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Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Atty. Don Artes formally welcomes and introduces former Philippine National Police chief and newly appointed MMDA General Manager Nicolas Torre III during a press conference at the MMDA head office in Pasig City on Monday, Jan. 5.

Torre vowed to bring his law enforcement expertise to the agency’s day-to-day operations under the supervision of Chairman Artes, adding that he aims to implement quicker emergency response measures similar to the five-minute response time he enforced during his tenure at the Philippine National Police. (via Santi San Juan | MB)

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00:00So, Jim, welcome and good luck.
00:06Operational matters na may kinalalaman sa ahensya, which is I think 70% to 80% ng trabaho ng MNDA will be under him directly.
00:20Siya lahat ang magiging in charge and magpapatakbo basically na aming ahensya and so for us, day-to-day operations are concerned.
00:35Siguro, ibigay ko na yung...
00:40Thank you, Chairman Attorney General Martez.
00:44Thank you very much, Chairman Dunn, for the warm welcome.
01:04Anyway, nasabi na ni Chairman ang background ng aming mga gagawin dito.
01:11Kasi sabi ko lang na isa-challenge namin ang mga sarili namin.
01:16Under the direction nga ni Chairman Dunn na pag-usapan namin na...
01:21Kasi necessary yan eh, isang necessity yan eh, na walang obstruction sa kalsada.
01:26And ang numero uno ang cost na obstruction dyan, banggaan.
01:30Okay?
01:30So, the faster the turnover, the better for us na makabalik sa normal.
01:36Okay?
01:36So, we try to benchmark ourselves, 5 minutes sa responde, 15 minutes sa cleaning.
01:41May tiniting na kami dito na yung current standards, 15-30.
01:46So, subukan natin kung kaya natin makapabilisan.
01:51Dahil magdadag-dabbing kami ng mga personal, at magt-training kami ng mga personal,
01:55we'll also try to...
01:57coordinate, talk with other government agencies, especially sa mga regulatory,
02:03na tanggapin ang investigation ng MMDA.
02:05Okay? So, pati ang investigation, sir, ay pwede ko pwede kaya namin organic.
02:10Organic na, para MDA na lahat ang ipapapel sa isang aksidente,
02:16mula sa responde, mula sa rescue, kung may kinakailang rescue,
02:20hanggang sa investigation, hanggang sa clearing, isang agency na lang.
02:23Sabi ko nga, isang challenge yan na tamang sabi ni Chairman doon na may mga pag-aaralan pa ako mga aspeto sa ating trabaho ngayon,
02:33kung paano tayo madispense ang ating mandato in accordance sa kultura ng organisasyon na pinasukan natin.
02:42Hindi lang sa traffic management, kundi sa lahat ng aspeto ng mandate ng MDA.
02:47Nakita naman natin in the past na nagpo-faction na ang MDA.
02:51Kaya lang, siyempre, dynamic ang situation, dynamic operational environment,
02:56nag-iiba-iba, may climate change tayo, nag-iiba-iba ang volume ng tubig,
03:00nag-iiba-iba yung terrain, ang landscape ng ating mga infrastructure,
03:06may mga bagong building na nagagawa sa kung saan-saan,
03:09na sumisigay pa ang mga estero dahil sa basura, etc. etc.
03:13So, obviously, there are always areas for improvement,
03:19atsaka areas for maintenance, areas to be revisited.
03:22Basta bottom line dito, ang aming trust ni GMRTES is to have data-driven decisions.
03:31So, we will, kanina, na-mention ni sir, yung coordination namin with WWH,
03:39gagawin namin ang, i-re-revisit namin ang ating partnership with the Top University of the Philippines
03:44na kung saan may mga studies about transportation studies,
03:48about scientific basis, napangagalingan ang ating mga desisyon.
03:54Yun ang ating gagawin talaga.
03:56Well, malaking ahensya ang MMDA, napakarami ng namang tao namin ni Chairman.
04:01So, I think, lahat ng yan naman ay ongoing naman.
04:04Hindi naman bagong ahensya.
04:07Ako ang bago sa ahensya.
04:09So, essentially, we'll oversee everything sabay-sabayan.
04:12Sabay-sabay natin gagawin.
04:13May mga focus, syempre.
04:15Sa ngayon, ang focus natin, yung traffic, dahil perennial naman yan,
04:20ang bahak, ang solid bridge management.
04:25So, lahat ng yan sabay-sabay, pwedeng gawin yan sabay-sabay
04:27kasi kumulay na naman ang tao natin.
04:29Pero, alam mo mga sa expectations sa'yo, as the former PNP chief.
04:37Ay, wala naman nagsabi at ano.
04:41Wala naman survey.
04:43Wala naman survey.
04:45Wala survey.
04:46Sige lang.
04:46At wala nga ba, MMDA chief?
04:50Well, this is another era of public service.
04:56Kumbaga, ako naman, pagtingin ko sa sarili ko,
04:58I'm just a, I'm a government public servant.
05:02I am a presidential appointee.
05:04Ang tingin ko naman sa buong makinariyan ng gobyerno
05:06ay isang malaking team.
05:08Kumbaga, sa basketball, hindi naman araw-araw sabihin ng,
05:12ng coach, eh, forward ka.
05:14Or, itong role mo.
05:16May option ang ating coach, ang ating presidente,
05:18kung saan niya ilalagay ang nanyang mga tao.
05:20So, ako naman, kung anong sinabi ng coach,
05:22sunod tayo.
05:23At may mga roles na,
05:26walang, ako'y naliniwala,
05:27walang malaki o maliit na role.
05:29Pare-pareho yan na lahat ay servisyo po.
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