Tuesday, March 04, 2008 City to put up center, lounge for passengers By Ben O. Tesiorna
THE City Government of Davao is planning to put up an assistance center in the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal in Ecoland as part of their service to visitors who come from the provinces and do not know their way around the city.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he twice encountered a family who visited the city and were left waiting outside the terminal under the heat of the sun and could do nothing but wait for hours for their relatives to fetch them.
He continued that it would be best if aside from the assistance center, cubicles that would accommodate poor travelers will also be constructed at the terminal so that those who could not afford a decent place to stay while waiting for their ride could temporarily stay there.
A vehicle will also be provided at the terminal to ferry lost passengers to their destination within the city.
