PROGRAMA: ACTIVE SENIOR CITIZENSHIP

GAWING MAKABULUHAN A-19 MAYO 2019

PROGRAMA: MAALIWALAS NA PAGHARAP SA KATANDAAN

Ang mga nakatatanda ay nagbahagi ng kanilang lakas, isipan at damdamin sa lipunan ng sila ay bata pa. Kung kaya't dapat nating ipakita ang ating pasasalamat sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng mga mapagkalingang aksyon para sa kanila. 

May mataas na bilang ng mga senior ctizens ngayon dahil sa tulong na binibigay ng gubyerno buwan-buwan lalo na ng 20% discount card para pagbili ng gamot at pagbayad sa mga kainan. Sa NCR may 468,876  na bilang ng senior citizens.

Nakatatanggap na ng P500 kada buwan ang ilang senior citizens natin na dinagdagan pa ng P200 sa ilalim ng Unconditional Cash Grant na bigay ng TRAIN Law or Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion. At sa taong 2019, tataasan pa ito ng P300 kada buwan. Ang mga binibigyan ay yung walang regular na monthly income; yung mga maysakit, masasakitin, o PWDL; hindi tumatanggap ng ayuda kahit na sa anong ahensiya ng gubyerno; at walang permanenteng pinagkukunan ng income para masuportahan ang kanilang mga batayang pangangailangan.

Malaking bagay na nakatatanggap ng tulong ang mga senior citizens mula sa awtoridad- malaking emotional support din ito. Kadalasan kasi sa mga tahanan tinuturing na wala ng lakas at pakinabang ang mga nakatatanda. 

Liban sa mga benepisyong nabanggit sa itaas, nais ko rin ng mga sumusunod na karagdagan para sa mga senior citizens:

1.     Mas mahabang oras at araw ng panonood ng sine:

Kung minsan nakakapanlumo na makita ang mga senior citizens na pumupunta sa mall para manood tapos yun pala bawal silang pumasok dahil holiday o kaya ay ayaw pumayag ng mga prodyuser ng pelikulang papasukin dahil kabubukas pa lamang ng pelikula sa takilya. Napapahiya tuloy ang mga kababayan natin. Yung maykaya, nakakabili ng tiket; merong iba umaayaw na lang kesa sa magbayad ng napakamahal na tiket.

2.     Libreng mineral water, minerals at vitamins: Ang mga nakatatanda ay kailangan ng mga ito para sa kanilang mga masel, utak para hind maging malilimutin, atbp.

3.     Libreng laundry: Ang mga senior citizens ay hirap yumuko o tumingkayad. Kaya’t maigi sana kung ang City Hall ay mamimigay ng coupons para maipalit sa paglalaba sa mga laundry companies.

4.      Allowance sa mga caregivers ng senior citizens: Para mabawasan ang burn-out feelings nila yung pagkabugnot sa pag-aalaga sa mga nakatatanda kailangan ito ng mga caregivers. Kailangan din ng Incentive para sa mga pamilya tulad ng mas malaking tax exemptions kapag may alaga silang senior citizens na walang pension;

5.     Hotline phone number para sa senior citizens lamang;  

6.     Libreng tawag sa mga kamag-anak sa abroad ;

7. Libreng salamin sa mata at konsultasyon sa duktor;

8. Poster. Paglalagay ng poster sa bawa't restorant ng hotline number kung may reklamo ang senior citizen tungkol sa presyo ng babayarang pagkain;

9.     Bus and jeepney stops dapat may babala na ipahuhuli ang mga sasakyan na hindi papara para sa kanila; tax credit sa mga tutulong sa kanila;  

10.     Diskuwento: lahat ng nagtitinda ng gamot, o herbals ay tatakdaang magbigay ng 20% discount;

11.     Art and music workshops sa bawa't barangay para sa senior citizens. Meron kasing nai insecure o nawawalan ng kumpiyansa sa sarili kapag kasama ang mga nakababatang umaawit sa rehearsals at performances;

