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| Macatol being seen off at the airport by her employers and friends in July last year |
By Daisy CL Mandap
A somber mood came over most of those who gathered on Sunday, May 27, for the victory and thanksgiving party of Makabayan supporters in Hong Kong, as they paid homage to one of their own who passed on just days earlier.
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| Tellez paying tribute to 'Tita Vio' |
Cynthia Tellez, general manager of the Mission for
Migrant Workers, led the remembrance, recalling how their feisty volunteer case
worker had vowed to outlast the three months she was given by doctors in early
July last year.
“I will get
stronger, I will get better,” the woman who preferred to be called “Tita Vio”
had reportedly said.
She left Hong Kong for good on Jul 1 last year, and
was seen off at the airport by her employer Edith Yuen and her siblings, whom
she had served for 16 years.
Also on hand were a couple of friends including
Tellez, who handed a last-minute “Happy Homes” award to both Macatol and Yuen.
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| Macatol's photo on her coffin |
Although she bravely fought to live longer, even
checking herself into the hospital straight from the airport, Macatol’s health
seemed to have gradually worsened.
She was laid to rest on May 22 in her hometown of
Bansud, Oriental Mindoro, with dozens of family members and friends gathering to
bid her farewell.
At the Hong Kong memorial, Tellez remembered with
sadness that Macatol was among those who had joined the fun in the last
post-election outing the group had, also on Repulse Bay.
She was an ubiquitous presence in many other
activities organized by allied organizations, including United Filipinos
(Migrante) Hong Kong, and ACFIL, or Association of Concerned Filipinos.
Tellez also remembered Macatol’s contagious sense of
humor, like how she preferred to be called Tita Vio instead of Violy, saying it
was more “sosyal.”
But it was her firm militancy that Macatol will
always be remembered for.
“You were always a fighter,” said Tellez of her late colleague and friend. “May you
rest in power.”
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