Gawad Kalinga offers housing unit to mother of slain marine corporal
The Gawad Kalinga (GK) has offered one housing unit to Sonia Abeto, the mother of slain Marine Cpl. Angelo Abeto who was killed in an encounter with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan.
Mayor Jerry P. Treñas announced this after he attended the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of 60 houses in GK Village in barangay San Isidro, Jaro over the weekend.
GK village was initially intended for families displaced by Typhoon Frank.
The mayor said the Gawad Kalinga learned that the Abeto family does not own the lot where their house is presently situated in Barangay Airport, Mandurriao district.
"Gawad Kalinga will talk to the mother of Cpl. Abeto because she has a reserved unit there," Treñas said.
City Vice-mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog through his Haligi Foundation and Presidential Assistant for Western Visayas Raul Banias assured Ann Grace, the only sister of Abeto, of support until she completes her college education.
Abeto's remains were buried last Aug 22. (PNA)