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‘We love her and will miss her’
ANGBANSA
Pampanga
The Provincial Development
A group of terminally ill patients says a
Council has P3 million to fund
a bamboo cultivation program.
moving goodbye to one of their own
The money will be used to
buy bumbling seedlings to be
planted along the riverbank in
Gabby Alvarado in Hong Kong
Lumaban siya
10 towns.
These are Bacolor, Sasmuan,
Tears flowed when more than 120
hanggang sa huli.
San Luis, Apalit, Candaba,
people held a memorial service for
Arayat, Sta. Ana, Mexico,
Armyn Tejada, an OFW who died of
Ako ay proud na
Lubao and Guagua.
breast cancer on April Fool’s Day.
The initiative is being
Friends from the Annunciation
siya ang naging
spearheaded by the newly
Community, where she was a member
created Pampanga Bamboo
kabiyak ko at ina
Development Council.
since she started working in the SAR
The council will help train
in 2002, and the Buhay Ka support
ng aming mga people in the growing and
group for OFWs with terminal illness
anak
propagation of bamboo,
remembered Armyn as a happy per-
in coordination with the
son, model mother and courageous
Pampanga Agricultural College.
woman.
HENRY TEJADA
“Lumaban siya hanggang sa huli.
husband
Ako na asawa niya ay proud na siya
Baguio
ang naging kabiyak ko at ina ng am-
Throughout her ordeal, her employ-
ing mga anak,” said her husband
ers at Repulse Bay were very support-
The Department of Health
Henry, who attended the memorial
ive, Henry said. Her remains were to
is winning the fight against
service at the Sacred Heart Canossian
be brought home where Armyn was
meningococcemia, a bacteria
College of Commerce together with
to be buried.
that causes meningitis.
Armyn’s sisters and mother Flor.
“Medyo nakakahinga na ako ngay- The disease afflicted more
Armyn is the first member of Buhay
on, tanggap ko na,” Henry said. than 200 people in Baguio and
Ka, an informal group of cancer sur-
“Ang susunod na malungkot nito in Benguet and the Mountain
vivors, patients and volunteer caregiv-
yung sa Pilipinas. Pag iniuwi ko siya
Province.
ers, to succumb to the disease since
sa aming mga anak.”
Roland Sabling, a DOH official
The one-hour memorial service was
who is part of a team monitoring
the group was formed in July 2007 by
officiated by Fr Jim Mulroney in the
the diseases in the area, said
Fr Robert Reyes. She was 35.
absence of Fr Robert, who was in Ma-
cases of meningococcemia
Armyn went for a pre-natal check-
up in early 2007 when she learned she
nila. Among those who condoled with
had Stage 2 breast cancer. She decid-
Armyn’s family was Daphne Kuok, a
ed to keep her baby.
quiet but active supporter of Buhay
In Hong Kong, Armyn gave birth to
Ka.
the couple’s third child, Gian Renzo,
In her speech, Kuok praised mem-
now five months old. He is being
bers of Buhay Ka for their resilience,
cared for at the family home in Das-
the camaraderie from where they
marinas, Cavite.
draw strength to overcome their trials
Last March, Armyn went into a
and their work as a support group for
The picture above was taken just over a month before Armyn died. She
coma for three weeks at Queen Mary
OFWs with terminal illness which, is in the middle, with the red cap. With her are members of Buhay Ka, a continued to decrease from
Hospital. She never regained con-
she noted, is a pioneering effort in the support group for patients with terminal illness. At her funeral service 2004 to 2007.
sciousness.
world of the diaspora. (top), she was remembered for her courage, kindness and humility.
This year, Sabling said only
three suspected meningo cases
were reported in Baguio and one
in Mountain Province.
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“Residents have maintained
the strict sanitation,” he said in
explaining the development.
WALA SILANG
hanggang limang katao o kabuuang makipagniig sa kalikasan dahil sa
MASAKYAN
market na 1,500, mas marami pa sa dami ng mga punong nagbibigay-
Marami raw residente sa Chuk
Po Lo Che Road, ika niya. lilim sa paligid.
Zamboanga
Yeung Road sa Sai Kung ang
Mayroon din mga facilities
The city government gave
humihiling na serbisyuhan sana
Kung nakatira kayo sa lugar na tulad ng Sunken Theatre, football,
certificates of house ownership
ng mga public light bus (PLB)
ito, maari kayong lumiham sa Sai
tennis at basketball courts, Cascade
to 24 poor families in line with
ang kanilang lugar hanggang sa
Kung Public Light Bus Drivers and
Waterfall at lily pond ka kung saan
Owners Association, Shop 14, G/F
makakakita ka ng mga pagong na
this city’s comprehensive
Lung Mei Tsuen. Isa na si Julie
Kam Po Court, Sai Kung at hilingin
housing and resettlement
na nagtitiis maglakad ng mahaba-
naglalanguyan sa malamig na tubig.
ang pagkakaroon ng bus service sa
program.
haba kung minsan tuwing siya’y
Maaari ka ring maglaro ng model
inyong lugar.
Mayor Celso Lobregat
mamamalengke.
boat sa pool o kaya’y maupo at
said the house ownership
Profitable ang rutang ito, ayon
masdan ang kapaligiran sa Terrace
certificates were awarded in a
kay Julie, na nakatira sa nasabing
MAGPAHINGA SA Garden.
simple ceremony.
lugar, dahil nga sa dami ng mga CHAI WAN PARK
Madaling puntahan ang Chai Wan Lobregat said the housing
posibleng mga customer ng bus Kung sawa na kayo sa pagpunta
Park. Isang sakay lamang ng MTR units, constructed through the
service. sa Central, at hindi na makahinga
puntahan. Malinis at sariwa ang
Island Line at bumaba sa dulong
Church-based Gawad Kalinga
May mga 300 na kabahayan sa sa kasikipan nito tuwing araw ng
simoy ng hangin sa park na ito kung
estasyon ng Chai Wan.
and assistance from private
Tai Mong Tsai Road hanggang inyong day off, may isang park sa
saan maari rin kayong magpiknik
Paglabas lamang sa exit ay
institutions, are located in
Leung Mei Tsuen, ayon kay Julie, kabilang panig naman ng Hong
barangay Tulungatung, west of
ng inyong mga kaibigan.
makikita mo na ang malawak na
na may mga nakatirang apat Kong island na maari ninyong
this Zamboanga City.
Masarap magpahinga rito at
park.
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