It is sheer coincidence, we know, but it is much too tempting to link Monday’s filing of graft charges against former Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya before the Office of the Ombudsman to the stoppage of the Metro Rail Transit Monday morning because of a diaper caught in its power lines. In the curious incident involving the diaper, tens of thousands of rush-hour commuters were stranded as train service stopped between Taft Avenue and Boni Avenue stations. It’s hilarious, that bit about the diaper, but we don’t think anybody among those stranded thousands were smiling—the mildest among them were probably only shaking their heads in resignation. A misplaced diaper may well be a metaphor for everything that is wrong with our public transport system. It is obvious who should clean up the mess, but not at all apparent why nothing has yet been done.

Source: The Standard October 23, 2017 13:18 UTC