12.    Premyo sa mga senior citizens na makakapag -perform o mag e-exhibit ng kanilang mga likhang sarili;

13.   Reward na one million pesos sa mga senior citizens na magdiriwang ng kanilang ika 100 taon;

14.   Census: mga social workers magse census ng lahat ng senior citizens sa bawa't  barangay at bibisitahin sila araw-araw kung may sakit at tatlong beses isang linggo kung magaling naman. Kakausapin pati ng social workers ang pamilya upang malaman ang talagang nangyayari sa kanya; 

15.   Kapitbahay: Pati na ang mga kapitbahay. kakausapin ang mga kapitbahay na maging mapagkalinga rin sa kanya o kanila. Bubuhayin natin ang pagiging mapag-alala o concerned, mapagkalinga sa kapwa, bayanihan; at

16.   Emergency vehicle: Ang sasakyan ng bawa't barangay ay dapat na available for emergency sa lahat ng senior citizens any time

PROGRAM: ACTIVE SENIOR CITIZENS

 

 

Senior citizens shared the best years of their youthful lives – their ideas, emotions and strength – in society. It is only proper and just that we are able to show our appreciation of their acts through a nurturing action for them, now that they are facing the twilight years.  

Actually, we have high population of senior citizens. In NCR alone, senior citizens number 468,876.

Because of the mandated 20% discount card for buying  medicines and availing of other services in society senior citizens already feel deserving of equal treatment.

An indigent sector receives P500 every month and which will be increased by P200 as Unconditional Cash Grant under the TRAIN Law or Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion.

This will also increase by P300 monthly for those without regular na monthly income; those who are sick or sickly, the PWDs, those who do not receive any aid from any other government agency and without any permanent source of income.  It is highly important that our senior citizens receive support from authorities. They produce not only physical but also emotional satisfaction. This is because homes are not ordinarily supportive of the elderly as some consider them useless and ready to depart anytime.

Aside from the above benefits, I would like to add more services for the seniors which I will implement as soon as I take office:

1..Longer movie watching hours. It is sometimes pitiful to find senior citizens trekking to the malls to watch a movie only to be told that they cannot be allowed in as the picture has just been released or the day is a holiday. Our seniors then get humiliated. Those who can afford pay for a ticket while others just go back home or turn to other inexpensive recreational activities;                

2. Free mineral water, minerals and vitamins. The elderly are in need of these to strengthen their muscles, refresh their mind so as not to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease;

3. Free laundry – most elderlies have difficult muscle controls. We should give them coupons for exchanging for laundry services at accredited companies;

4. Allowance for caregivers of senior citizens: to reduce the burn-out feelings of caregivers of the elderlies, especially as the latter are prone to be irritable and difficult to take care of, incentives should be provided for them. Also, the family should be given bigger tax incentives when they are taking care of a senior citizen/s;

5. Hotline phone number for senior citizens only;

6.  Free calls to relatives abroad; libreng tawag sa mga kamag-anak sa abroad;

7. Free eyeglasses and consultations with the doctor. Under Universal Health Care which has just been passed, hopefully this is already covered;

8. Posters shall be put up at every restaurant containing phone numbers to which the elderly may readily complain; 

9. Bus and jeepney stops shall be provided with reminders that those who do not stop shall be arrested; 

10. Discounts: All stores selling medicines, herbal or non-herbal shall be required to give 20% discount;

11. Art and music workshops shall be set up to help the elderlies maintain their good health. These separated workshops must be conducted in order to reduce the feelings of insecurity of the elderlies who could feel thus when in the company of younger participants;

12.    Prizes for elderlies who perform or exhibit their own works;

13.   Reward of one million pesos for elderlies who reach 100 years old;

14.   Emergency vehicle: This will be available for seniors’ condition only. One time, an ambulance worker came to pick up a senior citizen who suffered from a stroke. He stole the ring of the elderly without qualms. The relatives were shocked at the sight and were not able to complain right away. This occurred on August 19, 2007 at Barangay Donya Imelda. This should not happen at all, and never will under my administration.

