By Wilnard Bacelonia | Philippine News Agency
The controversial “Gil Tulog Avenue” signs in Makati City have reverted to the original “Gil Puyat Avenue” as ordered by Mayor Abby Binay.
In a Facebook post on Friday, Binay apologized to the family of the former Senate president.
She said city officials who issued the permit “should have exercised prudence.”
“They should have been more thorough. Dapat inisip ang kaguluhan na maaaring idulot sa mga motorista at komyuter. At dapat ay binigyang halaga ang respeto sa pamilya at sa alaala ni dating Senate president Gil Puyat,” Binay said, adding that she has already reprimanded the officials involved.
“Humihingi ako ng paumanhin sa ating mga kababayan at sa pamilya ni dating Senate president Puyat. These signs have been taken down on my instruction,” she assured.
Binay also clarified that the request for a permit for “the so-called advertising campaign” to change the street signs of Gil Puyat Avenue never reached her office.
“Kung dumaan sa akin yan, rejected ‘yan agad,” the mayor said.
Puyat was also dean of the College of Business Administration in the University of the Philippines.
He served as a senator from 1951 until 1973, with six of those years as Senate president. He passed away on March 23, 1980.