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the city
June 2008
‘Don’t rock baby to sleep’
Tourist
Hope and dreams turn to despair as Filipina faces charges of ill treatment
suffers
Jose Marcelo in Hong Kong
Ana was filled with hope and dreams
heart
when she arrived in January, her mind
set on sending two of her children to
college and, if she gets lucky, perhaps
moving on to a better-paying job as
attack
her sister-in-law’s nanny in Canada.
Five months later, her dream has Jose Marcelo in Hong Kong
turned into a nightmare.
A weekend getaway nearly
Not only is the 38-year-old from
turned tragic for a Filipino
Isabela out of work and penniless, she
tourist who suffered a stroke in
is also facing charges of ill treatment
a Hong Kong hotel last week.
before a Hong Kong court filed by her
The middle-aged engineer
employers of less than three months.
from Las Pinas had taken
Her offense: She rocked a three-
advantage of the three-day
month-old baby to sleep in a way that,
Independence Day weekend
her employers claimed, risked harm
back home to take a brief break
on the infant.
in the territory, with a planned
“Sinasayaw ko po dahil palaging
side trip to Macau.
umiiyak ang baby. Kapag sinasayaw
Travelling alone, he was set
ko, tumitigil naman,” Ana (not her
to depart for Macau on June 8
real name) said. “Mali daw po ang
when he suffered a stroke inside
pag-sayaw ko.”
Because she had no one to turn to for bail, Ana spent two weeks in jail following her arrest by the police. his room at the Evergreen Hotel
The Filipina had previously worked
in Yau Ma Tei.
in the territory for six years under
The mother of four had to spend though her meals are free she has had tionals section have also come to her
“Fortunately for him the bell
three employers – “Lahat po ‘yon,
two weeks in jail since she had no one to sell newspapers brought to her by assistance.
boys at the hotel were very
finished contract,” she said – during
to turn to for bail. friends to raise money for her other She had seen similarly distressed
helpful and they were the ones
the nineties and decided to come back
“Wala akong matawagan dahil wala needs. workers come and go at the consul-
who brought the man to the
when it was time for her two older
sa akin ang cell phone ko, hindi ko “Iyong mga kasama ko nga sa shel- ate-run facility, and her only wish
hospital,” said vice consul Val
children to go to college.
memorize ang mga number. Noong ter, nagdadala na lang ng mga dyaryo now is to be able to walk away one
Roque.
“Gusto ko lang itawid sana sila sa
may nakita lang ako sa diyaryo tung- sa shelter. Binebenta ko, para may day and return home.
He spent three days at the
college,” she said.
kol sa samahan ng mga Ilokano rito pamasahe ako.” “Madalas napapaiyak na lang ako
Tung Wah hospital in Yau Ma
The case is still being heard in
saka lang ako nakahingi ng tulong,” With the help of migrant groups, sa sinapit ko,” she said. “Gusto ko na
Tei and was discharged last
court, but the three months that had
she said. she has also acquired the services of a sanang makauwi dahil ‘yong tatay ko,
June 10.
passed since she was picked up by po-
Home for her for the last three well-known duty lawyer. Welfare of- na hiniraman ko ng placement fee,
He flew home in the company
lice on March 6 had understandably
months had been the consulate’s For- ficer Teresa Olgado and attaché Abner may sakit na. Di naman mapa-doktor
of his nephew two days later.
been tough on her.
eign Workers Refugee Center. Al- Sto Domingo of the Assistance to Na- dahil ginamit ko iyong pera n’ya.”
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Nais ng pitak na ito na maging tulay ng ating mga kababayan sa Hong Kong
para matugunan ang kanilang mga hinaing, suliranin at mga bagay bagay
na nais nilang mabigyang lunas. Ang mga ito’y maaaring may kinalaman
sa kanilang gawain, pamilya o dili kaya’y problema na nais lamang nilang
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sa pinoypatrol@filglobe.com. Sisikapin ng Pinoy Patrol na mabigyang-linaw ang
inyong mga katanungan at maaaring idulog din namin ang hindi kayang tugunan
sa mga kinauukulan. Maglalathala rin ang Pinoy Patrol ng ilang mahahalagang
tip o payo na may kinalaman sa kalusugan, mga lugar na maaring puntahan
sa araw ng day off at iba pang samu’t saring bagay. Hindi bibigyang pansin ng
Pinoy Patrol ang mga e-mail na walang kontak number at tirahan.
Antonio Cuevas in Hong Kong nakabalik at nakabalik siya ng Hong
Kong ay ginugulo pa rin si Amy ng
TAMA ANG
katotohanang hindi naging tapat sa
KUTOB NI AMY
kanya ang asawa.
Nahahati ang puso ngayon ni Amy
Amy, hindi malinaw sa iyong liham
ng Heng Fa Chuen kung patatawarin
kung nangako rin ba ang iyong mister
ba niya ang asawang nasa Pilipinas o
na iiwasan na niya ang babaeng
hihiwalayan na niya ito. Ito’y matapos
kanyang kinalolokohan matapos
aminin ng kanyang mister na hindi ito
niyang umamin sa yo. Kasi kung
naging matapat sa kanya habang siya’y
nag-promise siya na itutuwid na niya
nagtratrabaho dito sa Hong Kong.
ang kanyang pagkakamali, nararapat
Umuwi si Amy noong nakaraang
lamang siguro na bigyan mo siya ng
buwan dahil para raw siyang
isa pang pagkakataon alang-alang sa
kinukutuban na may hindi magandang
iyong pamilya.
nangyayari sa kanilang pamilya. Maaaring nabuyo nga lamang siya
Mabuti na nga lang daw at katatapos ng kanyang pananabik sa iyo at hindi
lang ng kanyang kontrata sa kanyang niya napaglabanan ang kalungkutan.
amo. Wala naman daw nagsasabi Ngunit’ kung wala naman siyang
sa kanya sa ginagawang milagro ng binanggit na pangako, nasa sayo pa
kanyang asawa. rin iyan kung makukuha mo siyang
Mas bata raw sa kanya ang patawarin sa kabila ng lahat. Tandaan
kinahuhumalingan ng kanyang mister mo na nagbitiw ka ng pangakong hindi
na natratrabaho rin naman sa isang call makikipaghiwalay mapaamin mo
center sa Maynila. Para raw gumuho lamang siya.
ang lahat ng kanyang pangarap nang Isaalang-alang mo sa iyong
marinig niya ang sinabi ng kanyang pagdedesisyon kung makakasama
mister. ba o makabubuti sa iyong pamilya
Noong mga oras din daw na iyon ang pagkakaroon ng girlfriend ng
ay ninais na niyang makipagkalas iyong mister habang ikaw ay nandito
sa asawa kundi lamang sa kanyang at nagpapakahirap sa Hong Kong.
binitawang pangako rito bago niya ito Maaari ring maapektuhan ang iyong
napaamin – na hindi siya magagalit dalawang anak dahil dito. Anuman
o makikipaghiwalay sabihin lamang
ang iyong desisyon, hangad ng Pinoy
ng asawa ang katotohanan. Ginawa
Patrol ang kaligayahan mo at ng iyong
naman ito ng kanyang mister. Pero
pamilya.
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