     

15.   Census: census shall be conducted of senior citizens in every barangay to regulate visitations that will result in active support for them. Visitations shall be conducted at lease 3 times a week. They will be visited by social workers, interview them including their families;

16.  Neighbors:  Even neighbors shall be interviewed to get a truthful view of the real conditions of the elderlies. We shall revive the Bayanihan spirit in the communities; and

PROGRAMA: KAUNLARAN

RASON: Nakikita natin ang malalaking agwat sa pamumuhay ng mga taga Quezon City. may mayamang mayaman at may mahirap na mahirap.

Kung kaya't ating patitingkarin ang ating mga programang pangkaunlaran.

Una nating haharapin ay:

I. KAGUTUMAN- walang dapat na nagugutom sa Quezon City.

A. Solusyon: magkakaroon tayo ng Central Food Bank (CFB) na mamamahala sa lahat ng FB bawa't distrito.  

1. Bawa't distrito ay magkakaroon ng Food Bank. Itatayo ito sa anim na distrito ng Lungsod Quezon. Mamamamahagi ito ng pagkain sa mga nagugutom. 

2. Tatanggap ang City Hall ng suhestyon kung paano ito tutuparin. Sa ngayon ito ang aking naiisip: lahat ng indibidwal at restaurant na may sobrang pagkain sa gabi ay maglalagak ng mga sobrang pagkain dito sa CFB. Ang CFB naman ang mamamahagi sa mga distrito. 

3. Magkakaroon din ang Foodbanks ng regular na mga items tulad ng: bigas; sabon, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, toilet paper, baso, sabong panlaba, mga prutas packed na naka sachets;

4. Ang mga tatanggap ay bibigyan ng passbook na magpapatunay na sila ay nararapat makakuha sa Food Banks. Ang mamahala dito ay tatawaging: Capitan o Capitana Food Bank. Ang mga senior citizens, PWDs, at iba pang disadvantaged ay prayoridad. 

          II. PABAHAY Maraming nakatira sa mga sidewalks sa ating Lungsod. 

Uupa ang City Hall ng mga lupa na di ginagamit sa Quezon City at lalagyan natin ng maliit na portable na bahay na tatawagin natin ngayon na Podhouse. Tulugan lamang ito at hindi permanenteng tirahan habang hahanapan sila ng mas magandang pabahay. Aayusin ang lupa na katitirikan ng mga ito kung saan, magkakaroon ito ng communal na palikuran, paliguan, at playground para sa mga bata.
Sa bawa’t distrito magkakaroon nitong Podhouses. 

Personnel: Pabahay Capitan na may social  worker background

            III. PAUTANGAN  Pautangan para sa pagpapagawa ng bahay na nasalanta ng bagyo;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM.  Magbibigay tayo ng Loans para sa small and medium enterprises. Bago maka avail, kailangang magkaroon muna sila ng training tungkol sa pagpapatakbo ng negosyo bago makatanggap ng loan;

IV. PINAGSAMA-SAMANG TULUNGANG PONDO: Lahat ng malalaking kumpanya sa Quezon City ay hihingan natin ng ambag sa isang central donation bank. Itong bankong ito ay pagkukunan ng pondo para palakasin ang food bank at iba pang tulong ng City Hall para sa mahihirap;

Painting by Botong Francisco

PROGRAM: DEVELOPMENT

REASON: We see the great gap in living standards in Quezon City: between the very, very affluent and the impoverished groups. This is why we should highlight our program for development:

We shall face the following:

I. HUNGER: no one should go hungry in Quezon City.

A. Solution:  We must establish a Central Food Bank (CFB) that will take care of 6 other mini CFBx in every district;  

Every district will distribute food to the hungry.

2. City Hall shall gather foods from volunteering individuals and restaurants whose leftovers at night may be had or received by CFB staff. In turn CFB shall distribute the same to each district depending on need or number of hungry folks.

