In 1995, two female overseas Filipino workers, Flor Contemplacion and Sarah Balabagan, were sentenced to death abroad for the crime of murder. Sarah managed to escape capital punishment but Flor, unfortunately, didn’t.
This episode’s companion photos: instagram.com/p/CrXi6BBu8CU
References:
- http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/flor.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flor_Contemplacion
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Filipino_Worker
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Filipinos
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Balabagan
- https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19950713-1.2.6.5
- https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/2441/the-story-of-flor-contemplacion-the-ofw-executed-in-singapore
- https://mb.com.ph/2020/08/24/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-sarah-balabagan-arnold-clavio-connection/
- https://opinion.inquirer.net/133484/the-story-of-sarah-balabagan
- https://philnews.ph/2020/08/25/sarah-balabagan-biography-early-life-case-other-details/
- https://sg.news.yahoo.com/26-year-execution-flor-contemplacion-singapore-remembered-101244138.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20191015175432/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/15/c_138473763.htm
- https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1995/06/07/republic-act-no-8042-2/
- https://www.pep.ph/news/local/172170/flor-contemplacion-28th-death-anniversary-a734-20230317-lfrm
- https://www.pep.ph/news/local/172195/what-happened-to-flor-contemplacion-s-sons-a734-20230318
- https://www.philstar.com/business/2012/11/15/867048/remittance-growth-poised-meet-full-year-forecast-bsp
- https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1194455
- https://www.rappler.com/nation/225928-flor-contemplacion-24th-death-anniversary-end-slavery-ofw/
Music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photos above via pep.ph, remate.ph
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