By: Gay B. Gaspay

Tacloban City- Marginalized Taclobanons can now avail of FREE services from the Mayor Alfred Social Action (MASA) Office which is located at the 2nd floor of the Tacloban Supermarket.

Conceptualized by the Mayor himself, the MASA Office gives direct services for FREE to ordinary Taclobanons – services such as FREE legal, health, social and civil registration services can now be availed at said office.

With the tagline, “Aadi ako para ha iyo” (I’m here for you) , Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez spend most of his time holding his office at the supermarket aiming to be closer to his constituents.

In an interview, Mayor Romualdez expresses his desire to serve at the same time listen to grievances aired by the common Taclobanon who feels uncomfortable going to City Hall spending added burden on fare.

According to Mayor Alfred anyone doing marketing can just drop by and get FREE services without spending additional amount from his pocket for fare. And besides the location of the MASA office is strategically located where business activity is going on, Mayor Alfred added.

Legal services offered include FREE notarization, drafting of affidavits and legal counseling from authorized people.

Health services comprise consultation, check-up and FREE medicines and few laboratory exam from a medical team.

Social services covers PHILHEALTH registration and distribution, counseling, and other services from the City Social Welfare Development Office.

Civil registration services contain FREE live birth & late registration, death certificates and other concerns.

Presently the Mayor Alfred Social Action Office takes charge of the market concerns for walk in clients. Recently, after an ocular inspection of the whole place, he ordered a thorough de-clogging operation of the drainage surrounding the Tacloban supermarket.

In his quest to serve ordinary Taclobanons, the Mayor has established the MASA Office, bringing public service closer to marginalized residents of Tacloban City .

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