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:By JO ANN SABLAD


MANILA, Philippines — Moto-Meet made possible what could be the biggest dilemma for any candidate running this elections.
THE Mindanao Migrants Center for Empowering Actions Inc. (MMCEAI) is pushing for a comprehensive profiling and sustainable database for local migrants in the country that would help in planning development strategies in Northern Mindanao.


What exactly is Moto-Meet?
MMCEAI executive director Inorisa Elento said that according to the figure provided by the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) regional office, Northern Mindanao has a population growth rate of 1.92 percent, a bit higher than the country's growth rate of 1.84 percent.


Moto-Meet is the brainchild of 1st District Representative Seth Frederick “Bullet” Jalosjos who is running for governor for the province of Zamboanga Del Norte.
Local migration, Elento said, plays a part in the increasing number of population in the region.


Jalosjos thought of tapping his group and other volunteers in riding to reach remote barangays in Zamboanga Del Norte.
"If there are more people coming in to Northern Mindanao, it affects the host region. Kung pag-usapan natin yung (if we talked about) in-migration, people outside the region coming to Northern Mindanao. So meaning daghan na kaayo ang tao dinhi sa (there are many people in) Northern Mindanao. So what are they doing here?" Elento said.


“I call them my brothers and sisters on two-wheels. We now have more than 1,000 volunteer riders, and that allowed us to maximize the coverage of our campaign, imagine we only have 45-days to campaign, paano mo mararating ang mga liblib na barangay kung hindi ka magmomotor?” Jalosjos said.
"It's also a competition now of resources, job opportunities, facilities and services of the government," she said, adding that in a congested area, criminality rate will also be a consideration.


Today, Jalosjos, with his running-mate Britz Hamoy, retired Armed Forces Chief of Staff Alexander Yano, and the rest of the volunteer riders, were able to reach 36 barangays in the town of Sindangan.
Another concern are the Indigenous Peoples (IP) or the Lumads.


Zamboanga Del Norte has 691 barangays.
Elento said the IP communities in the region are starting to dwindle.


“We initially have 50 riders. It was just experimental. We were gladly surprised by the outpour of support. Umabot kami ng 500.Akala ko max na yun. Now we have a thousand riders for Moto-Meet,” he added.
At present, there are no available data for local migrants coming in and going out of each regions.


Residents in remote barangays were surprised to see the long line of riders. Children ran after them. Some elderlies remarked that this is the first time they have seen that many riders.
"Data is very powerful. If you really would like to deliver good services, effective services, create mechanisms to be more effective in terms of governance," Elento said.


Jalosjos is known for his Serbisyo Bilis Program wherein he financed through his congressional funds, patients especially those with life threatening illness.
"We have to look at migration not just a problem but it's also a solution of the problem. What is a challenge now is how do we make migration safe. How do we make migration as issue of development, not just a problem," she added.


He intends to expand the medical assistance of Serbisyo Bilis.
The MMCEAI executive director said it is now a challenge how to make migration a safe option to people who would like to be developed or survive in other areas.
 
She said if people are so keen to ensure the safety of the migrants translating the movement of people into development, the government should have numbers, figures or data.
 
"It's not just an issue of peace and order. It's an issue of the whole development context. To come up with a data on how many people are coming in and migrating out of the city or region is to look into safe migration," Elento said.

Latest revision as of 03:34, 18 May 2019

By JO ANN SABLAD

THE Mindanao Migrants Center for Empowering Actions Inc. (MMCEAI) is pushing for a comprehensive profiling and sustainable database for local migrants in the country that would help in planning development strategies in Northern Mindanao.

MMCEAI executive director Inorisa Elento said that according to the figure provided by the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) regional office, Northern Mindanao has a population growth rate of 1.92 percent, a bit higher than the country's growth rate of 1.84 percent.

Local migration, Elento said, plays a part in the increasing number of population in the region.

"If there are more people coming in to Northern Mindanao, it affects the host region. Kung pag-usapan natin yung (if we talked about) in-migration, people outside the region coming to Northern Mindanao. So meaning daghan na kaayo ang tao dinhi sa (there are many people in) Northern Mindanao. So what are they doing here?" Elento said.

"It's also a competition now of resources, job opportunities, facilities and services of the government," she said, adding that in a congested area, criminality rate will also be a consideration.

Another concern are the Indigenous Peoples (IP) or the Lumads.

Elento said the IP communities in the region are starting to dwindle.

At present, there are no available data for local migrants coming in and going out of each regions.

"Data is very powerful. If you really would like to deliver good services, effective services, create mechanisms to be more effective in terms of governance," Elento said.

"We have to look at migration not just a problem but it's also a solution of the problem. What is a challenge now is how do we make migration safe. How do we make migration as issue of development, not just a problem," she added.

The MMCEAI executive director said it is now a challenge how to make migration a safe option to people who would like to be developed or survive in other areas.

She said if people are so keen to ensure the safety of the migrants translating the movement of people into development, the government should have numbers, figures or data.

"It's not just an issue of peace and order. It's an issue of the whole development context. To come up with a data on how many people are coming in and migrating out of the city or region is to look into safe migration," Elento said.

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