Sumulat sa akin si Myrna Marata na ngayon ay nasa Australia.
Humingi siya ng tulong para mahanap niya ang kanyang katapid na si Margarita Soriano Marata. Kilala din siya na Purita Marata.
Kung sino man ang may impormasyon on Puria marata, paki-email kay Myrna sa myrna_marata@hotmail.com
Ito ang sulat ni Myrna sa akin: “Ako po ay 51 gulang na sa ngayon at naninirahan dito sa australia kasama ko ang aking mga anak, akoy single mother at anim ang anak, dumating po kami dito noong 1987 at ang huli kong uwi po ng Pilipinas ay 1998.
“Dala sa hirap ng buhay hindi ko makayang umuwi ng Pilipinas dala ang aking mga anak, ngunit hindi po yon ang dahilan kong bakit ako lumalapit sa inyo.
“Ako ay ipinanganak sa Esperanza, barrio ng Sison, Pangasinan. Apat po kaming magkakapatid. Ako po ang bunso sa babae,pangatlo po ako.
“Mga bata pa’po kaming magkakapatid ng kami ay naulila sa ama, at nagkahiwalay-hiwalay kaming magkakapatid, ang natatandaan ko’po ay kami ng pangalawa kong kapatid na babae ay dinala kami ng aming lolo sa Mindoro Occidental. Kasi po ang kapatid ng aking ina ay duon nakatira.
“Hindi ko’po alam kong bakit ipinabalik ako sa aking ina, ang tanging natatandaan ko’po ay hanggang doon na lamang.
“Ako po ay humihingi ng tulong sa inyo para mahanapan ko ang aking kapatid na matagal ko ng hinangad na hanapin. Nabalitaan din po namin na namatay na ang aming tiyohin, ang kanyang pangalan ay Tiodoro Bilog Soriano. Alam kong may mga anak siya, ngunit hindi ko matandaan kong ano ano ang kanilang mga pangalan.
“Ang isa pang natatandaan ko ay yong asawa ng aking tiyohin ay bingi at pipi.
“Nakita ko’po ang inyong pangalan sa missing person help, kung kaya po ako lumapit sa inyo.Sana po matulingan ninyo akong mahanap ang aking kapatid.
“Kilala siya sa pangalang Purita Soriano Marata noong siya ay bata pa, o Margarita Purita Soriano Marata. Ang kanyang gulang sa kasalukuyan ay 53.
“Umaasa akong matutulungan ninyo ako sa aking kalagayan at kahilingan.
“Maraming maraming salamat po sa inyong tulung, yon lamang po ang aking hinihiling sa Poong Maykapal na ipagkaloob niya sa akin bago man lamang po ako mamahinga, ang magkitakita kaming lahat na magkakapatid.
“Maraming maraming salamat po, umaasa.”
Facebook friend ko si Myrna. Pwede rin sa akin ipadala kung ano man ang tip na makuha tungkol kay Purita.
Mukhang walang may alam saan si Purita Marata.
I remember a PBA basketball player, Ric Ric Marata. Perhaps, the PBA secretariat can at least provide some info on Ric Ric. They’re maybe related.
The local barangay officials may be able to assist her. Maybe even the Mayor of Sison.
maybe the NBI or NSO could help locate Myrna Murata.
sorry for out of topic comment below.blackout aftermath:
electricity is a major cause of poverty in the Phil, primarily due to its extremely high cost. Phil is a 3rd world country, however its electricity cost is even more expensive than 1st world country like America. In America , a family spend an average of US$100.00 or 4, 600.00 pesos monthly for electricity. while a family in the Phil with one air con spend P7, 000.00. Everyone knows wages in America is several times bigger than Phil.
In China, electricity cost an average of P3.50 per KW, compared to P13.00 per KW in the Phil.
Phil has to drastically lower electricity cost in order to reduce poverty, increase employment and improve economy
Sorry but a bit O.T.
I remembered on a visit to China upon the invitation of a Tsinoy friend way back late 80s, it was in a small village in Fujian where my friend’s grandparents lived. There we met a local old lady named Celia maybe in her 80s already. She said she was a Filipina, which really caught us by surprised. She was after all very “Chinese” to us. Anyways, she recounted to us how she got there. She was about 15 yrs old when a Chinese couple visited them in Cebu. The couple asked her parents if they could hire her to be their househelp and that they’ll be bringing her with them to China. Of coursed Celia resented but she doesn’t had a choice then because her parent’s consented. Upon reaching China, the couple took away her travel documents and forced her to marry the couple’s son. Celia recounted that she was treated well by the family and had accepted her as their own. She eventually had her own family and had grandchildren. She said she is contented and had accepted her fate, but that what she regretted was never knowing what happened to her family back home in Cebu. She said that she had two sisters and that she missed them a lot, that she wanted to see them again before she “go”. She was crying when she mentioned their names which I now can’t recall. Me and my friend tried to ask his grandparents to help Celia, but we were told not to get involved. If only there’s internet and facebook existing then, we would probably be doing what Ms. Ellen is doing to Myrna… helping her locate her sister.
@joeseg
ric ric marata has already passed away…
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/188743/maratas-coaches-recall-days-with-ex-playmaker
Langhab, thanks for this. I’ll inquire if he is related to the person we are trying to find.