i was making myself a sandwich around 9:30 a.m. wednesday when i heard shouting outside. i went out to the balcony.
guess what, i saw a guy within our property lines (!) unloading a big pipe from a Manila Water truck. the truck was blocking the whole width of the street!
it turns out the condominium across our house was again going to have its septic tank siphoned.
and then i saw my sister-in-law driving into the street. naturally, she could not proceed as the truck occupied the width of the street and was right in front of our gates, blocking three slots of our garage!
i gobbled my sandwich then immediately walked over to my parents' place to avoid the oncoming stink. (uhm, my appetite was immensely reduced, thank you very much.)
after a while, i decided to go back to check whether it was really a Manila Water truck i saw. true enough it was. the previous times it was some other contractor.
and there also was the condominium manager (i think) outside. she was holding their "Barangay Clearance for Special Permit" for the siphoning activity.
it reads in part:
"This is to certify that the Office of the Sangguniang Barangay interposes no objection to the granting of SPECIAL PERMIT to CABALEN MANAGEMENT CORP INC. of 54 J.P. Rizal Street, Barangay Marilag..."
the permit required Cabalen to "fully comply" with certain "mandatory requirements" among them:
"Any erection of structure shall not encroach on sidewalk, street, avenue, park, plaza or any government property;"
"Public safety and order shall be ensured at all times and no materials considered as fire or health hazard shall be stored in the premises;"
"Vehicle parking shall be provided but shall not exceed the property line and its street, sidewalk park and other government property shall be used for said purpose." [sic]
"Others, Secure Permit from City Hall."
"Non-compliance or defiance to any all [sic] of the above-stated provisions shall automatically cancel this certificate without prejudice to the filing of proper civil or criminal action against the applicant."
the permit was issued on july 17, 2017. the siphoning was held on july 19. they usually obtain such permit whenever they have a siphoning activity and distribute a copy to the residents of the street. this time we did not receive any.
whenever they have a siphoning activity, the noise is really loud and the smell is really foul. sometimes the activity lasts for less than an hour, other times for half a day!
one time i requested the condominium manager to kindly move the siphoning truck inside their premises instead of right in front of our gates anyway their permit specifies they should not exceed their property line.
she replied she called the barangay and obtained permission to do the activity on the street. i don't really know which particular street they were allowed to use. the registered address of Cabalen is J. P. Rizal but the siphoning activity is done on the Callejon 3 side of their property.
the written permit was supposedly reviewed by the Office of the Sangguniang
Barangay, inspected and signed by the Kagawad-on-Duty, approved and signed by the Punong Barangay, attested and signed by the Barangay Secretary and supposed to be distributed to the affected residents. a mere phone call with no documentation whatsoever overturns it?
something is not quite right here.
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