{"id":14349,"date":"2021-10-12T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkpcg.org\/pcgny\/?p=14349"},"modified":"2022-01-21T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T18:58:27","slug":"remarks-of-consul-general-elmer-g-cato-during-the-memorial-mass-for-maria-luningning-ambrocio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkpcg.org\/pcgny\/2021\/10\/12\/remarks-of-consul-general-elmer-g-cato-during-the-memorial-mass-for-maria-luningning-ambrocio\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks of Consul General Elmer G. Cato during the Memorial Mass for Maria Luningning Ambrocio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat<\/em>. Good afternoon.<\/p>

On behalf of the Philippine Consulate General in New York, I would like to thank all of you for joining us here this afternoon in this memorial mass for our departed kababayan, Maria Luningning Ambrocio.<\/p>

I also would like to thank Father Julian Jagudilla and the Franciscan Community for opening the doors of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi to allow us to pay our final respects to someone who had been an active member of the Church and the community.<\/p>

At the height of the coronavirus pandemic last year, Luningning posted a Facebook profile photo of her in scrubs, face mask, and face shield with a caption that read: \u201cI cannot stay at home, I am a nurse!\u201d<\/p>

And like the thousands of Filipino nurses and other healthcare workers across the United States, Luningning was there in the frontline against Covid-19. A woman of courage and compassion\u2014matapang at mapagmalasakit<\/em>\u2014she did her part in saving lives the way she had been doing in the 25 years she took care of cancer patients in New Jersey.<\/p>

At the Bayonne Medical Center, Luningning was known as \u201ca caring nurse and a wonderful person\u201d who went out of her way to help others. She is remembered by colleagues on how she mentored the younger nurses among them.<\/p>

One even described her as an \u201cangel sent by God to guard and be with her during her long and difficult journey to a foreign land,\u201d and \u201cwho gave her the hope and courage to live and survive the harsh conditions of the concrete jungle of New York City.\u201d<\/p>

There are many more testimonials and anecdotes that would reveal just how much Luningning was loved and admired and how much she brightened people\u2019s lives, ultimately, measuring up to her name \u2013 Luningning, which means sparkle or brilliance in Filipino.<\/p>

Three days ago, Luningning was taken away from us in an unfortunate incident that could have probably been avoided had the streets of New York been made safer.<\/p>

She was taken away from us at a time when violence against members of the Filipino Community and the larger Asian and Pacific Islander Community\u2014whether induced by pandemic-exacerbated xenophobia or by mental illness\u2014remain on the rise.<\/p>

Since January, at least nine members of the Filipino Community have been at the receiving end of unprovoked acts of violence that have been reported to or monitored by the Philippine Consulate.<\/p>

We started the year with a 72-year-old Filipina who ended up in the ICU after she assaulted while entering her apartment building in Queens. This was followed by the face slashing of a 61-year-old Filipino on board a subway train in Manhattan and the violent attack on a 65-year-old Filipina who was walking to church also in Manhattan.<\/p>

A few weeks ago, a 67-year-old Filipina nurse was also assaulted while distributing face masks on a subway train also in Manhattan and more recently, a 75-year-old Filipina was badly injured after she was shoved while exiting a subway station in Queens.<\/p>

Most, if not all, of those who were behind these acts of violence are mentally ill and homeless individuals and, according to reports, there are more than 12,000 of them in the streets of New York City.<\/p>

This afternoon, as we mourn the passing of Maria Luningning Ambrocio, I reiterate our call for authorities to take more effective steps to make the streets of New York safe again for all of us.<\/p>

While we know that authorities are doing their best, we hope that they exert more serious efforts and make more resources available to make this happen.<\/p>

The Filipino Community stands in solidarity with many others who have been calling on authorities to give more focus on improving mental health care as well as in strengthening \u201cKendra\u2019s Law\u201d so that dangerous people could be taken off the streets.<\/p>

By doing this, we are hoping that we would not have any more Maria Luningning Ambrocios to mourn and bury.<\/p>

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