'Joel Abong died in my arms' - priest

  • 2 years ago
Fr. Armand Onion was the young chaplain of the Negros Occidental provincial hospital where doctors tried but failed to bring back to health severely malnourished children like Joel Abong, who became a symbol of the 'Batang Negros', victims of the pillage of the sugar industry by cronies of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/nation/visayas/joel-abong-starvation-rage-negros-occidental-martial-law/