THE barangay (village) elections are coming up on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. As a historian, I have observed how the barangay has evolved — not necessarily for the better — over the past few decades.
The most important observation is that there has been a frantic onrush of aspirants elbowing each other for a seat as "punong barangay" (village captain) or one of the "kagawad" (councilors). The same is true for their youth counterpart, the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK or youth council).
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