From Louise Rosella/Mississauga News:
Following a five-day wake in her home province of Ifugao in the Philippines in which close to 1,000 people attended the family home to pay their final respects to the slain 27-year-old woman, a funeral was held this afternoon and Dulnuan was buried.
Peel Regional Police have yet to make an arrest in the murder. Dulnuan, a live-in maid, was found dead in her living quarters in the basement of a mansion on Doulton Place in Mississauga, back on Oct. 1.
Toronto Updates:
Our thanks to Tan Canchela for forwarding us the link to the Philippine Reporter, a Filipino community newspaper in Toronto which covered this tragedy.
Hermie Garcia: The groundswell of community support generated by the Oct. 1 murder of 27-year old live-in caregiver Jocelyn Dulnuan is very encouraging. The struggle for justice in the Jeffrey Reodica fatal shooting by a police officer is still fresh in the minds of Filipino Canadians in Toronto . Yet here comes another campaign for justice for the community to take on. Read the full article here.
Jonathan Canchela: Indeed, if you are Filipino, you cannot help but grieve for what happened to Jocelyn, who was found dead in a basement of her employer’s multi-million-dollar mansion in Mississauga last October 1. Indeed, if you are Filipino, you cannot help but grieve more over the action (or inaction) of the Philippine Consulate – which, just to remind you, represents the Philippine government – in handling situations like this. While we seek justice for Jocelyn, we also ask questions about the actions of the government in this particular case. Read the whole article here.
Wow. Are Cordillera congressional representatives on a roll or what?
We don’t usually agree with their politics but we must admit that we are impressed that four of them are heading four committees in Congress.
Continue reading Congress Watch: Apayao Rep. Elias Bulut Heads Committee on Agrarian Reform
Those of us who have been following Jocelyn Dulnuan’s story will know that Imie Belanger is one of those who worked hard to organize public support for our kailiyan who was killed in Toronto. This is a reflection she wrote on one of the most trying times of her life:
Reflection
by Imie Belanger
The other side to the Toronto tragedy is that it has proven once again that Filipinos do care. It has exhibited our capacity as a people to look after each other. It has proven that we can work together for a common cause despite our tendency to have disparate/diverse/dispersed communities.
The death of Jocelyn Dulnuan, we believe, has been a catalyst for greater collaboration and greater solidarity among Filipinos in the Greater Toronto Area. May they continue to be united. And may the example that our kailiyans/kababayans in Toronto showed us be replicated in other parts of the world where there are Filipinos and, more importantly, in our Inang Bayan.