3. We shall also have Foodbanks with regular items like rice, soap, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, toilet paper, glass, laundry soap, chlorox, fruits, tin foods, etc.

4. Each individual family who avails of free food and/or groceries shall have a passbook wherein the received items shall be listed, and which will affirm that they are legally indigent. The leader shall be called Food Bank Capitan or Capitana. S enior citizens, PWDs, and other disadvantaged sectors shall be given priority.  

II. HOUSING. Plenty of people reside in rolling carts parked on the city sidewalks.

City Hall shall rent land not being utilized for the purpose of setting up portable homes called Podhouse, only for sleeping purposes and not permanent residence. The homeless shall be resettled at more permanent land and homes later. These podhouses shall have toilets, baths, small park  and playground. Sa bawa’t distrito magkakaroon nitong Podhouses. It will also have a small nook for reading materials and current newspapers.

The leader shall be called Pabahay Capitan with social  worker background.

III. LOANS. Strictly for reconstruction of homes of disaster victims.

IV. ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM. Loans for small businesses shall cover those indigents. To avail, they must undergo training on how to run a business first.

V. POOLED CHARITABLE FUNDS AND GRANTS: All big companies in QC will be tapped to donate to a central donation bank where funds may be sourced to strengthen the foodbank and to aid the poor. It shall have a list of requirements for those who want to avail of the funds.

Painting by Botong Francisco

                  

PROGRAMA: KALUSUGAN

Ang ating bansa ay napakasuwerte dahil mayayaman ang mga lupa rito - mula sa bundok hanggang sa mga syudad;  mayaman din ang dagat, presko ang hangin at matubig pa dahil sa dami ng mga ilog at dagat na pinalilibutan ang lahat ng 7100 na isla natin. 

Tayo ay hindi mabubuhay dito kung wala ang mga likas-yaman na ito na kailangang magamit natin para mabuhay pero sa isang tinatawag na sustainable development. (Ibig sabihin nito, hindi mauubos ang mga puno kapag pinutol kasi magtatanim ulit sa mga lupa. Hindi rin masisira ang mga ilog kahit na pangisdaan dahil hindi pagtatapunan ng mga basura o nakasisirang kemikal.)

Para sa malusog na pangangatawan, damdamin at isipan, mahalaga ang Holistic Approach* sa pangangalaga ng kalusugan ng mga mamamayan ng Lungsod Quezon. Kumain tayo ng mga gulay, prutas, na marami sa ating paligid. Gumamit tayo ng mga gamot na galing sa mga halaman at mga hayup at isda.

1. Kung kaya’t sa aking administrasyon, maglalagay tayo ng botikang naturapathy na gumagamit ng natural na mga gamot. Kung meron ng pharmacy, palalakasin natin ito. 

2. Kukuha tayo ng mga naturapathic (gumagamit ng mga likas na o natural na gamot) doctors na magtatakda kung ano ang mga lalamanin nito. Libre ang konsultasyon. Maglalagak ang City Hall sa ilalim ng aking administrasyon ng P30,000.00 na mga herbal gamot sa bawat barangay buwan-buwan. 

3. Titiyakin nating libre kung hindi mura ang mga gamit dito (P4,260,000.00.00) mga facilities:, mga timbangan ng bata at adults; measuring instrument ng blood pressure; pangtesting kung buntis o hindi; libreng vitamins and minerals, atbp. 

          Palalakasin natin ang katawan, isipan, at damdamin ng mga Mamamayan ng 

          Lungsod Quezon.

Our country is truly lucky: we have lots of fertile soil from the mountains to the lowlands; our seas are available for catching fish and other marine animals. We have plenty of rivers and 7,100 islands to boot that could feed our over 100 million citizens.

We cannot live without our natural resources from the land and seas and they could last us a lifetime if we properly practice what is called sustainable development.

(This means, our resources will not be depleted because we shall insure that they still proliferate through careful logging, fishing and other industrial practices. For example, the fish would not decrease if we would not include the small fries. Nor the forests would turn bald if we plant new seedlings to replace those trees that have been cut. Our rivers also would not turn dry if chemicals or wastes are not thrown into them. )

For a healthy physical constitution the  Holistic Approach* shall be used when taking care of the health of the citizens of Quezon City.

