KSA-based domestic helper asks aid for her father in Catanduanes

Published November 8, 2020 5:49pm By LUCKY MAE F. QUILAO A 30-year-old domestic helper in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is asking for assistance for her father in Catanduanes, which was hit hardest by super Typhoon Rolly that made its first landfall on this island province of Bicol region. "Baka puwede ninyo akong matulungan na tulungan yung barangay ko sa Virac, Catanduanes. Nandoon kasi yung papa ko, si Apolinar Tria, at yung 35 sa mga kamag-anak ko na nawalan ng bahay," Baby Sairen Tria Quintal wrote in Messenger on November 7. "Sobrang pahirapan kasi maghatid ng tulong sa kanila. Gutom na mga kababaryo ko. Isang beses pa lang sila nabibigyan ng relief tapos tig-isang kilong bigas lang," the native of Dugui Too claimed. Catanduanes was placed under the highest warning -- Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 5 -- when Rolly made landfall on November 1, knocking down power lines and snapping off cellphone signala and internet connectivity. "Ipinadala sa akin ng friend ko at pinsan ko yung mga pictures. Pumunta pa sila sa bayan para maki-connect ng Wi-Fi. Nakaka-stress talaga kasi doon ako lumaki. 150 houses din yung na-wash out. Yung mga walang bahay, nagsiksikan sa barangay hall at simbahan." "Meron naman akong pinadalang tulong kaso pahirapan lang talaga sa paghatid kasi sira-sira yung mga daanan. Lahat na-landslide kaya kahit may mga goods kami na gusto ihatid, buwis-buhay naman yung daanan. Sana kahit trapal ay may magbigay, pansamantala nilang tirahan." Reports last Thursday indicated that thousands of Catanduanes residents stave off hunger while reeling from the destruction wrought by cyclone Rolly, even as authorities discovered that some 8,000 sacks of rice at the National Food Authority’s (NFA) warehouse were laid to waste by the powerful storm. According to Ian Cruz’ “24 Oras” report, the sacks of rice were prepositioned for distribution as relief goods at the NFA’s Catanduanes warehouse in anticipation of Rolly’s onset. —LBG, GMA News

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