ADVERTISEMENT“Life has improved, there’s a big difference now,” Amelil, 31, said as she recounted how the people of the village used to struggle with the lack of infrastructure in the area. Now I earn as much as P1,000 a day, depending on the day’s activities in the village center,” Amelil said of her store, which was just across the village hall here. At least 60 percent of barangay roads had since been concreted, said Ismael Hashim, village chief. Villagers, too, have become more vigilant since that fateful day, Hashim said. Amelil said the carnage also changed the way women in the village went through their day to day activities.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 27, 2018 23:15 UTC