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The Manila volunteer driver and the passenger with his last 200 pesos trying to get home

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MANILA - The pandemic has upended daily life with a strict lockdown and curfew but people still need to get to work, others just need to get home. Straits Times sub-editor Jomar Kho Indanan volunteers as a driver for healthcare workers and other folk who need a lift to and from work. This is his blog post from last Saturday (April 4).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The pandemic has upended daily life with a strict lockdown and curfew but people still need to get to work, others just need to get home. Straits Times sub-editor Jomar Kho Indanan volunteers as a driver for healthcare workers and other folk who need a lift to and from work. This is his blog post from last Saturday .

Turns out he does elevator maintenance work for Okada, but on a no-work, no-pay basis. The lockdown caught him at his lodgings on Coastal Road - out of work, dwindling money and no way to get home to his two kids in Novaliches .So he decided to walk that night, with nothing but his frayed backpack and the last 200 pesos in his pocket.

 

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