Sunday, November 25, 2007 Special treatment for 30 BIN members
WHAT they lack in education they compensated with hard work.
According to a report, 30 former Barangay Intelligence Network (BIN) members are performing well in their new task as traffic enforcers.
They are among the 50 of 180 BINs guarding City Hall and its properties whom Cebu City Councilor Augustus Pe Jr. endorsed for religiously doing their assigned tasks without supervision.
The 50 underwent an interview and written examination to gauge whether they could handle the new jobs.
Only the 30 passed the examination given by the University of the Philippines, and they are now among the 308 City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) enforcers.
Pe’s office monitored the attendance, daily time records and if there were any complaints lodged against BIN members as part of the screening process.
Mayor Tomas Osmeña decided to promote BIN members as reward for a job well done in guarding the City’s assets, especially the South Road Properties.
The City also saved thousands in hiring them instead of security guards, the last batch of whom he fired for inefficiency.
Citom Executive Officer Arnel Tancinco said the 30 BIN members received special treatment because his office ignored the fact that they don’t have college level education, which is a requirement for acceptance.
Still far to go
“First time ni sila that the requirement was waived for the whole batch... Maayo sila’g performance kaso lang dili pa that efficient,” he said.
In particular, he said, BIN members are conscious of their actions and immediately report to his office any lapses they commit.
“Nakabantay mi mas united sila, mas organized, kay siguro kaila na man gud sila daan (they’re better organized because they’ve probably known each other),” he said.
Early this year, the BIN members’ performance was evaluated to determine who among them are either laggards or diligent in their tasks.
BIN members only get an allowance of P3,000 per month, while a traffic enforcer’s starting salary is P6,434.
Pe had said that because not all are accepted as traffic enforcers and parking attendants, his office profiled all BIN members for other skills.
For example, when there are job orders or casual employments for carpenters, the City can pick among the 180 BIN members who have these skills, he had said.
Pe said the promotion of hard-working BIN members did not create a vacuum in City Hall in terms of security personnel because replacements were picked from over 4,000 BIN members in the city. (RHM)
