Gov’t aid ‘a step to justice’ for PH ‘comfort women,’ says Malaya Lola leader

Lalu said the amount would come in handy for buying medicines but would not compensate for the abuses inflicted on them since the Imperial Japanese Army attacked their village on Nov. 23, 1944.

“I hope this happens again,” Lalu spoke aloud about the cash aid, making her plea heard by a DSWD official who came to oversee the event and who told the eight or so still able-bodied old women that the agency’s help was part of the DSWD’s regular program.

Suarez said the help of the DSWD and other agencies would “not preclude” the Malaya Lolas from asking President Marcos to issue an executive order setting aside a separate state fund for the old women.

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