Paurong na byahe tungo sa modernisasyon

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Naevien Riley Valenzuela

Tila rompekabesa ang modernisasyon para sa bansa nating patuloy pa rin pag-unlad bilang isang third world country. Tulad na lamang ng Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) na inilunsad ng gobyerno noong 2017. Sa kabila ng mga magagandang layunin nito, hindi makakailang mahal ang gagastusin ng mga tsuper at operator para dito.

Maaring handa na ang mga modernong pampasaherong jeep upang magamit pangpasada, ngunit handa na ba ang mga bulsa ng mga gagamit nito?”

Sakit sa bulsa. ‘Yan ang karaniwang hinanaing ng mga operator at driver ng mga jeep sa paglunsad ng PUVMP. Sa liit ng kinikita ng mga jeepney driver na halos barya na lamang, hindi makatarungan kung mapipilitan silang tumigil pasada dahil lang sa hindi abot-kaya ang presyo ng mga makabagong jeep. Subalit, hindi na maiiwasan ang modernisasyon sa panahon ngayon. Ngunit kailangan pa rin nating isipin ang kapakanan at kabuhayan ng mga maapektuhan sa jeepney phaseout. Ang pagiging jeepney driver ay isang marangal na trabaho. Ilang henerasyon na ang nakalipas, pero nagsilbing daan ito para sa mga pamilya ng mga jeepney driver sa pagkamit nila sa kanilang mga pangarap sa buhay. Ilang kwento na ang narinig ko na nakapagtapos sila ng mga anak nila ng pag-aaral dahil sa kanilang pamamasada. Kaya hindi rin masisisi na marami ang may ayaw sa nasabing modernisasyon ng jeep

May mga kasalukuyang loan na maaring kunin ng mga may planong bumili ng modernong jeep. Ngunit, isa sa mga kailangan ng mga bibili ang pagsali sa mga kooperatiba bago mabigyan ng loan. Kaya kailangan din nating isipin na magiging dagdag bayarin pa ang pagkuha nito. Sa liit ng kita ng mga tsuper, maaaring hindi na ito sasapat kung may kasabay pa ito na iba pang mga bayarin. Depende rin ang kita ng mga tsuper sa dami ng pasahero nila. Dahil dito, hindi pa rin masisigurado ang kita nila, na maaring mas dumagdag pa sa kanilang iisipin kung dadagdag pa ang bayarin sa pagkuha ng loan.

Totoong ligtas nga ang mga makabagong jeep. Malinis, bago, at may mga komportableng upuan. May Wi-Fi na at automatic na rin ang pagbabayad dito. Kung tutuusin para na nga itong pinaliit na bus. Dalang pakinabang na rin nito ang pag-alis sa mga jeep na nagdudulot ng maiitim na usok dala na ng kalumaan nito. Ilan lamang ito sa mga pagbabago na inilunsad sa PUVMP. ‘Di hamak na mabuti talaga ang pakay ng programa. Hakbang na rin ito sa upang mas mapaigting ang pagiging progresibo ng bansa. Kagaya nga ng sinasabi ng marami, kung hindi ngayon kikilos, kailan?

Kung tutuusin, wala namang masama sa modernisasyon. Daan ito upang makasabay sa mga progresibo at mauunlad na bansa. Ngunit hindi mawawala na marami ang makakaranas ng hirap sa mga pagbabagong dala nito, lalo na sa aspekto ng pera. Kailangan nating dinggin ang mga boses ng mga tsuper at operator dahil sila ang pinakaapektado sa malaking pagbabagong ito. Kung ninanais ng gobyerno ang modernisasyon ng mga jeep, dapat makagawa sila ng solusyon kung saan hindi madedehado ang mga may-ari ng jeep. Maaring bigyan sila ng sapat na subsidiya upang makabili ng bagong jeep, upang hindi maapektuhan ang kanilang hanapbuhay. Kakaunti na nga lang ang kanilang kinikita, tama pa bang dagdagan pa ang kanilang gastusin para lang makasabay sa modernisasyon?

Though most groups are able to follow their plans, not every group is able to catch up due to struggles with their data-gathering procedures. Data gathering involves either experimentation, survey, focal group discussion or a mixture of these and this procedure exceeds beyond the allotted time in the research’s time frame. Additionally, most studies require Ethics and Data Privacy (EDP) Certificates when their research requires human involvement.

Although the essence of the EDP review is understood as it ensures a student’s safety when they participate in a certain study, however, the process that a research group goes through just to get one makes it hard for them to comply with a certain deadline. EDP reviews usually take 10 days or more to be approved with requirements needed to be submitted and these requirements need certain signatures from certain authorities that are hard to look for and contact.

The truth is that most groups had the capacity to comply and submit certain requirements however these circumstances make it hard for them to fulfill what is needed due to the unforeseen time allocation needed.

As oriented, research groups are aware that there are certain people whom they need to request and coordinate with such as research advisers, statisticians, and proofreaders to guide them, the problem lies with most of them being unresponsive. Although the scheduling issue could be the cause, most assigned research advisers or statisticians are difficult to contact even if the research groups reach out all the time. It cannot be claimed that they fail to do their jobs as there are possible reasons why, however, some groups handle what is supposed that certain person has to do by themselves. For instance, if a certain group lacks the presence of a statistician, they became the statistician themselves in accordance with the statistical treatment that their research needs without proper guidance or experience. These could result in invalid data or in the worst-case scenario redoing the datagathering procedure that leads to pushback final defense. Moreover, there are faculty members that are strict when it comes to observing school hours in responding but forget the urgency that the researchers need them due to their tight schedule of deadlines set by the faculty themselves.

Getting through with the final defense and having their research papers approved by the panelists results are stagnant and if not resolved, they will remain as it is. The need to address and establish a coherent system that does not compromise one of the parties is a necessity. The department could resolve the issue by plotting schedules that could work out for both the teachers and the students or allot a certain time period or class where they could meet them, especially for STRIDE groups who have different timetables. Moreover, they should ensure that the students had met or contacted their respective research advisers, statisticians, or soon proofreaders with the help of their subject teachers or should have been monitored by the Student Research Council (SRC) itself.

Wrenzhie Arroyo

Every president of the Philippines, as enshrined in the 1987 Constitution, must only serve for a term of six years without re-election and afterward would become a private citizen, unless they run for a different position and win. The highest position in the government, just like any other job, also receives a salary as compensation for their service which is roughly P411,382 to P423,723 a month. Apart from that, when their term ends, they are “entitled to a life pension, tax-free, of forty thousand pesos annually beginning with the month following the date he ceased to be President of the Philippines,” as per Republic Act No. 5059. Meanwhile, the average Filipino worker can barely afford the stated amount which would even decrease as they have bills and taxes to pay. However, it appears that it is still insufficient for the other senators.