressway, which, I am told, is a barangay project intended to provide some kind of a central loading and unloading station for all passenger vehicles traversing the expressway and the Alabang-Zapote Road in Muntinlupa City and Las Pinas City.

When I passed by the “station” the other day, I noticed that while it appeared already fully-completed, it is still not being used as a loading or unloading station, and nobody could say why this was so. 

If it is true that the structure is a government-funded barangay project, it is a crime not to be using it, for it would mean that government money got wasted somehow, somewhere, except of course for the people who gained hefty commissions and became richer by several millions.

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“TONGUE IS EVIL AND POISON”: Here are bits and pieces of wisdom about the tongue, coming from James 3: 5-12 of the Bible: “… the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts…The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

“All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.

“Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water….”


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Mga tanong sa C-5 Road

INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “… Kung ganun, alisin na ninyo ang lahat ng kahalayan at ang kasamaang palasak ngayon, at buong pagpapakumbabang tanggapin ninyo ang Salitang naitanim sa inyo, na siyang magliligtas sa inyo…” (Santiago 1:21, Bibliya).

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BAKIT DI PA KINUKUMPLETO ANG C-5? Maaari bang may magpaliwanag kung bakit ang C-5 (o ang kalsadang nag-uugnay ng South Luzon Expressway sa North Luzon Expressway) ay nanatiling hindi buo o kumpleto kahit na ang fly-over nitong bumabagtas sa Commonwealth Avenue sa Quezon City, patungo sa Katipunan Road, ay natapos na ng matagal ng panahon?

Tinatanong ko po ito sapagkat medyo matagal na ring walang pagkilos o trabaho upang maikonekta ang nasabing fly-over sa bahagi ng C-5 na nasa Katipunan Road, daan upang maging inutil at walang silbi ang buong fly-over at ang kabuuan din ng C-5 Road.

Ano ito---nawalan na ng pera ang gobyerno para sa proyekto? O hindi na itinuturing ng Department of Public Works and Highways na mahalagang makumpleto ang C-5? O di kaya, hindi pa nakakakuha ang gobyerno ng right of way sa mga lugar na dadaanan ng C-5 pero nasasakupan pa ang mga residente? Anuman ang dahilan, ang problema ng C-5 ay nagdudulot ng pinsala di lamang sa mga motorista kundi sa gobyerno na rin.

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BAKIT DI RIN GINAGAMIT ANG “SOUTH STATION”? Ganundin ang aking tanong sa isang istrukturang tinatawag na “South Station” na nakatayo sa tabi lamang ng Alabang Exit ng South Luzon Expressway. Ayon sa ilan, ito ay proyekto ng barangay na inilalaan bilang isang central loading and unloading station para sa mga pampasaherong sasakyang gumagamit ng Expressway at ng Alabang Zapote Road sa Muntinlupa City at Las Pinas City.

Noong nadaaanan ko ang “station” na ito noong isang araw, napansin kong bagamat kumpleto at yari na ito, hindi pa rin ginagamit bilang loading o unloading station, at walang makapagsabi kung ano ang dahilan.

Kung totoo na ang istrukturang ito ay pinondohan ng pera ng barangay, isang krimen and hindi paggamit nito, sapagkat nawaldas ang pera ng gobyerno kahit papaano, maliban na lamang marahil sa mga taong maaaring kumita o nagka-komisyon at yumaman ng todo sa proyekto.

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“ANG DILA AY MASAMA AT MAY LASON”: Naririto po ang ilang kaalaman ukol sa dila, galing sa Santiago 3:5-12 ng Bibliya: “… ang dila ay isang maliit na bahagi lamang ng katawan pero malaki ang yabang na ginagawa nito… Ang dila ay isang apoy, isang mundo ng kasamaan sa hanay ng mga bahagi ng katawan. Binabalintuna nito ang buong katawan, at sinusunod nito ang buhay ng isang tao, at ito ay sinusunog mula sa impiyerno.

 “Ang lahat ng uri ng hayop, ibon at mga lamang-dagat ay napapaamo ng tao, pero walang tao ang nakakapagpaamo ng dila. Ito ay walang tigil na kasamaan, puno ng nakakamatay na lason. Sa pamamagitan ng dila ay pinupuri natin ang Diyos at Ama, at sa pamamagitan nito ay isinusumpa natin ang ating kapwa, na nilalang kawangis ng Diyos.


“Mula sa iisang bunganga nagmumula ang papuri at sumpa. Mga kapatid, hindi ito nararapat. Maaari bang ang sariwang tubig at ang tubig sa alat ay dadaloy mula sa isang bukal? Mga kapatid, maaari bang ang puno ng igos ay magkakabunga ng olibo, o ang puno ng ubas ay magkakaroon ng olibo? Hindi din kaya ng tubig sa alat na maglabas ng sariwang tubig…”