{"id":916282,"date":"2017-07-23T07:30:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T23:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=916282"},"modified":"2017-07-23T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T07:38:07","slug":"dotr-workers-buck-transfer-to-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/916282\/dotr-workers-buck-transfer-to-clark","title":{"rendered":"DOTr workers buck transfer to Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DOTr Sec Arthur Tugade. INQUIRER PHOTO\/JOAN BONDOC<\/p><\/div>\n

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will start on Monday the transfer of its operations from its current main office in Mandaluyong City to a site some 100 km away in Clark in Pampanga province in a move that could mean getting ready for work as early as 3 a.m. for many of the department\u2019s employees.<\/p>\n\n

On the Facebook page \u201cDOTr No to Clark Transfer,\u201d current and former employees of DOTr aired their gripes about the transfer, many asking whether there was \u201curgent and compelling reason\u201d for the\u00a0 move.<\/p>\n\n

The DOTr will provide shuttle service to its employees at two pickup points\u2014Edsa Shrine and TriNoma. The shuttle from Edsa Shrine will leave at 5 a.m. and the one in TriNoma at 6 a.m.<\/p>\n\n

A member of the 176-employee Facebook group said this meant they would have to wake up as early as 3 a.m. to catch the shuttle service. \u201cWhat would happen to our health?\u201d said one DOTr employee.<\/p>\n\n

Another employee said he currently gets up at 4:30 a.m. to be at the DOTr head office in Columbia Tower in Mandaluyong City at 7 a.m. With the shuttle arrangement, he noted that this meant he would have to be awake as early as 2:30 a.m.<\/p>\n\n

Ungodly hours<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201cI would then have to sleep earlier than my kids so I could be up by 2:30 a.m.,\u201d he said. \u201c[Then] I should be asleep by 6 or 7 p.m.,\u201d he said. \u201cAround that time we\u2019re only on our way back from Clark. That\u2019s such a burden for us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n

In a statement, the department said the transfer to Clark was in line with government efforts to decongest Metro Manila, reduce travel time, and improve travel time of commuters and motorists, while helping boost development in peripheral areas.<\/p>\n\n

The DOTr said it had dialogues and discussions with its employees “to thresh out issues, differences and fears about the transfer.”<\/p>\n\n

To address concerns, the agency said it would implement flexi-time and a four-day work week and also provide shuttle service to and from Clark. \u00a0A\u00a0subsidized accommodation for employees is also being discussed.<\/p>\n\n

Employees are also given the choice to move to another DOTr attached agency, the department added.<\/p>\n\n

“The first batch of offices will transfer to Clark on July 28,” the DOTr statement said.<\/p>\n\n

Earlier this month, Vince Dizon, president and chief executive officer of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, said the BCDA was rushing preparations in Clark for the transfer of the DOTr.<\/p>\n\n

Tugade\u2019s dream<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

He had said that while the envisioned National Government Center was yet to rise in the planned New Clark City, the DOTr would first occupy a three-story building previously used by a call center firm.<\/p>\n\n

The DOTr is currently occupying several floors at Columbia Tower.<\/p>\n\n

Among the offices expected to lead the transfer are those of Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade\u2019s and his undersecretaries, as well as the department\u2019s communications and legal divisions.<\/p>\n\n

Dizon said that unlike in Malaysia, where most government offices relocated to Putrajaya from Kuala Lumpur in one go, the transfer of national government agencies to Clark would be gradual.<\/p>\n\n

The first phase of New Clark City, however, would not be completed until 2022. The Philippine National Railway\u2019s Manila-Clark line, which would connect Metro Manila with Clark, would not be in operation until 2020.<\/p>\n\n

The employees expressed hope that the DOTr would just wait until then to move to Clark.\/rga<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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