Residents of Sitio Cambudlot, Purok 6 in Barangay San Miguel, Compostela, who acknowledged to have supported before in little ways the communist movement, tear down with hammer, crow bar, and bare hands the Salugpungan school.
Rodolfo Eceja, purok leader, stressed that the community also helped in building the Salugpungan school in 2011, knowing that initiators are connected with the NPA.
“Pagtukod niana giagi nilag NGO, pagkahuman konektado lang gihapon sa pikas (NPA), sa mga kaigsoonan pud nato nga naisalaag. Sayod kaayo kay kami atong panahona, kami gihapoy ginasugo pagbarog ana giagig bayanihan.” (When it was built, they passed it through an NGO, which is still connected to the other group (NPA), to our brothers who were lost. We really know about it during those times, we were the ones who were asked to construct it through bayanihan.)
Despite knowing this, Eceja said that they still sent their children in the Salugpungan school because it was the only school in their area, and the community also felt that they were left behind by the government.
“Anang panahona, kusog pa ang mga rally; kusog pa ang pag organize sa mga tao kabahin kunuhay sa gibuhat sa goberno sa katawhan. Siyempre kami, makaingon pud mi nga naa poy kamatuoran kay makita man namo sa among kahimtang.” (During those times, rallies are still powerful; organizing people is also vigorous about what the government had supposedly been doing to the people. Of course us, we can also say that there were some truth about it because we can see it in our situation.)
However, the village chairman was enlightened by the deception of the NPA.
“Benepisyo? puro sa gihapon mga saad. Mosabay mig rally. Panahon sa MGB usa ko ka semana didto. Naa daw ihatag sa pamilya pero wala man gihapon. Na experience nako ilang kinaiya nga sigeg singgit sa goberno nga mga korupsyon, utro pud diay sa ilaha nga side.” (Benefits? Those were all promises. We joined rallies. During the MGB time, I was there for a week. They said they will give something to my family, but there was none. I experienced their behavior that they keep on shouting to corruption in the government, but it is the same even on their side.)
Now, with the whole of nation approach of the President Rodrigo Duterte, Eceja is hopeful that the government is now with them.
Since 2016, the community has benefited with energization program, improvement of roads, and construction of Day Care Center.
The Salugpungan in the area was inoperational since 2017, Eceja bared.
This year, the provincial government is eyeing to build a two-classroom Bayanihan School in the area to be manned by the Department of Education. (PIA11, Michael Uy)
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