Its virtually devoid of “tuwid na daan” as we negotiated the rugged road even the supposed highway of Albarkah.
A vehicle has to stop and wait for another one to pass by the steepy, muddy earth up to Danapah village, one of the remote barangays considered dangerous for uniformed personnel and non residents.
One of the village chiefs welcomed our team saying in mixed Filipino, Yakan and English that “I am happy to see you getting up here all safe, its good you were not salvage along the way.”
By the words not salvage, he meant we were not ambushed because all the routes here are declared ambush areas or maybe I guessed he meant that we didnt met an accident as most of the inner roads are almost impassable especially during rainy season.
Brig. General Nicanor Dolojan the Task Force Basilan commander said Albarkah has already been in the pipeline for development soon as they took over the island from the Philippine Marines.
In fact he said “the other week we scraped the road to make it passable, but the place has been already been part for the IPSP or Internal Peace and Security Plan.
Adjari Garam the town's social welfare officer is longing for real development in his place.
Since childhood Garam shared he's been constantly evacuating.
Garam is asking the national government, President Simeon Benigno Aquino III to look and pour development in their war ridden town.
Albarkah is one of the most dreaded towns in Basilan since this is the place where 14 Marines were slaughtered on July 14, 2008.
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