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Private motorist bullies MMDA enforcer, gets bullied online

Robert Carabuena

On August 11, a news crew of TV5 chanced upon--and videotaped--a private car owner wildly losing it and venting his anger on a poor and defenseless MMDA traffic constable. When the television network aired the video, news spread like a virus over the Internet. The rampaging road bully was identified as one Robert Blair Carabuena, apparently a recruitment officer at Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco.

The MMDA traffic enforcer was identified as Saturnino Fabros, and told interviewers that he was directing traffic at an intersection when Carabuena ignored his signal to stop. Fabros said that when he approached Carabuena's car and asked him why he proceeded in spite of the MMDA enforcer's hand gesture to stop, Carabuena got out of his car and started verbally and physically assaulting him. Another guy in the video is understood to be Carabuena's companion.

The short, 26-second clip shows Carabuena berating Fabros before finally hitting him in the face.

We posted the video and a couple of photos on our Facebook page. Naturally, people took the liberty to give their brutally frank opinion on the incident. Here are the 10 best and most sensible comments (we are leaving out the colorful ones that are peppered with foul words):

1. If the (MMDA) officer were his size, would he dare do the same thing? - Christopher Emmanuel

2. A country where people rule the law, and justice is on the verge of extinction. Pathetic and insane. This person should be traced and pinned down for mistreating and slapping a law enforcer. - Falcon International Student Services

3. This S.O.B. accosted and manhandled a person in authority. Inexcusable conduct like he was never educated. A week in the Quezon City jail should straighten him out. He'll need Vaseline. - Rafael Alunan III

4. I am somewhat guilty when it comes to being mad at MMDA officers, pero never akong nanakit. Nagtatrabaho lang naman sila, di ba? - Niko Stefan Albano

5. Papaano pa gagalangin ang MMDA enforcers niyan kung hahayaan na lang na ganyan ang gawin sa kanila, Chairman Francis Tolentino? - Leo Sarne

6. Okay, I'm with you with the whole nobody-has-the-right-to-treat-another-person-this-way comment, but at the same time, I am not 100% siding with this MMDA traffic enforcer until I hear the whole story behind this. Because believe it or not, these MMDA officers tend to be abusive at times. - Gabriel Mendoza

7. Ateneo de Manila? Goes to show you can pay for school but you can't buy class. - Miguel Pillas

8. Regardless of your reasons, aggression is really ugly! Humility is a virtue we should all remember. I pity the poor MMDA officer who turned out to have more breeding by walking away. - Valerie Tan Sison

9. If justice isn't served even after all that has been said about this, I really think we're screwed! - Alyssa Sunshine Gilbero

10. Guys, what he did was not right, but we shouldn't fight fire with fire. You guys cyber-bullying him will just prove that bullying others is okay. Let due process be done so that justice can be served properly. - Drew Perez

Let us end this with something that we've already posted on our Facebook page: "We don't care how this incident started, nobody has the right to treat another person--especially one who's merely performing a low-paying job just to put food on the table--this way. Some people's sense of entitlement is sickening."

If you still have something to say about the matter, the comments box below is waiting for you.

 

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  • markdejesus76 10 months ago
     
    Unjustifiable act. Well, MMDA may be abusive "sometimes" but it's never right to do this on them. Minaliit mo na yung tao, sinaktan mo pa. Yung bugbog ayos lang, pero yung madadalang hinanakit nung tao, mahirap na alisin yun. Kung mali ka, aminin mo at tanggapin mo pagkakamali mo. Kung mali siya, 'wag mong gantihan ng masasakit na salita at gawa di ba.
        1
  • santmr55 10 months ago
     
    Point is: How can that Traffic Enforcer STILL do his job properly? When every time he makes a stop, that sense of trauma "I might get hit again" "I might get abused again" lingers on? Right or wrong - no one hits anyone that's Assault & Battery. Sorry, but no one has the right to hit anyone else, unless it's "self-defense".
       
