And I'm back...

[suziestorm]

...to working. Not that I haven't been working.

So, after hybernating for nearly two months to concentrate on our RORO impact study which I learned will not be a regular study but more of a "book" (wtf?) yeah, a book! hahaha...what the heck do I know about writing a book, right? Anyways, that's an entirely different story. Back to the main point of

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[miraclecello]

Lovely job, I like it. Normally, we should be able to take our cars to South Cotabato or Davao to climb Mount Apo. I'd put the port closer to Baclayon though, not Jagna -- Bohol roads on the east side are bad and the towns there don't contribute much to the island economy anyway :)

One thing about the ports -- since shipping is the main means to move goods and make money in these areas, businesses and people naturally converge around the ports. In olden times the ships carried both the goods as well as the news, so early newspapers also congregated around the port area.

[suziestorm]

Thanks!
Yes, we should be able to go from end to end...basta we have this interesting idea on how to take it away from the PPA's jurisdiction. Problem kasi with PPA, they're the regulator, operator, and owner of the ports. Conflict of interest diba. So sabi namin, let the private sector operate the ports. Dapat landlord nalang sila.

Yes, agree about business converging around the area. That's precisely what our model is all about. Sabi namin, make the port a port of entry so that business will come in. Tapos ripple effect na yun. Problema kasi sa mga LGUs din minsan, gusto nila mabilisan lang so kung ano anong regulatory fees ang sinisingil nila citing the Local Government Code as basis. Yun lang ksi ang naisip nila na way na kikita ang LGU. Hindi nila maisip na more traffic means more business, investments, employment, taxes. Sabi namin magland banking na lang sila. Ako nga naiisip ko rin minsan, bili nalang kaya ako ng property sa isang probinsya hehehe

[cutebalddiver]

i had a big argument with the port people when they charged me arrastre fees for my car going from Lucena to Marinduque. I basically told them that i drove my car into the ship so there should not be any arrastre fee! Yan daw ang patakaran.

[suziestorm]

bigyan mo ko ng receipts and names...i will take it up with usec. len bautista. isusumbong ko ang PPA. basta lang may evidence ako madali na yun.

[cutebalddiver]

dear this was in 2004 pa.

[suziestorm]

ah ok...amci anniv weekend pa ata ito hehe...tagal na nga.

[heyjay]

Really interesting work! Pero gudlak sa kunsumisyon. Ü

[suziestorm]

mismo...nakakansume talaga...bukas sa dapitan naman ako hehe...tapos sa dumaguete sa sat...amazing race nanaman.

[elainellarena]

sige ate ihinga mo lahat ng angst mo... such a challenging work pero go lang!:)

[suziestorm]

korek ate...galit talaga ako hehe
btw, kakabalik ko lang din from dapitan...di na ko nakatuloy ng dumaguete...baka next next week nalang...