I thought I’ll give you a preview on our daily lives here in our small town. Present total population is around 370,000. Since the enhanced community quarantine, all of us are just confined here, no border crossing, there are so many checkpoints in the metropolis. I much prefer to call it a lock down. We have our own curfew here at the subdivision where I live. The gates are only open from 5-10am then at 2-6pm. Nationwide curfew starts at 8pm to 5am the following day. We have quarantine passes, one in each household because only one is allowed to go out to buy necessities, food and medicines. Sometimes we make use of Grab and Lalamove though for those food delivery but of course they are so expensive but they can travel to other towns and cities in Metro Manila.
I can’t remember now how many times I’ve blogged about our third-termer Mayor – Mayor Atty. Kit Nieto. He is really good and he is even proving himself more responsible, decisive and really after the welfare of his constituents. Cainta is lucky to have him around.
Yesterday, I received three food packs from the municipal’s office thru our volunteer workers here in our subdivision. I think this is the fifth tranche since this lock down started. There are so many people contributing cash and food items to our Mayor and he in turn buys groceries, distributes the food items (some even cooked food) to all areas of our town. Priorities of course goes to those who badly need financial assistance. There is this SAP (Social Amelioration Fund) implemented by the national government but then there are so many exemptions and those qualified to receive it are finding it hard because those who were tasked to distribute it have different guidelines that they follow. My goodness, the people are hungry especially those living in the squatter areas. Compare it to those countries who take care of all their citizens, this government is sadly lacking. Sometimes, those soldiers assigned to some checkpoints are abusive.
Going back to Mayor Kit Nieto, for the 15th day now he’s been auctioning off his collection of shoes to raise funds for those who were temporarily out of work due to this lockdown, and because they were not qualified to receive SAP. He was able to garner P977,750.00 in cash for all those shoes sold, three pairs each day in the last fourteen days.
Cainta had 90 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and out of it, 12 died, 21 have fully recovered, 6 are under quarantine, and the rest are quarantined at home waiting for their fourth and fifth swab. All in all 57 patients are being monitored. They are preparing for teleconferencing with five doctors using an online facility that will start by Friday.
I started gardening yesterday morning. I am half-way through trimming the carabao grass. How are you all?
That mayor sounds a good person. Those are rare in positions of power these days.
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I know and we are blessed and lucky to have him around.
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Your Mayor is an Amazing person. Our president, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa has been very worried about us, we fondly refer to him as Uncle Cyril. He’s been under tremendous pressure, we feel his pain.
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It takes guts for a good politician to face all these problems. Glad to know your president is doing well.
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Hats off to Mayor
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Thank you Maha.
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He had a LOT of shoes! 🙂
Glad to hear you are staying safe, Arlene. We have no curfews here, and the police around Beetley are nowhere to be seen. They are just trusting that people will be sensible.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes, one of his brothers is a varsity player at Ateneo de Manila and his sponsors supplies basketball shoes too. Oh, some people go out here because they have nothing to eat. And the national govt. says they are hard-headed. I think they are looking for an excuse to declare Martial Law. This is the only country I know whose idea of a Covid 19 solution is military might. Sad, isn’t it?
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thank for the update, Arlene! glad to hear your mayor has a good heart. that’s a lot of shoes! 🙂
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He said he will continue auctioning them as long as there are still people who buy them. He knows the price of each one and some pay a lot more. They are all brand new.
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Seems like your mayor is not only competent, but also someone who really cares! Take care!
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Throughout our stay here, he is the only mayor I got in touch with years ago and had our pictures taken. Keep safe Damyanti.
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Your mayor is marvelous. Wouldn’t it be great if all our elected officials really cared about the people?
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There are a handfull of them, neophytes in the field of politics and are still very young but they are doing good, they are so competent. One of them is a 23 year old mayor next to our town in the province, ( he is the youngest so far) another one in Nueva Ecija, amd the mayor here in Pasig City next to our town has been chosen as the best so far. They are doing the extra miles to reach out. Thanks Anne✌💐🥰
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You actually have a fairly low disease rate in your sector. The testing and monitoring seems to be working. I wish we had that level of attention here.
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A lot of doctors have sacrificed their lives for this Elizabeth, specialists in their own fields. Mass testing is being done but still at a low rate.</
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That is dreadful. Has your president ever showed his face again?
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Would you believe? He is supposed to update the nation every Monday since he got his emergency powers. But those recorded and spliced speeches are aired at midnight when the population is already asleep. How would you take that Elizabeth? This is run by incompetent fools.
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And don’t you wonder about the head of North Korea?
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Did he really die?
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I guess not.
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I am so glad you are ok Arlene. You have a very enterprising mayor. I so hope no one goes hungry. There are so many areas in the world who are struggling. Stay safe.
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Yes, thanks! We are lucky.
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It hasn’t impacted my life as much as many, Arlene. The issue of feeding people laid off work is a huge one and collections/donations are going to be ongoing for some time to come.
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Good for you Jo. At least you’re still enjoying normal run of things. Keep safe there.
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