Let us eat vegetables, fruits, herbal medicines that are sourced from animals and fish. Hence in my capacity as a mayor of the City, I shall require the installation of offering herbal medicines in the botica of every barangay;

We shall hire naturapathic  doctors who instruct the pharmacists as to what herbal medicines could be stacked in the pharmacy. Consultations shall be free. The City Hall shall reserved P30,000.00 herbal medicines in every barangay monthly;

All these shall be free or shall be offered under very reduced rates.

The budget for health shall be for  facilities: weighing scales for babies and for adults, measuring instruments for blood pressure; pregnancy testing gadgets;  free vitamins and minerals and many more.

We shall strengthen the body, mind, emotions and spirit of the citizens of Quezon City.

NB: The holistic approach is a type of healing whereby the illness of an individual is regarded holistically. The medicines under this approach are sourced from nature. Instead of just prescribing medicines for the physical constitution, the approach also covers what foods are to be eaten; how often a certain massage or exercise are to be done, how  to use a certain type of healing oil; how to use foot bath and many more.

KILUSANG PANGKABABAIHAN

Mga Kabaro: Ang bayan natin ay nakararanas ng pakikipagtunggali ng ating mga prinsipyo na :Kapantayan, Kaunlaran at Kapayapaan. Ang Kapantayan ay hindi naisasakatuparan at makikita ito sa mga estadistika tungkol sa karahasan. Sa Lungsod Quezon, ito ay may mataas na bilang ng karahasan sa kababaihan, pati na sa kabataan. 

Kung kaya't lalo tayong dapat na maging aktibo dahil kailangang maprotektahan, mapangalagaan ang buhay ng Kababaihan dahil tayo ang nagdadala ng lahi. Walang batang mabubuhay kung wala ang babae. Ang semen ng lalaki ay maaaring ilagay sa bangko ng mga semilya at kunin ito. Hindi ito magbubunga kung hindi sasanib sa katawan ng babae. Kung kaya't mahalaga ang katawan ng babae. Ang obaryo ng babae ang nagdadala ng sanggol na siyang magpapatuloy ng lahi sa mundo, hindi lamang sa ating bansa. 

Sinisigurado ko na kung ako ay maluluklok sa Quezon City Hall magtatayo ako ng pananaliksik at pagsasanay para sa Kapantayan, Kaunlaran at Kapayapaan kung saan bibigyan ng kasanayan ang mga pamilya, ang mag-asawa kung paanong pananatilihin ang mga prinsipyong ito sa tahanan. Para matigil ang karahasan, tuturuan din ang bawa't isa kung paanong mag-negotiate, mag-usap para mararating natin ang mapayapang pagtatapos ng away. 

Ang Gender and Development Unit ay magkakaroon ng aktibong counterparts sa bawa't barangay. Palalakasin natin ito sa pamamagitan ng pag-imprenta ng mga literacy manuals sa Pilipino at Bisaya para maintindihan ng mga nasa komunidad na nagdarahop. 

Magkakaroon tayo ng mga polisia, programa at proyekto na manggagaling sa mga grupong ito ng kababaihan. Popondohan ng City Hall ang mga proyektong may maraming makikinabang at makakatulong sa higit na nakararami. Ako ay makikipag miting ng regular sa lahat ng mga GD units sa distrito at sa mga barangay. 

Nais kong sa bawa't komunidad magkaroon ng magandang pagsasama: ang kalalakihan tumatayong mapagkalingang ama sa mga pangangailangan ng lahat - pisikal at emosyonal; ang mga babae naman ay nakikibahagi ng kanilang talino at kasanayan para makatulong sa pangkabuhayan; at ang lahat ng miyembro ay magkakaroon ng mapagkalingang pagtanaw sa buong pamayanan din. 

