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It was smooth po sa Lucena.
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Wala naman, hindi naman po masyado magulo.
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Tahimik naman po natapos yung eleksyon.
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That's why I'm thankful po na first laban ko, tahimik po yung laban.
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Ano yung baon mo nung pumasok ka doon sa eleksyon?
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Ang baon ko lang po noon was hard work and new ideas.
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Pero paano ko nagpakilala?
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I started as an executive assistant po.
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Who was your dad?
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And noong ikai-EA ng daddy, nakakaikot ka?
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But what was your concept of governance?
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What was your concept of being a mayor?
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Noong time po na yun, I was so enticed by the idea of changing the image of the government.
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Kasi parang lagi kong naririnig pag sinabing sa gobyerno,
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ay masasungit yung mga tao dyan.
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Feeling nila hindi sila welcome sa gobyerno, parang ganun.
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So yun po agad yung pumasok sa isip ko.
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Sabi ko, pag nabigan ako ng chance ng mga tao,
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I will make sure that I will do my best na babago yung image ng government.
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Babalik lamang ako sa eleksyon.
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So, pag pinag-uusapan ng eleksyon,
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mayroon din mga pag-uusapan namin itong mga misconception.
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Ang image, pag sinabing eleksyon, magulo.
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Hindi naman magulo.
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Pag sinabing eleksyon, kailangan mo na maraming pera.
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Did you need a lot of money to win those elections?
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Kasi noong time na yun, tito, nagsipag lang talaga ako.
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Sipag meaning, anong ginawa mo?
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Pupunta po talaga ako sa tao.
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House to house, tito.
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Ganun po talaga sa amin.
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House to house, kailangan makilala ka ng tao, with or without money.
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Pagka hindi ka marunong makisama sa kanila, negative factor na po.
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Gaano kalaking bagay yung alkala ka?
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It was a big part, tito. I'm not gonna deny it.
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It was a big part kasi known na po yung apelido.
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Going back pa po noong time, noong great-grandfather po,
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na naging governor po for 21 years, kasi was martial law.
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So, kilala po yung apelido sa larangan ng politika.
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Pag lumalakad ka, paikot ng iyong lugar sa Lucena City,
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napapagkamalang kang artista?
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Not necessarily artista, but they treat me like one.
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Explain that. Paano?
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Siguro, partly good genes from my mother and father.
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I'm thankful and blessed for that.
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But then, I had to show them that it's not only the good genes,
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but also the good heart for public service.
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Pero sa eleksyo na yun, ano yung pinaka-importanting mensahe
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na ipinarating mo sa mga Tagalog Sena?
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Kaya pala ng isang kabataan na kagaya ko,
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na tindigan ang mga tao especially noong time ng pandemic.
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Especially in those tough times,
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meron pala silang mga kasama.
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Not because of the age, but because of puso na paglingkuran sila.
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Mark, is Lucena City a better place because of your leadership?
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I can say, Tito, Lucena City is a better place
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because of the friendship between the government and the public.
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Kasi sabi ko sa kanila, open naman po ko, Tito, sa mga criticisms.
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At saka, if may suggestions sila, please let me know.
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Kasi hindi ko naman po alam lahat ng bagay.
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So, I think Lucena is a better place because we are united.
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Okay. How do you make sure that the feedback mechanism
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between you and your constituents happens?
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Meron ka bang mga...
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Meron po ako, Tito, yung tinatawag na VIP program.
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Lahat po ng offices ko is ginegredan ng HR namin.
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So, lahat silang may feedback forms and lahat feedback may comment section.
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So, every week, nag-a-award po ako ng best offices.
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Paano mo na-conceptualize ito?
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Actually, pasasalamat po ako, I have a mentor.
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Si Tito Archie Inlong po, who I started with dun sa VIP ka program
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na gusto namin ma-feel ng mga tao na pag pumunta sila sa City Hall,
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sa Lucena government, they are treated like a VIP.
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Hindi ba mahirap pag naging introduce ka ng mga konseptong ganito
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sa isang organisasyon na doon na nagkaanak, tumanda, nasanay na sa mga kaugalian?
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Mahirap, Tito. Mahirap.
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Paano ang ginawa mo para mas maunawaan nila?
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Hindi nila nakasanayan.
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Tinis ko sila, Tito, kahit sinasabi nila.
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Akala nila kasi nung, syempre, nung di pa po ako mayor,
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yung lagi lang ako nakangiti.
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Akala nila ng ngiting ngiti lang.
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Tapos nung upo ko po doon, magigpit pala ako.
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How long did it take you to make people understand?
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Months din siguro, Tito.
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Months din. Ito yung gusto ko.
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Ganoon naman talaga if you're setting a program to your mind.