  • red-mosquito 10 months ago
     
    alam naman natin nakakaburat talaga ang MMDA or any traffic enforcers dahil pag sinita nila tayo alam nating may katapat na kotong yan pero mali pa din na manakit ng kapwa... yet again di ako kampi sa enforcer kasi gusto ko din malaman pano niya ba inapproach un driver baka naman din kasi binastos niya or maangas un approach niya eh nakatagpo sya ng katapat niya... kaya importante relax lang ang approach
       
    • d3athmast3r 9 months ago
       
      Kahit ano pang approach nung officer hindi tama na ikaw ang naunang nanakit, ngayon kung may video that shows nauna yun mmda nanakit then we should all take back what's been said.
         
      • red-mosquito 10 months ago
         
        yep ur right there and to think na nasa private sector si Barney at mukhang edukado un inasal niya sa video eh asal kalye talaga sadly
           
  • Matchbox 10 months ago
     
    Road rage
       
  • jesslink 10 months ago
     
    Iba talaga dito sa Pinas...mas mataas ang nasa "pwesto" kaysa sa "posisyon"
       
  • neutral 10 months ago
     
    The motorist must be penalized for his act to show the public that enforcers still deserved a respect. If that situation will just be ignored, more motorists will do the same because as the saying goes, " laxity breeds laxity".
       
  • nikiboy 10 months ago
     
    Nakakahiya ka Mr. Carabuena, Recruitment Officer ka pa naman ng Philip Morris. You should set an example to your people, you are the one recruiting people to work for your organization. You deserve to be fired for your actions in assaulting people in authority.
       
  • nikiboy 10 months ago
     
    You deserve to be called Mr. Robert " Asshole" Caraburat.
       
  • Carfanatic 10 months ago
     
    That guy should have been fined plus other charges by assaulting an MMDA officer. No one is above the Law. Another example of a road rage.
       
    • edrian1011 9 months ago
       
      assualt of officer meron sa US eh
         
  • ReyMatt 10 months ago
     
    Is it still 'bullying' if the intended party is a bully himself?
    Is this a manifestation of some inate mentality in our society: that people on the higher levels of society (popular, wealthy, or just plain maporma) get more respect than people who are struggling on a day to day basis? Or is it 'una-unahan lang sa sindakan'?
    PNoy, please show the nation that you're ready to defend public servants from the highest position to the lowliest of employees!
       
    • jabroni 10 months ago
       
      This is not anymore a problem the president should be concerned of, sa dinami dami ng problema ng bansa ito pa ipapaatupag mo sa presidente?
         
      • ReyMatt 10 months ago
         
        It will take only approximately 2 minutes on national TV. Stern voice, direct to the point. Something like "an attack on my people is an attack on me is an attack on the national government".
           
      • stopper5 9 months ago
         
        What if this was shown in an international news channel? This would destroy the image of us filipinos..
        This reason alone should get all of us worried..
           
  • ReyMatt 10 months ago
     
    Driving is a priviledge that should be revoked anytime if it is abused or if the driver is not willing to submit himself to rules and the law.
       
    • ReyMatt 10 months ago
       
      Is there a recent rise of violent acts against MMDA personnel? Penalties against that should be raised and perpetrators should be tracked down and prosecuted in full view of the public and media. Influential people may still go scot free with good lawyers, but bad publicity may deter anyone else from following their footsteps
         
  • krosjoint 10 months ago
     
    The MMDA just doing their job to implement the law, if we don't follow traffic laws, especially we have a position in an company or organization, we are just showing that our nation are no equal treatment for a Filipino citizen, Some MMDA caught me also before without any violation, bastos pang magsalitta yung isa, but I didn't fight back because I respect their stand as a traffic enforcer..
       
  • bruce 10 months ago
     
    Wawa naman yung enforcer. That guy is really a bully.. He knows that the enforcer won't fight back..
       
  • zetsumei 10 months ago
     
    This video clearly shows that Status, Educational attainment and Wealth does not automatically grant you Class, Manners and Honor. Buti pa si Manong MMDA meron pa nyan kesa kay Robert Blair Carabuena, a Graduate ng ADMU and Recruiter ng Philip Morris.
       
  • engr_kristian 10 months ago
     
    you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can never take the jungle out of the monkey. I agree with TGP on this one, regardless of what the poor MMDA Officer may have done, nothing justifies this kind of action. Where is Jason Ivler when you need him????
       