Maraming salamat sa ating mayabong na pagsasama sa loob at labas ng mga organisasyon natin, sa loob at labas ng mga akademya at sa mga lahat ng pagkakataon. 

OROzco EMMA   (Wilhelmina S. Orozco) 

Dear Friends in the women's movement

Our country is experiencing an upheaval of our principles - equality, development and peace. Equality is still an elusive goal as the statistics on violence shows. in Quezon City this is particularly acute - as many lowly educated sectors reside here.

Yet we must vigilant because we need to protect and preserve the lives of women as we are the carriers of the race. No child will be born without the woman. The womb is very important and invaluable in insuring that our race continues.

I vow to put up a research and training unit in every barangay so that we shall have constant, relevant and honest updates on the status of every woman,girl child and woman elderly in third world communties.

By having these data, the policies, programs and projects that we will propose and approve shall be correct, relevant and based on the their actual situation.

Should you have additional comments i will be very glad to hear or read them and act accordingly. I shall conduct regular consultations with all GD units from every district and barangay.                                                                                                      

I wish that every family in the community will have a harmonious relationship, the man paternalistic taking care of the physical and emotional needs of the family and the woman contributing her talents and skills not only in building a home but also in making every member of the family happy and also feeling as one with the community.

Thank you very much for the camaraderie we share.

OROzco EMMA   (Wilhelmina S. Orozco) 

PROGRAMA: TRABAHO

GAWING MAKABULUHAN ANG A-19 MAYO 2019

PROGRAMA: TRABAHO 



Mahal kong mga Kababayang Manggagawa:

Mabuhay kayo!

Matagal na akong  nagsusuri at nagsusulat tungkol sa larangang paggawa. May sinulat ako at ginawang pelikula tungkol sa mga nagtatrabaho sa niyugan. Ang titulo ay: COCONUT, OUR CROP IN THE PHILIPPINES, THEIR FOOD OVERSEAS.  Tinalakay nito ang buhay ng mga manggagawa sa nyugan mula sa bukid, hanggang sa desiccated coconut factories – Red V, Peter Paul, at Franklin Baker .

Mayroon din akong sinulat tungkol sa mga OFW sa Europa dahil noong 1981 ay napalad akong naimbitang magpalabas ng pelikula sa Olanda. Mula roon ay naglibot ako sa Europa – sa Londres, Paris, Roma, at Brussels kung saan nakita ko ang malulungkot na sitwasyon ng ating mga kababayan na nagtatrabaho sa mga larangang mababa kaysa sa mga nationals doon.  

Nakagawa ako ng dalawang pelikula dahil sa aking mga karanasan: una, For the Next Guest – tungkol sa isang Filipina chambermaid; Through the Four Seasons, buhay ng isang Filipina nursing aide sa London, at isang animation, Friendly Relations tungkol sa relasyon ng first and third world countries. At naisulat ko rin ang trabaho nila sa aking aklat: Filipino Women in the World of Work.   

Noong 1990’s nanaliksik naman ako ng buhay ng mga manggagawa at lumabas ito bilang Unearthing Philippine Realities of Workers. Nakasulat din ako tungkol sa buhay ng mga Sakada sa Negros Occidental noong dekada nobenta at inilabas ito ng Depthnews Asia – na kinalat naman ito sa mga diyaryo sa buong Asya.

Ang paglahok ko sa pulitika ay dulot ng aking pananaliksik at pagsusulat sa diyaryo . 
Ngayon gusto ko nang direktang buhayin ang aking mga inaasam para sa ating mga kababayan dito sa Quezon City.

Marami akong plano para sa mga manggagawa dito sa syudad.
1.  Mababang halaga ng pagkain;2.    