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Sa utak ng mga tao, it takes time.
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Tapos may resistance.
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Syempre ano ba naman yan? Ba't biglang may ganyan?
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Tapos nung nakita nila, Tito, na natutuwa ang mga tao,
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na-appreciate na rin nila.
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Na yung mga tao, thank you po kasi welcome kami dito.
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Yung mga simple gestures na ganun.
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Do you have a political hero?
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My political hero, except my father.
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Except your father.
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The standard of our generation now is Mayor Vico.
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Pero kasi based dun sa mga nakikita ko,
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sa mga ginagawa niya,
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siya talaga yung standard ng generation namin.
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Pagdating kasi sa kanya,
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medyo binabago niya na yung style ng pagiging politician.
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Kasi lahat naman yung batang politiko, yan ang sinasabi.
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Many decades ago,
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every time a young politician would come into the scene,
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they would talk about changing the political landscape.
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Everybody would talk about the ideal.
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Everybody would talk about the people.
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So, importante sa atin yung consistency.
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And I think that's what you're seeing in Vico.
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So, I know you're very young,
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and you may be in a work in progress
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in terms of ideology,
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in terms of philosophy.
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Pero habang ikaw ngayon,
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kasalukuyan mayor,
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do you also feel that sometimes
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it is important to be feared?
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Can you explain that based on your experience?
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I don't want to say feared, Tito, but respected.
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Yes, I understand that.
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Kasi pag kinakatakutan ka,
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feeling ko malilimit yung potential ng mga kasama mo.
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But I feel like it's important to be respected
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so that they follow you.
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Impact, making a difference.
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Right now, one year into the office,
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aside from trying to change attitudes,
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aside from what we talked about,
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anong mga programa
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ang ginagawa mo at gagawin mo
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to make an impact and to make a difference.
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Una siguro after po nung VIP,
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kasama na kasi sa VIP is
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welcome yung lahat.
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I mean, no gender, no religions,
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but I will work with you
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because of what you can do.
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Not because of what your religion is
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or kung babae ka, lalaki ka,
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but kung ano yung kaya mong ibigay.
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From there, mabibreak yung barriers dito.
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After na mabreak yung barriers,
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mas lalong magkakaroon ng limitless potential
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yung pwede nating magawa.
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Tapos doon ko na po sinama dito.
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Kasi ang tagline ko was Boom Lucena.
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Boom Lucena dito.
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For Lucena to boom.
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Kasi parang huli na sa development sa south
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ang Quezon province.
09:13.0
Pero maraming naman kaming natural resources.
09:18.0
Gusto ko po na ma-develop si Lucena
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para maraming lucenahins
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will not go far away
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and just stay there to work.
09:29.0
So how much development,
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how much infra projects are you doing now?
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And if you can be more specific
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in terms of the programs that you're doing.
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Right now dito, we are inviting investors.
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Kasi hindi po kaya ng budget ng Lucena
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na kami na kami yung magpagawa.
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We can only do so much
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because our budget is focused on social services.
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ang currently na patapos na was SNR.
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It's not a big deal in Manila.
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No, it's an indicator.
09:55.0
It's a big deal for us province
09:58.0
We have SM, Pacific Mall
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and then may mga car companies,
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Toyota, Mitsubishi.
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So nagsisimula na po sila pumunta sa amin.
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So nagkakaroon na po ng tiwala
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ang mga investors.
10:13.0
So let's go to the other side of the spectrum.
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I mean in terms of incidents,
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nagkaroon po kami ng programa recently.
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I think 80% na po yung
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nawala, maraming malnourished
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na bata sa amin before.
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Nagkaroon po kami ng MAMA,
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Movement Against Malnutrition.
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Tinulungan naman po kami ng DOH.
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Tapos may cycle po siya
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if I'm not mistaken,
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until stage 5 nakamonitor sila.
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So from there, nag-increase gradually.
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Kasi sa tingin ko po,
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malaking tulong yun
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to lessen also the burden of the parents.
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In terms of education,
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ano mga programa mo?
10:56.0
When it comes to education,
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we have a school dito.
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May school naman kami
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that we constantly support.
11:02.0
Also the national supports,
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nagbibigay sila ng funding.
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ang ginagawa namin is,
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we're just maintaining
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the quality of education there.
11:13.0
Kasi yung DLL po namin
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is our school sa Lucena.
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Before you go there,
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meron ka dapat 85
11:22.0
and above na grade.
11:24.0
Tapos may entrance exam pa.
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Kasi limited po yung fund.
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We want our students
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to work hard for it.
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So ang ganda naman po
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Lalo na yung Lucena
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because it's getting to be
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an educational hub.
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Ang dami po pupunta dun
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What is your political ambition?
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Gusto mong maging gobernador?
