Fixers still at it at LTO

Fixers continue to hang around the premises of the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas despite efforts of putting them out of business.

LTO-7 assistant regional director Edgar Cabase confirmed the veracity of the report in a weekly forum of the Association of Government Information Officer-7.

But Cabase said that the office has done its best to drive away the fixers.

Vicente Gador, Jr. who is in-charge of the operations division of LTO-7 said that they are tightly struggling against these fixers and they even put signboards outside the premises warning the public against fixers.

Cabase has called on clients to support the campaign and not to transact business with people who are not employed by the LTO.

"If you want an ideal LTO for this region, let's put this on together," Cabase said.

Gador also clarified that they cannot easily drive away suspected fixers inside the LTO premises since it is difficult to identify them as fixers.

One measure the LTO-7 has adopted is the "non-entry of people having no transactions inside the office." Clients and LTO personnel also have separate entry and exit areas.

Cabase said that reported fixers outside of the premises cannot be driven away since they are at the free way.

He added that since the assumption of LTO-7 regional director Alex Leyson, changes in the office have been done although little by little.

"We cannot change everything overnight," he said.

LTO-7 personnel officer Joel Maloloy-on said that they are also conducting a seminar on values formation for their office employees as part of the changes the office has been implementing. - Gregg M. Rubio