00:53.6
Donya, maraming salamat at nagkita tayo muli.
00:57.3
Maraming salamat, Tito, for having me again.
00:59.7
I know, and my deepest condolences on the passing of your dad.
01:04.5
Hindi tayo nakapagkita, but I continue to pray.
01:10.0
Kumusta ang buhay na wala ang daddy?
01:12.9
It was a really huge adjustment for me and the family.
01:17.7
And considering na ako na yung head ng family ngayon,
01:21.4
because ako yung next in line sa kanya,
01:24.3
I really had to step up.
01:27.3
And lagi ko ang sinasabi,
01:30.6
I'm already a forced adult nung pumasok ko ng politika.
01:33.9
Lalo na nung namatay yung aking father.
01:36.1
I'm really forced to take up responsibilities na
01:39.8
I didn't think na I would be making yung mga decision-making na malalaki.
01:46.6
He was your political mentor.
01:49.6
What do you miss most about him?
01:51.9
Yung pagiging strict niya.
01:53.4
He wants everything to be done on time.
01:57.3
And he wants everything to be done the proper way, the best way.
02:02.7
When you look back, nararamdaman mo ba na somehow inihanda ka ng dad
02:09.5
para sa kinaruroonan mo ngayon bilang mayor ng San Manuel?
02:14.9
Ever since I started working for him, I believe talagang pinrepare niya ako.
02:19.0
Alam mo, Tito, kwento ko nga eh.
02:21.0
Nung time na namatay siya,
02:23.3
everyone, lahat, mommy ko, my siblings, lahat sila nasa hospital.
02:27.3
Ako lang yung naiwan sa bahay.
02:29.5
And then, syempre, lahat sila, parang, di nila alam yung gagawin.
02:33.1
Lahat in shock eh.
02:34.2
So, kung walang gagalaw, walang mangyayari.
02:37.7
So, naisip ko, talagang pinrepare ako sa daddy ko sa mga ganitong pagkakataon.
02:41.4
Kailangan, I have to be at my strongest.
02:44.3
Doon ko na-realize na, eto yung training na binigyan niya sa akin.
02:48.0
Kahit anong pagsubok talaga, dapat alam ko how to handle and think fast.
02:57.3
In the middle of pandemic.
02:59.5
How was your management of San Manuel during the pandemic?
03:03.8
The best way to manage anything talaga is to listen eh, to your people.
03:09.0
So, syempre, what I did, syempre, makinig ako ano kailangan ng mga tao.
03:12.8
And during the pandemic, what they needed are the basic ones.
03:15.4
Syempre, food, di ba, yung delivery ng mga supplies.
03:19.8
And yung pagiging alert ng health facilities namin.
03:23.7
Very cooperative lahat ng department heads namin.
03:26.4
And magagaling actually yung mga tao sa paligid ko.
03:28.7
That's actually the key.
03:29.3
O, katulad ka rin ba namin na, ako kasi, nung nag-umpisa, parang, nalilang to.
03:36.1
O, tapos nung medyo nagtagal, nag-umpisa na akong matakot.
03:40.3
People were collapsing everywhere.
03:43.4
Na parang, what is happening?
03:46.3
Bilang isang leader ng isang bayan, ano yung iniisip mo during that time?
03:52.2
I think, Tito, pagbabae ka din, meron kang ganong motherly instinct.
03:56.4
Di ba, yung talagang iisipin mo talaga yung kapakanan ng lahat.
04:00.8
So, for me nun, syempre, like a mom, like ang babae, di ba, for us, prevention talaga is better than cure.
04:08.8
So, yung iba siguro iniisip nila nga, saglit lang yan or it won't be that bad.
04:14.4
So, kaya hindi sila agad nakapag-prepare.
04:16.3
Pero ako kasi, nandyan naman ang pondo eh.
04:18.7
We can do something about it.
04:20.0
Napapag-usapan lamang natin ang pandemic, Doña, dahil kayo, you're the pandemic mayors.
04:26.4
It was a test of leadership.
04:31.0
It was a test of character.
04:34.5
Kasi sa kasaysayan ng sangkatauhan, people will go back to this particular era.
04:41.7
Now, what did people do in COVID-19?
04:45.8
Marami, maraming kwento ang lalabas.
04:47.9
Marami yung sinabi mo, resilience, yung character, yung behavior ng tao, yung instinct natin to survive.
04:56.4
What kind of leaders did we actually produce during the pandemic?
05:00.7
Ako doon, Tito, kailangan kalmado lang ako.
05:03.9
Kailangan kalmado ko lang.
05:04.7
Kasi kung magpapanik ako, ganoon din yung mga tao eh.
05:08.3
Kahit marami na kaming cases noon, I stayed calm, updated the people.
05:12.6
Every day, every single time na may mga cases, I updated them.
05:16.4
Via your social media?
