MARY Rose Daligdig said she would remain strong for her kids amid Thursday鈥檚 shooting death of her husband, traffic enforcer Armando Daligdig.
鈥淚 stay strong for my two children and for my family,鈥� Mary Rose said while watching one of her relatives prepare flowers for her husband鈥檚 casket.
Armando left two children鈥�14-year-old Jennifer, a third year high school student and eight-year-old Steffany, an incoming Grade 2 student this school year.
Mary Rose told Cebu Daily 黑料社 that the Cebu City government already talked with her about the scholarship grants for her children.
She said Armando was a great husband, a father, and a good provider to his family.
鈥淕rabeh ka mapinanggaon kaayo na sya, moatiman pa sa iyang mga anak unya dili niya pasagadaan (He worked quite hard, he would look after our kids and doesn鈥檛 neglect them),鈥� she said.
She said her husband always wanted to eat meals with them and remind them to eat on time.
Daligdig, who lived with his family in Tac-an , Budlaan, Banilad , Cebu City was a native of Molave, Zamboanga del Sur.
Early last Thursday, Steffany said she noticed that the motorcycle her father used wasn鈥檛 functioning.
鈥淒ugay kaayo naka larga ang motor ni papa, murag naay ga pugong niya nga dili sya palakwon (My father鈥檚 motorcycle started slowly, it looks like something wanted to stop him),鈥� she said.
Mary Rose, who works for a school canteen for two years , said she was surprised when she received the call about her husband.
She said the city government offered her a job and shoulder her husband鈥檚 burial expenses.
Mary Rose said she was glad that the police arrested dismissed policeman Geoffrey Borinaga who was identified as witnesses as having shot Armando during rush hour traffic at Cuenco Avenue, barangay Banilad in Cebu City \last Thursday morning.
She said her husband didn鈥檛 share his work problems with her because he didn鈥檛 want to worry her.
Daligdig鈥檚 remains are now at the Cebu Rolling Hills. Correspondent Michelle Joy L. Padayhag