Things are getting back to normal here in Twinville. Especially after Chairman BF made our subdivision a priority area for clearing by the MMDA.
Chairman BF at the corner of Dama de Noche and Ilang-Ilang Streets with City Administrator Melvin Cruz, MMDA workers, and other volunteer organization workers. IN particular, he was giving instructions to firemen about flushing Ilang-Ilang St. with water to wash away thin layers of mud that turn into dust once it dries up.
The MMDA used every heavy equipment they had like these forklifts to clear the streets, haul debris and garbage. Here they are shown at the corner of Everlasting and Jasmin Streets.
This was how our park and open space looked like for a couple of weeks after the flood. Notice portalets on the sidewalks for the evacuees from Tumana, Iwahig, and Donya Petra.
Our covered court hosted more than 400 evacuees for 2 weeks until they were relocated to Santa Rosa, Laguna.
Daisy Street was mired deep in more than 6 inches to 12 inches of mud until the MMDA crew came to their rescue.
This was how Rosas St. near the corner of Everlasting looked like the day after the flood. That's soft fine mud.
This was how the same portion of the street looked like 2 weeks after with the help of MMDA and some paid residents of settlement sites.
Our showcase for the "Adopt-A-Vacant-Lot" project is temporarily a parking lot for stalled, submerged by the flood vehicles and some piles of debris/garbage from residents of Dama de Noche.
For five days, still no government presence. We really felt helpless about clearing our streets until Atty. Miro Quimbo called up with his offer of a payloader and 2 dump trucks. Despite a long queue for the use of these heavy equipment by other communities ... Miro let us use them for five days. Areas liberated from mud were Rosas, Hasmin, Dama de Noche streets.
The payloader sent by Kap. Tess Daza partially cleared Camia. While MMDA did the rest.
Maraming, maraming salamat ... Atty. Miro. Salamat din Kapitana Tess at Kap Philip Urrutia. Maraming salamat din kina Mayor Marides Fernando at MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando. Pati kila Engr. Espiritu, Engr. Kennedy Sueno, Engr. Tisoy, Rommel Felipe, etc.
This is how our brand-new electronic scoreboard looks like now. This high-tech scoreboard worth P88,000 was donated by "Manager Bolok" (Tony Santos) a month before the flood. It actually hasn't been used in a game and was supposed to debut during a basketball league we were organizing this October.
MMDA crew scraping the mud off our streets.
A hooklift truck of the MMDA along Everlasting Street. Children enjoyed seeing these "Tonka"-like trucks and equipment being used up close.
A GIANT heavy-duty forklift of the MMDA along Hasmin Street hauling debris and garbage.
Finally, after 3 weeks without celebrating Mass at Twinville Chapel, the residents heard the angelic voices of our choir (Twinville Chorale Society) once again.
Like the name of our chapel ... The Risen Christ ... Twinville as a community will rise once again from this calamity, learn from the lessons realized out of it, and move on with our lives and our dreams of "A PLEASANT TWINVILLE"
With the help of the Almighty, we can become "a model community where residents can walk the streets safely once again."
We thank you, Dear Father, and we praise you.
All these we offer to you, O Lord. Help us so we can glorify You ... in EVERYTHING that we do.
So help us God.