  • Arestado 10 months ago
     
    Atenista ka pa naman...tsk tsk
       
  • yokam888 10 months ago
     
    maybe the MMDA officer is from la salle?
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  • Feeter Silverster 10 months ago
     
    I don't want to put any meaning but his Volvo just spells his Bobo attitude and Volvo-lok na ugali.
       
  • dweckl 10 months ago
     
    Calling on Philip Morris: please show some decency by firing Barney. He is a big--really big--liability. People will be following his case and you will get the exposure you don't want to get.
       
  • jbits 10 months ago
     
    malamang yan nung bata siya... laging inaagaw yung baon niyang siopao...... naipon lang ang puot sa dibdib... hahaha
       
  • gadgeteer 9 months ago
     
    The MMDA as well as the victim's family should write to Chris Nelson, President of Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp., Carabuena's employer and ask them if Carabuena is an example of the character and culture of their company and people.

    Here re more details about the offender: http://yfrog.com/jxcarabuenap
       
  • wart_les 9 months ago
     
    People lost their control...While it is an abhorrent act and reprehensible, ONE should PAUSE on how we the citizens could benefit this untoward INCIDENT...1.0 What made Mr. Carabuena angry?..2.0 What FAULT Mr. Fabros made?
    In BOTH questions must be answered by MMDA specifically by Chair Tolentino...I will presumed it is the traffic that stress among pedestrians...and so this is the FAULT of Tolentino himself by not easing the traffic OR by the course of untrained Fabros?
       
  • DePendot 9 months ago
     
    Man.. Carabuena got some Man-Boobs.
        1
  • DePendot 9 months ago
     
    hey CaraManBoob. sana makaharap mo si Rolito Go sa daan. hindot ka!
       
  • Nightdiver 9 months ago
     
    Saw Carabuena's photo in one of the forums wearing a glock shirt. Check him out if he's got a glock and a PTC for that before another Rolito Go incident happens.
       
  • bvnzn 9 months ago
     
    I have to agree with Niko Stefan Albano that I too am guilty of getting mad at MMDA traffic enforcers for not doing their job properly as they should. Yes they do lack discipline and proper judgement, but certainly they do not deserve such violent treatment. The guy was just doing his job directing traffic and not abusing anything so why get mad?

    I would get mad and shout at the enforcer if the guy stopped me and gave me a ticket for a violation I did not do and he just wants a bribe. But not for this.

    I feel pity for the poor defenseless enforcer here. The guy seems humble and probably tired.

    As for the fat ass, his buddy should've given him a cheeseburger so that he could calm down. No pity at all and the guy should be convicted of assault.
       
  • troybentz 9 months ago
     
    I heard the Traffic guy SLAMMED and DENTED the Hood of His VOLVO. And yeah If anybody every dented my car ALL "HELL" WILL BREAK LOSE!
       
    • gogogo 9 months ago
       
      sabi nila pinatigil na daw siya pero di siya tumigil so sa tingin ko kung tumigil siya eh hindi mahahampas ang hood niya. so fault niya pa rin. :)
         
  • car_mac 9 months ago
     
    Hindi uubra yan sa ibang bansa, baka nga kapag sumagot lang yan eh mabaril na agad eh. Dito kasi sa Pinas nagagalit pa kapag nahuli eh tayo na nga ang may mali tayo pa ba may ganang magalit. How unjust talaga dito
       
  • bato shabu hangin 9 months ago
     
    Kick his fat *ss before he sells his Volvo. Details as follows:

    ROBERT BLAIR CARABUENA
    09175121682
    No. 25 Katipunan Ave. Extension,
    Capitol Homes, QC
    Car Make: Volvo
    Plate Number: XEF 871

    Hindi siya dapat tularan ng iba.
       
    • bvnzn 9 months ago
       
      Sa tingin mo dapat ka rin tularan if we kick his *ss because you tell us to? I think that makes you like him too - someone who is violent and has rage that could send you to jail.