2. Food banks para sa mga kapos sa pagkain;

3. Pagtatayo ng job units sa bawa’t barangay: ise-survey ang kakayahan ng bawa’t kababayan sa bawa’t barangay; maghahanap ng trabaho para sa bawa’t manggagawa;

4. Unemployment benefits para sa mga nawalan ng trabaho sa loob ng 6 buwan;

5.  Palalakasin ang daycare services sa bawa’t barangay para ang mga magulang ay may mapaglalagakan at ang mga anak nila ay mapangangalagaan ng matino at  tapat na mga naninilbihang social workers;

Kung may mga ideya kayo kung paano nating pagagandahin ang sitwasyon ng ating mga manggagawa dito sa Lungsod, magbubukas ang tanggapan ng Alkalde ng isang araw kada linggo para asikasuhin ang mga reklamo ninyo. 

Magtatakda ako ng isang araw bawat linggo para magkaroon ng talakayan tungkol sa buhay ng mga manggagawa, kasama ang mga asosasyon, unyon at NGO na tumutulong sa mga manggagawa. 

Sana ay magkatulungan tayo at sisiguraduhin ko ang tunay na pagbabago ng buhay ng mga manggagawa sa ating Lungsod Quezon.

OROzco EMMA  (Wilhelmina S. Orozco)

Painting KARWAHE by Mark Justiniani

CARING FOR WORKERS

My dear Fellow Workers:

Greetings.

I have been researching, analyzing and writing about work since the 80’s. When I researched about the coconut industry starting in the 70’s, I was able to write, direct and produce a documentary entitled, COCONUT, OUR CROP IN THE PHILIPPINES, THEIR FOOD OVERSEASE. It tackles the lives of coconut workers from the farm to the desiccated factories -  Red V, Peter Paul, and Franklin Baker. I met many labor groups who decried the low wages they were being given.

When I went to Europe in 1981 to show my films at the First International Conference of Women in Film and Video, in Amsterdam Nederlands, I took the opportunity to research on our Filipino migrant workers, while showing my films in London, paris, Rome and Brussels. I met our fellow Kababayan who were working there and felt very depressed about their second or third level status vis-à-vis the nationals there. 

From that sojourn, I was able to develop two documentaries, one of which had an experimental approach: , For the Next Guest – about a Filipina chambermaid in a posh hotel; and Through the Four Seasons, a nursing aide’s life in London. I was also able to write, direct and produce a Super 8mm film animation entitled Friendly Relations, a symbolic description about the askewed relationship between First and Third World countries in terms of trade.

When I arrived in the country in 1982, I was able to finish my pamphlet, Philippine Women in the World of Work.   

In the 90’s, I researched on the lives of workers in our country and came up with an unpublished article, Unearthing Philippine Realities of Workers. My editor was not allowed to publish it.

However, under the Depthnews Asia syndicate, I was able to get my article, about the Sakadas of  Negros Occidental which then was circulated in all Asian newspapers.

My desire to get involved more directly in politics is borne of my researches and writings in the papers. I would like to be there in the forefront, being a major player in the approach to developing more humane, all-inclusive programs for the constituents of Quezon City.

I have many plans for workers in Quezon City:

1.  Providing cheaper food by City Hall purchasing agricultural crops directly from provinces and passing them on to restaurant owners, and markets here;

2. Setting up of Food Banks for those who cannot meet their needs especially at night;

3. Setting up of job units at every barangay. We will survey the skills and talents of everyone in each barangay, and help find matching jobs for them;

4. Providing Unemployment Benefits for those who get separated or dismissed from work for 6 months or until they find another job;

5. Insuring that daycare services are competently staffed so that workers, especially women would feel secure that their children can be taken care of professionally by social workers;

If you have other ideas that you would like to be implemented, I shall insure that the office of the Mayor shall be open, once every week to take care of your needs and complaints. We shall also have discussions on the lives of workers, including associations, unions and NGOs that are assisting workers. Aside from these, we shall get the views of company and business owners on how to improve the lives of workers, aside from increasing their salaries.

Meanwhile, let us work for a renewed vigor of City Life that is alive for everyone, especially the workers who provide the lifeblood of businesses.

OROzco EMMA  (Wilhelmina S. Orozco)

Painting KARWAHE by Mark Justiniani

OROzco EMMA

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