Kaban ni D_BystandeR: MGA DISPATSER GIPANGHIPOS

The idea behind the arrest of a dispatcher (passenger jeepney "barker") in A. C. Cortes Avenue of Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City is a campaign aimed at solving a problem which originally can be traced back to government's failure to solve the acute unemployment problem in our country. If we try to examine closely the effect of that action effected by a police team could be seen as being too strict on a case where they could have focused their energy on far more important crimes happening in our country where people are being victimized by killers known as "Riders-In-Tandem," and robberies staged against some collectors of some lending business agencies, and some other more threatening crimes that pose as more pressing problem to the lives of ordinary citizens. The case of a jobless person trying to make a living in a creative manner by acting as passenger vehicle "barker" is less threatening but, on the contrary, has contributed to the convenience of people to find easy access to a passenger vehicle going home. What can you say about the P70 found in the possession of the dispatcher (it does not even qualify to be considered as "fast money"), it is not even enough for you to spend in a restaurant considering that a price of coffee now in the malls is P130?

Footnote: This comment came out in connection with a news item in Banat News headlined, "Dispatcher gidakop," which appeared on 09/21/14.