Outstanding MMDA traffic enforcers could get free house and lot

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Francis Tolentino said the agency is planning to establish a merit system that would entitle outstanding MMDA traffic enforcers to receive a free house and lot. In an article posted on the MMDA website on Monday, Tolentino said agency will also establish a merit system to evaluate the performance of the traffic enforcers deployed throughout the metropolis. A committee will be formed to select traffic personnel of good moral standing who will be awarded as traffic enforcer/s of the week, of half of the year, and of the whole year. Certificates of commendation will be given to traffic enforcers of the week while free college education awaits the eldest child of the traffic enforcer of the half-year. An enforcer who wins the award for two consecutive years will be entitled to a house and lot at the MMDA Housing Project in Carmona, Cavite. "Our traffic enforcers deserve to be treated with respect. Their efforts should be recognized as they work under hazardous conditions on a daily basis. As front liners, they represent the agency to the public and their actions reflect not only their unit but the entire MMDA," Tolentino stressed. Hospitalization benefits Some 2,000 MMDA traffic enforcers also stand to receive free hospitalization benefits. The MMDA said it will sign on Tuesday an agreement with the Chinese General Hospital to provide free hospitalization for the MMDA traffic enforcers. "In addition to the free hospitalization, we will try to give all benefits due our traffic enforcers to motivate them to perform their duties well, with integrity and honesty ... I have instructed our legal department to speed up the reconsideration we are asking from the Commission on Audit regarding this matter," Tolentino said. He added they should always embody the MMDA motto of "Marangal Matapat Disiplinado Ako. (I am honorable, honest, and disciplined)."