05:17.5
Yes, oo. Para careful din sila. And of course, sa barangay din.
05:20.2
Pero doon mo makikita, Tito, talaga na ang daming mga ganoon pangyayari na...
05:26.4
Kawawa yung mga tao, you know, because the fear na they might get it, di ba?
05:33.4
Ganon pala ang pag-iisip ng tao pagka ganoon sila katakot.
05:38.9
But having a leader na kalmado will help talaga.
05:42.0
Nagkaroon ng eleksyon during the pandemic.
05:44.6
Kumusta yun? Nakaikot? Paano ang nangyari? Anong natutunan mo during that election?
05:49.4
Actually, we expected the last election to be very different from past elections.
05:56.0
Alam naman natin, pag-eleksyon talaga sa Pilipinas, parang fiesta, di ba?
06:00.0
Lahat ng tao, nagsasama-sama. It was pretty much the same.
06:03.7
But you couldn't do rallies?
06:05.2
Yeah, walang handshake. Mayroon kaming mga meetings.
06:08.1
Mga small gatherings?
06:09.7
Yes, oo. Pero wala yung mga before na. But it still happened, di ba?
06:14.0
Dito, last election, ganun pa rin eh. Ang dami pa rin tao.
06:17.4
Kung sa bagay, oo. Kasi medyo patapos na rin ng konti.
06:20.2
There were big rallies already.
06:21.8
Masaya dito kasi always pag bumababa ka, tapos nakikita ka ng mga tao.
06:25.3
I mean, there's a way.
06:26.0
I was so excited to see you. Especially before that, nag-pandemic eh.
06:31.3
So everyone was just so excited to see each other, lalo na yung mga senior citizens.
06:36.4
Yakap-yakap kami.
06:37.3
Donia, malaking tulong ba na maganda ka, na mukha kang artista?
06:41.4
Mabait ako. Mukha ko mabait dito.
06:43.3
Paano kung maganda ka pero mukha kang bataray?
06:48.3
Pero ako, nakilala na nila ako. Bata pa lang ako.
06:50.8
Kasama ko na rin yung mga magsasaka. I bond with them.
06:53.5
So hindi ka bago sa kanila?
06:56.0
Hindi na talaga, dito. I may look like this, pero pag nandun ako sa barangay, mga pare yung mga yan.
07:03.0
So sanay sila sa ganda ni Donia?
07:05.3
Oo, pero talagang ano.
07:07.3
Magandang mabait. Ngayon ko natutunan yan.
07:09.6
Yes, yes, yes. Oo.
07:10.8
Donia, noong ika'y naging mayor, even when you were vice mayor, inisyuhan ba kayo ng, kayo'y dinastiya or you were starting to build a dynasty, a political dynasty?
07:22.1
Was that an issue raised against you?
07:24.0
Dito, it will only be raised.
07:26.0
To certain politicians. Nakikita ng mga tao who doesn't deliver.
07:31.6
Sa amin, I don't know kung meron ganyan. Bibihira ako na rin. Actually, pag may nagko-comment na ganyan sa Facebook, kapag titignan namin, hindi siya taga San Manuel eh.
07:40.5
Pero mga taga San Manuel, they've accepted it because performing silang mag-ama eh.
07:46.7
Wala ka talaga masasabi with the performance, yung sipag, yung time, the dedication is there.
07:53.7
So, you really can't use that.
07:54.9
So, you really can't use that.
07:55.4
So, you really can't use that.
07:55.9
So, you really can't use that against us.
07:57.9
What is your biggest achievement, ikaw, as a mayor, sa San Manuel?
08:03.9
Yung biggest achievement ko, tito, right now, siguro, yung unity.
08:09.9
Because during my dad's time, medyo ang daming factions eh. Malaki pa yung divisiveness.
08:15.9
Apo. Kung baga na, control na yung political situation sa San Manuel.
08:18.9
So, if you were to describe your leadership today, Doña, paano mo ihahambing ang sarili mo sa iyong political mentor, who happens to be your father?
08:25.2
So, if you were to describe your leadership today, Doña, paano mo ihahambing ang sarili mo sa iyong political mentor, who happens to be your father?
08:26.2
So, if you were to describe your leadership today, Doña, paano mo ihahambing ang sarili mo sa iyong political mentor, who happens to be your father?
08:27.2
Nakuha ko kasi lahat sa kanya, tito eh. The passion, the hard work, yung dedication. Nakuha ko lahat yan, yung strength ko.
08:35.2
Pero yung pagiging calm ko, yung pagiging listener ko, yung pagiging peacemaker ko.
08:46.2
Maternal, nurturing, sabi mo nga kanina.
08:47.2
Maternal, nurturing, sabi mo nga kanina.
08:48.2
So, yun ang pagkakaiba namin. Nagagamit ko yung feminine energy ko in a way na hindi sila natatakot.