      Posting his info here on public without his permission I think violates his rights of privacy and is a crime. Oo masama ginawa niya pero tingin mo ba makatarungan kung hayaan nating gulpihin siya? Diba bullying din tawag doon? I don't like the guy for doing what he did but I think he still deserves to be kept in peace by the public and let the courts handle the case. Doing physical harm on him just makes us the bad guy too. Ganyan ang mga tagilid na police officers eh. Tutularan ba natin sila?
         
  • bvnzn 9 months ago
     
    If the MMDA officer did indeed put a dent on the hood of his car then it would be st*p*d to take physical action against it. Why? He can file a complaint and get benefits from the wrong doing of a government employee. Because he took physical action to that government MMDA officer, the wrong of the officer will be lifted and instead made the case against the bully bigger and a crime.
       
  • chrimaca 10 months ago
     
    To Robert Carabuena : Wait till your fat *ss hits the ground very hard, mukhang singtaas ng BP mo tingin mo sa sarili mo. I pity your family for the shame you've caused.

    The MMDA and even Malacanang expressed support to Mr. Fabros and condemnation to Mr. Carabuena's act. Let's hope and see if justice would be served to Sonny. Dapat kung walang wang-wang wala din wang-bu!
       
  • Epic Duelers 10 months ago
     
    Road rage level: Over 9000
    but seriously, dapat maparusahan na yang lalaking yan. di na nga maayos yung sweldo tas delikado pa ang trabaho ng mga traffic enforcers gaganyanin nya pa?
       
  • jabroni 10 months ago
     
    Boxing agad gusto eh isang sit-up dih na kakayanin nyan
       
  • JoHunter 10 months ago
     
    Like I said when I reposted the video, there are always two sides to a story. But no matter what Carabuena's side may be, what he did is inexcusable. I get pissed off with some calls made by MMDA officers and sometimes I take the time to argue, but I never get out of my car to confront in a hostile manner and I certainly would never dream of being that aggressive. What Carabuena did is wrong on all levels.
       
  • json73002 10 months ago
     
    Pag ayaw kasi magpahuli, takbuhan na lang, wag batukan...
       
  • earvinseb0611 10 months ago
     
    BIG DISGRACE FOR PHILIP MORRIS.. VERY DISAPPOINTING..
       
  • meizterwerk 10 months ago
     
    This guy deserves to be life-long banned for driving. If you can't obey simple traffic rules, then you should not be driving. Revoked his driving license, slap him with community services-serving as traffic enforcer for a month o two. And most importantly, teach his kids not to follow their father.
       
  • racso257 10 months ago
     
    Dapat managot siya sa batas nang magtanda, walang nagagwang mabuti ang kayabangan! Harapin mo yung ikakaso sayo kung talagang matapang ka...
       
  • oh_noh 9 months ago
     
    much worse, carabuena has just been stripped of his privileges by the "husky boy community", as follows:

    1. bawal na ang pagsuot ng 2XL shirt
    2. bawal na magkaron ng t-a-e sa brief
    3. bawal na umorder ng extra rice
    3.2? paghingi ng unlimited rice sa mang-inasal
    4. bawal ng magkaron ng malaking tyan atbp.
       
  • Oris F1 9 months ago
     
    I heard he already got suspended by Philip Morris...Lets just give him his day in court.
       
  • iskwakalogz 9 months ago
     
    Ang isang taong mahirap pero nagtatrabaho ng maayos at may dignigad ay "Marangal"
    samantalang ang taong mayaman pero kung umasta parang walang pinag aralan isa rin itong hamak na "Hampaslupa"
       
  • JAZZ 9 months ago
     
    Fuck that man! If I were that MMDA guy I would brutally fight back. You know whos right anyway. Filipino's nowadays really are hard headed and if we correct them they usually get angry WTF!
       
  • aeronTGco 9 months ago
     
    No discipline. Siya na nga ang mali, siya pa ang galit at nanakit.
       
  • p4dr3_p3dr0 9 months ago
     
    i love u,
    u love me,
    so lets go out and find Barney
    with a big shot gun
    down him on the floor
    no more *gly PIGOSAUR
       
  • Feeter Silverster 8 months ago
     
    Kumusta na ito, after public apologgy kay Tolentino of mMDA, hindi daw sya sumipot dun sa 1st hearing eh...
       
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