Mother of slain Silay girl gets aid from OWWA
BACOLOD CITY—The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) has extended aid to the mother of a 9-year-old girl killed in a brutal home attack in Hacienda Badiang, Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, which also left her two other children injured.
The mother, an Owwa member who had worked in Saudi Arabia for eight months, returned to the Philippines following the tragedy.
Owwa Administrator Patricia Yvonne Caunan visited her at Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod, where the two surviving children remain confined, and attended the slain child’s wake on Tuesday.
Reward
Caunan said the mother’s employer covered her airfare from Dammam, while Owwa facilitated her travel to Negros and provided repatriation assistance, financial aid, and immediate welfare support.
Livelihood and reintegration programs will help the family rebuild. Hospital staff are also coordinating to ensure ongoing care for the children
Silay Mayor Joedith Gallego appealed to the public for information to help identify the attackers.
A P100,000 reward is offered for tips, with an additional P60,000 donation from a foreign benefactor to aid the mother.
Police have identified multiple persons of interest but did not provide details.
The 9-year-old may have been struck with a stone, police said.