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Gusto mong mag-congressman?
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Gusto mong maging senador?
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You have a long way to go.
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You're very young.
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Hindi ko po iniisip dito
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kasi I'm gonna do my best
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with what the people gave me.
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And then from there,
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whatever opportunities
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siguro I will take advantage.
12:02.0
You will move from there?
12:04.0
Pero yung now and the present
12:05.0
are the most important to you?
12:06.0
Kasi bago pa po ako dito.
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Let's talk about certain issues.
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Anong partido mo?
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ang national organization
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sa mga Tagalogal?
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Do you really need
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the national party
12:23.0
Noong time ko po,
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nakatulong po siya
12:33.0
mataas yung rating
12:36.0
At at the end of the day,
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it comes down po sa
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kung paano ka talaga.
12:41.0
Mark, sabi mo would say,
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he's part of a dynasty.
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Anong yung reaksyon?
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political dynasty,
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naniniwala po ko na
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it all comes down
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Intention po noong maupo.
12:57.0
Whether you're from
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a political dynasty,
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a political family or not,
13:01.0
whether you serve one,
13:03.0
or even twenty years,
13:05.0
if you intend to cheat
13:07.0
that trusted you,
13:08.0
kahit saan ka galing,
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yun yung mangyayari.
13:12.0
if it's the other way around,
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if your intention,
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especially ako tito,
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so iba talaga yung
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pananaw ko siguro.
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then if that's your intention,
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no matter where you come from,
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you will be loved
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sa ating pag-uusap.
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ano ba talagang ginagawa mo
13:39.0
Ano ba talagang trabaho mo
13:42.0
Anong sagot mo doon?
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I'm just a representation
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of the people's dreams
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na pinagkatiwala nila sa akin
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yung mga pangarap nila.
13:51.0
How do you relax?
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Yun yung tinatanong ko
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sa kapatid ko dito.
13:57.0
Ang hirap pala mag-relax
13:59.0
Kasi pag sinusubukan mo tito,
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ang style po kasi sa amin,
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lahat dumadaan sa akin.
14:04.0
Especially sa assistants.
14:05.0
Whether it's a small amount
14:08.0
dumadaan sa akin.
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So, pagpapahinga po ako,
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pinagpapaalam pa rin po nila sa akin.
14:13.0
Kahit siguro 10 pesos,
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Yan yung di ko pa
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Hindi ko alam paano
14:20.0
Kasi yung basketball,
14:21.0
competitive din siya.
14:22.0
Hindi ko rin makarelax talaga.
14:23.0
Professional basketball player ka.
14:26.0
it's not to relax,
14:27.0
but it's to compete
14:29.0
Pinagsama ko kasi sila.
14:32.0
Pagdating mo kasi sa court
14:33.0
at the end of the day,
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competitor ka eh.
14:35.0
So, kung hindi ka nakakapagrelax
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do you find time for love?
14:46.0
As much as possible,
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I try to make it private.
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nasa publiko na yan.
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Let's talk about it.
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from a public job
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Para hindi ako ma-disappoint,
15:05.0
Para hindi ako ma-disappoint,
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I don't expect it too much.
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Kasi kahit saan ako pumunta
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anywhere in Lucena,
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Ikilala tayo ng tao.
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kahit saan ako pumunta,
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Basta pag nasa bahay ako,
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nasa kuwarto ko na,
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separate myself from my work.
15:28.0
Mark, huling katanungan.
15:31.0
thirty years from now,
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people will watch this conversation.
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I would like to ask you,
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how do you want to be remembered?
15:42.0
naisip ko yan din.
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how do I want to be remembered?
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Ang sinabi ko lang
15:52.0
after this interview,
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thirty, fifty years from now,
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did the system change me
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or did I change the system?
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Baka kasi mamaya.
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That's interesting.
16:05.0
Dito, I wouldn't know.
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Did the system change me?
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Did I change the system?
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And your answer is,
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But you're going towards what?
16:19.0
I'm trying to change the system
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in a way that I think it's right.
16:24.0
That's simple lang, dito.
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When you say naman,
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what I think is right,
16:32.0
pwede mo pa rin namang dagdagan yun
16:34.0
based on the opinion of others.
16:36.0
Kasi willing naman ako to listen.
16:38.0
Collaborative ka naman.
16:40.0
Nakikinig ka naman.
16:41.0
So, that is for us to find out
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thirty years from now.
16:44.0
I like the humility.
16:45.0
I like the practicality of your ideas.
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And I also like the fact
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that you're saying
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Itong pinanghahawakan ko ngayon.
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to the best I can,
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I will not lose my sense
17:05.0
and what is wrong.
17:08.0
Dito, thank you so much.
17:09.0
Thank you for your time.
17:23.0
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