DoLE chief visits rape victim, gives cash aid
11/14/2010COTABATO CITY — Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz made a surprise visit last Thursday to the volunteer nurse who was gang-raped in Maguindanao and is still confined at a hospital in Davao City.
Baldoz surprised “Florence” (not her real name) and handed her P100,000 cash as livelihood assistance from DoLE.
Baldoz’s visit lifted Florence’s spirit, a relative told the Philippines News Agency (PNA).
She told Florence that she was happy the volunteer nurse was fast recovering and getting back her memory.
The relative said Florence has started receiving visitors, among them friends and relatives but the issue of gang-rape was never discussed with her.
Doctors at the Southern Philippines Medical Center continue to observe Florence’s health condition.
“No discharge date yet,” Dr. Leopoldo Vega, hospital director, told reporters.
Meanwhile, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said any statement from Florence about what had happened to her would speed up the process of identifying her attackers.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101114nat2.html
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