Barangay officials cry for help in providing relief packs and dealing with confusing messages and guidelines from the administration. COVID19PH
Napakasakit sa amin. Pero ginagamit namin ang mga resources. Lumalapit kami sa business sector, si mayor, mga konsehal, napapagtagpi-tagpi pero hindi pa rin sapat para mabigyan lahatYOUNG LEADER. Barangay councilor Tobit Cruz speaks before the Barangay Council in Sta Ana, Taytay, Rizal. Photo from Cruz
“During the first week, we were kind of relaxed because people seemed to find a way to provide for themselves. On the second week, people became restless,” Cruz said. He heard from municipal officials that Taytay will have 33,000 SAC forms, but they do not know how many will be given to their barangay of 31,000 families alone.
On top of social relief operations, barangay officials have been tasked to be the first responders for, as well as being enforcers of the lockdown with the police. Barangay Santa Ana, however, only has around 250 people to do all of this. Alan Bolo faced a dilemma. He is the barangay captain of Buluang in the town of Baao in Camarines Sur. He had approximately 2,300 families under him, mostly disenfranchised farmers.
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