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It is my pride and joy to talk about this city I love so much. I am very thankful that many people share my passion and this made Marikenya.com a well-read blog. However, I would like to impress upon that this blog is not biased and serving only the purpose of glorifying Marikina. From the very start, I have encouraged you my dear readers to send any feedback — positive or negative — you feel should be published in this site. This site’s purpose in publishing it is clear: to help Marikeños get through their messages to the city government by linking or pinging back the Marikina city government website. By doing so, this site does not promise any response or action from the Marikina City Government (MCG). Nor Marikenya personally investigates incidences or situations readers cite in messages send via email or the contact form. It is never this site’s intention also to malign any person or entity but to relate only events or issues expressed or raised by readers.

With that, let me share with you the letters of a reader from Barangay Concepcion Dos of Marikina City who named herself Marihel.

First Letter –

Please before you hold your pride loud and strong, know what you are talking about! Drive through katipunan Ave. Stop and park next to the Ka Andres Funeral Chapel and breathe the fresh smell of formaldehyde in the air, when it floods, and it will, it always does in this part of Marikina, walk in the water where if tested by any honest hospital laboratory technician will show evidence of blood borne pathogens and bacteria of those dead bodies being embalmed in the chapel. The blood directly drained in the ground and body parts are buried in the ground as well. What did these dead people die of? TB, Hepatitis, HIV, or many more infectious diseases, you just can’t tell since the funeral chapel does not have the proper license to operate and embalm dead bodies in that facility. They don’t even have any freezer in that chapel! To make matter worse, the chapel is illegally built in a residential area, RESIDENTIAL meaning people live there, they eat there, sleep there! But really, how can they? But who cares, the second highest elected official needs to make money so who cares who if anyone living around the funeral chapel gets sick and probably die, better! More dead people, more money for Ka Andres to make! What a great city official, putting his self serving interest before the health of the citizens that voted him in the office. And to top it all… the Mayor knows about this and does nothing to correct the injustice!!!!So now, really, tell me again how proud are you of your city??? Marihel

Hi Marihel… I know your steaming and I do not blame you. I would be too if I live where you are. I hope that you are not taking the situation in your area against my blog site because I have not glorified government city officials in my site personally. I am concerned about my city and Marikina is my passion, not its government officials who will just be in passing after their terms.

I love this city just as I love my country. It is my choice to promote it and to share the good news to help uplift the spirit of our fellowmen. If I am not doing so in your opinion, you’re feedback is most welcome. I am both publishing negative and positive news about Marikina in my blog to help Marikeños get through the city government. That is what I am trying to do but if the city government does not listen or take notice of these comments, I have already served my purpose.

I would be publishing your email and would link it to the city government just as I did to my previous articles about Marikeños wanting to be heard by our city government. I sincerely hope you and your neighbors would get the justice you feel you deserve. I would suggest you take one step further to make your voices heard by the officials. I hope too that you let me continue inspiring people amidst the bad news surrounding our community and our society. I believe we all need good news once in a while. I always do. God bless and good luck to your cause. Marikenya

Second Letter –

Dear Marikenya, I admire your loyalty to Marikina City. I used to feel that way, I had such pride talking about the city I live in! However, after this incident I am completely devastated and worse I feel trapped in a property that I can’t live in! I can’t eat, sleep or do the day to day activities because of the smell of the air and now the body fluids are beginning to surface on my bedroom floor! What a way to live! And no one to help!

My desire is to have the good and the bad of the city exposed to the world and those innocent balik bayans who plan to retire in Marikina City. They should know what they are getting themselves into. They need to be able to make an informed decision as what could happen if they retire in Marikina City! I understand that you are only there for the city not the officials, however, it is not all wonderful in Marikina City, unfortunately Marikina City is the direct reflection of the elected city officials since they have the power to make things right but they don’t! Their inaction need to exposed, they don’t own Marikina City but their actions speaks for my point! Thank you for writing back, I appreciate your professionalism and understanding, however, to date, nothing has happened to correct this problem! Best regards, Marihel

Thank you for your response Marihel. I am publishing your letter now as promised and yes, it is linked back to the Marikina website. As to MCG’s response on this issue, I do not and cannot guarantee that. I also recommend that you send your emails to me to Marikina’s contact page http://city.marikina.gov.ph/contactus.htm.

Let’s wait and see and hope everything works out well for you and the rest of those affected by your concern. God bless…

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