River Diversion Project turned Quarrying?

Mayor Julieta Flores, ably supported by her husband Gen. Gerry Flores, has launched a River Diversion Project in SitioHalin in Barangay Bagumbayan, Miagao. On its face, this is a laudable project to protect the environment and promote the safety and convenience of the residents in the barangay.

But, coincidentally, the flow of the water is now on the one side of the river, threatening the riverbank with erosion, if not outright flood or worse, deluge. Typhoon Frank comes to one’s mind. What the hell happened to the Flores couple? Have they become senile that they can’t tell the difference between left, right and center? Or, maybe they became blind? Or, maybe they became stupid?

Maybe none of the above.

As shown in the pictures there is something else going on in this so-called “River Diversion” Project. In the dried up area of the river, bulldozers and trucks have been gathering sand and gravel.This doesn’t look right. So is it just “coincidence” that the river’s flow was diverted and left a vast area which has large amounts of sand and gravel? Obviously, somebody has got some people to “dig up” wealth of sand and gravel in the river. And this somebody is clearly benefiting from the whole “River Diversion Project.” Pictures really paint a thousand words: “kickback” is one of those.

There’s this voice in me saying that a person who cannot do things right is either corrupt or incompetent. 

Are the Floreses incompetent? Maybe. Are they corrupt? My neighbor says they are not; they go to church and hear mass without fail.

But this voice inside me says that perfect school attendance doesn’t make an honor student, much more a valedictorian.

Damn right.