The Land Transportation Office is studying the possibility of granting provisional authority to operate to victims of fake franchises in Bacolod City, Councilor Dindo Ramos said yesterday.

Ramos said the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has not yet resolved the problem of fake franchises and there is a need for it to issue an order or memorandum circular on the matter.

He said he will meet LTFRB regional director Porferio Clavel on May 3 on this.

As far as LTFRB 6 is concerned, we are doing everything to legalize the franchises but there are certain requirements to be complied with, Clavel had said.

Meanwhile, Ramos urged drivers to document their complaints against deputized agents of the LTO, after Jose Salvacion, president of the Villamonte Tricycle Drivers group, complained that deputized agents are not courteous when they apprehend traffic violators.

LTO-Bacolod head Norman Saril said his office had authorized deputized agents in mobile patrols to augment the organic members of the LTO in apprehending traffic violators.

Meanwhile, the Bacolod Housing Authority is processing the application for relocation of qualified families residing in five puroks that have pending demolition orders in court, Councilor Jude Thaddeus Sayson said yesterday.

Sayson, chairman of the SP Committee on Housing, said the BHA is ready to help residents of Purok Nami-Nami in Barangay Banago, Purok Riverside in Bata, Purok Sisi in Singcang-Airport and Purok Yansonville in Mandalagan for possible relocation in the city's housing site in Vista Alegre.

Sayson said the SPCMA properties in Purok Nami Nami and Purok Riverside have the biggest number of affected families.

The relocation site for qualified residents is ready in case the demolition order is implemented, Sayson said.

He said residents of the four puroks were able to get a reprieve with the help of lawyers in the Public Attorney's Office, who helped them apprise the situation. *CPT

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