00:00Hundreds of barangay officials in Cebu City joined forces to form a group
00:05that is willing to talk about the salary and benefits of barangay workers and volunteers.
00:10Jesse Atchensa of PTV Cebu is in the center of the news.
00:17Before the end of the past 10 weeks,
00:20the barangay captains gathered in the whole province of Cebu
00:25to promote the importance of programs and services in the barangay,
00:30such as gender and development,
00:32and anti-violence against women and children.
00:35Among the discussions,
00:37the Magna Carta was launched for barangay volunteers
00:41to be given the right honorarium.
00:44Because like sad to say,
00:45there are a lot of benefits,
00:47so now the next portion of the lobbying is for next year.
00:51Next year is sad because of the feeling.
00:53Until now, there are only 700 barangay workers a month.
00:58Sit down with a technical working group
01:02especially to help third, fourth, fifth class barangays.
01:08Senator Francis Tolentino also joined the barangay league.
01:13He reminded the officials that the giving of services
01:18as the closest body of justice to the people.
01:41The senator also laid out the new program
01:44that will help the victims of the calamities.
01:47In 2025,
01:49these are the people affected by the calamities.
01:52So to help them,
01:54because of the flood or whatever,
01:57so that the electricity or water won't be cut off,
02:02you can repair the house,
02:04that's the answer.
02:05This is the biggest help of barangay officials
02:09in the whole province of Cebu.
02:11It was won by more than 1,000 barangay officials
02:14from PTV Cebu.
02:16Jesse Atienza for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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