In the Line of Fire: Davao OFWs Relive Middle East Nightmare

By Grace S. Uddin
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY — The ground would shake, like when there�s an earthquake, each time the bombs fell. Miko Corido, a thirty-something Davaoeno who worked as a domestic helper in Lebanon, was traumatized and bruised, literally, by the experienced.

Delia Torocio, 24 and also a maid in Lebanon, described the bombings the same way. �I could not sleep for fear that I might die anytime,� she said in a forum organized last week by the Center for Overseas Workers, a nonprofit group based in this city. When Delia�s boss fled to Egypt, she was left in the care of her employer�s mother.

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