08:49.2
So, yun ang pagkakaiba namin. Nagagamit ko yung feminine energy ko in a way na hindi sila natatakot.
08:55.2
Because you may hurt them. Pero natatakot sila. Kasi baka mawalay tiwanan sa amin.
09:01.2
And also because, sabi mo nga, nagbago na rin yung electoral landscape.
09:04.2
Na kung noon nag-work yung takot, ngayon with, for example, social media, which I'd like to talk to you about later,
09:12.2
medyo naiba na rin ang dynamics ng leaders and their followers.
09:17.2
Sa karanasan mo, di ba?
09:18.2
Sa karanasan mo, di ba?
09:19.2
I think that in the world of Valdonia, in local politics,
09:22.2
iyong relasyon, it's expected of politicians to come to the rescue of the constituents.
09:30.2
Mayor, wala kaming ano?
09:32.2
Wala kami pang maisaing?
09:34.2
Lahat. How do you handle that?
09:37.2
Dito na, sanay na ako eh. At an early age, nakikita ko yung father ko.
09:41.2
Umaga pa lang, may mga tao na sa labas. People need you.
09:46.2
Ikaw yung nakikita nila, ng pag-asa nila.
09:48.2
nila. Napag-asa nila.
09:50.0
Do you set aside a budget for that?
09:52.2
Meron talaga. Diba? Yung bigas.
09:54.5
Meron talaga. Yung immediate needs
09:56.3
talaga. Outside of
09:59.7
job of your government.
10:02.1
Diba? Pero saan ka
10:03.9
bumabalansi na hindi sila
10:08.1
dole-out mentality?
10:09.9
Diyan po hapasok dito na kailangan. Marami kang
10:11.9
programs talaga that promote
10:13.7
sustainability. Self-employment,
10:16.7
mga negosyo packages,
10:18.5
skills and livelihood
10:22.1
Kaya talaga nakasandala mga tao sa gobyerno
10:24.1
and you have to give them
10:25.3
ganong mga opportunities to learn.
10:28.2
Hindi lang laging
10:29.8
hingi or grant from the government.
10:31.8
Okay. Ngayon that you are
10:33.2
on your second term,
10:35.8
how much does reputation
10:40.9
leader of your town?
10:42.8
It's still everything, Tito. It is.
10:45.2
Nagbabago lang naman ang
10:48.2
Kapag eleksyon eh. Pero all
10:50.1
throughout, it really is about
10:52.0
reputation. Kung ano yung ginawa mo
10:54.2
the past three years, itong
10:56.3
term mo. Kung meron ka man ginawang
10:58.4
kalakuan, babalik yan sa'yo.
11:00.1
That's why I always tell them, guard
11:02.0
your reputation with your life.
11:03.9
Let's talk about social media.
11:06.1
Ibahagi mo nga sa amin yung karanasan na yan
11:08.0
using social media
11:09.5
as a form of communication
11:14.3
your constituents. Ako, Tito,
11:16.2
naniniwala kasi ako na I'm one of
11:18.2
the firsts na nag-utilize
11:20.8
posting what I do at work.
11:25.9
Noong una iniisip nila, bakit lagi niyang
11:27.6
pinopost yung mga ginagawa niya?
11:30.1
Nagyayabang ba siya? But for me, it's
11:32.0
transparency kasi it's for the people to
11:34.1
know na gumagalaw siya.
11:35.9
She's doing something. Diba?
11:39.7
we realized that it works.
11:44.0
ng mga tao how active you are.
11:48.2
nakikita mo rin yung
11:50.5
engagement ng mga tao kung
11:52.6
satisfied sila sa performance mo.
11:54.7
And if meron man negative dyan mag-comment,
11:56.9
I will take it constructively.
11:59.0
It's really nice na
12:00.2
you are able to gauge your performance
12:02.9
through social media. Kasi kung lahat yung
12:04.7
positive, eti good. Kung may negative,
12:07.1
eti, oh, baka may kailangan tayo
12:08.9
i-correct sa atin. Diba?
12:10.8
Kaya nagagamit namin ito
12:15.0
measure our performance.
12:16.4
Tama. Ano yung vision?
12:20.8
Siyempre, progressive.
12:22.3
No, but infra ba ito?
12:24.0
Agricultural kayo eh.
12:24.5
Progressive. Agricultural but
12:30.1
we want to be the logistics hub
12:33.2
Ano? Ipaliwanag mo nga yan?
12:34.7
Logistics hub of the North.
12:36.3
Kasi napapaligiran kayo ng mayayaman
12:38.5
at hindi masyado mayayaman
12:40.0
ng mga bayan. Diba?
12:41.2
Pag titignan mo kasi sa mapa dito,
12:43.2
San Manuel talaga.
12:44.0
Nasa Central Luzon kami.
12:45.1
Kasi nasa gitna talaga kami.
12:46.9
And kami yung may pinaka,
12:48.2
kami yung pinaka malapit
12:52.0
both ends ng San Manuel
12:57.7
So, it's very strategic.
12:59.6
nasa amin si Nestle,
13:02.2
So, we distribute up to
13:07.3
maganda yung location,
13:08.5
yung type of land.
13:10.0
Yung secure peace and order
13:12.4
Pagka business friendly namin,
13:13.9
talagang sobrang friendly namin.
13:18.2
accessibility yung kalsada.
13:20.6
So, ang strategy na namin
13:21.6
is to industrialize talaga.
13:23.2
Pag-usapan natin,
13:24.8
na pinag-uusapan parate
13:27.1
na ang daming sobrang yaman,
13:30.4
ang daming mahihirap.
13:32.6
Bilang mayor ng isang bayan,
13:36.3
what is your take on it?
13:40.0
Siyempre, at the end of the day,
13:41.5
we want to do something about it.
13:43.2
Oo, to close that gap, di ba?
13:45.0
Oo, and, you know,
13:47.3
pag nagbasa ka ng,
13:48.2
yung history ng ibang bansa,
13:50.2
like, for example,
13:53.2
because yung naging strategy nila
13:59.2
ang dami pang kailangan gawin.
14:01.2
Ang normal na Pilipino ngayon,
14:04.2
walang bahay, di ba?
14:07.2
Ah, walang stable job.
14:09.2
Nakakaranas ng gutom.
14:10.2
Nakakaranas ng gutom.
14:11.2
Napakaraming tao.
14:13.2
susumusweldo lang ng basic minimum
14:19.2
how do you solve that dito, di ba?
14:21.2
Education talaga dito.
14:23.2
Education in the Philippines.
14:25.2
That's why in San Manuel,
14:26.2
we're building a few
14:29.2
key projects this term,
14:31.2
na nakatoon sa education talaga.
14:41.2
we're building an ICT school,
14:44.2
na, ICT high school, na
14:46.2
first in the province,
14:49.2
and possibly one of the first in the Philippines.
14:53.2
kami ang merong municipally operated na
15:00.2
meron ang province,
15:01.2
pero first municipality kami
15:03.2
to build mga classes.
15:06.2
During the pandemic dito,
15:07.2
nakita namin yung importance ng pagiging handa,
15:10.2
lalo na sa health.
15:15.2
nag-realign kami ng pondo.
15:18.2
Locally funded po ito.
15:20.2
Community health care center,
15:24.2
for a municipality this small.
15:27.2
kumpleto kami sa basic services dito.
15:29.2
Yun ang sinasabi ko,
15:30.2
ah, na ang mga mayors, mga leaders,
15:32.2
na nakaranas ng pandemic,
15:39.2
decades from now,
15:42.2
we will look at the pandemic
15:46.2
a very important political,
15:52.2
Because doon natin nalaman na kailangan
15:54.2
itong mga services ito
15:55.2
remain to be basic.
15:56.2
Napilitan tayo magbago dito eh.
15:58.2
According sa time.
16:00.2
According sa pangangailangan ng mundo ngayon.
16:03.2
It was an opportunity to learn and grow.
16:07.2
dati nagpo-focus ang mga LGU sa basketball.
16:10.2
Nagbibuild ng courts.
16:12.2
Pero, yun pala, kailangan natin,
16:13.2
more hospitals talaga.
16:16.2
Dalawa ng babae ang naging presidente ng Pilipinas.
16:20.2
President Aquino and President Arroyo.
16:23.2
You are a young mayor of a town,
16:29.2
Alam ko sasabihin mo,
16:30.2
pag tinanong kita,
16:32.2
nangangarap ka bang maging presidente ng Pilipinas?
16:34.2
You'd probably say,
16:37.2
And I understand that.
16:38.2
Pero may mga pagkakataon na
16:40.2
we earlier talked about
16:42.2
respecting our destiny.
16:44.2
Nailagay ka sa pagkakataon
16:48.2
nasa kamay mo ang liderato ng bansa.
16:51.2
Is that something that you will go for?
16:53.2
Or is that something that
16:54.2
you will walk away from?
16:57.2
as long as meron akong kayang gawin,
17:01.2
One day at a time?
17:02.2
Hanggang kaya kong i-offer yung sarili ko.
17:03.2
Hanggang meron akong kayang gawin para sa ibang tao.
17:06.2
Last question, Doña.
17:09.2
You believe in heaven.
17:11.2
How do you get there?
17:17.2
as a public servant,
17:19.2
how do you get to heaven?
17:21.2
I just try to be the best version of myself.
17:27.2
and the most compassionate for other people.
17:30.2
Habang nandito pa ako sa mundo.
17:31.2
Take care of your reputation.
17:34.2
Maraming salamat.
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