Slain traffic cop’s family remains strong amid tragedy
MARY Rose Daligdig said she would remain strong for her kids amid Thursday’s shooting death of her husband, traffic enforcer Armando Daligdig.
“I stay strong for my two children and for my family,” Mary Rose said while watching one of her relatives prepare flowers for her husband’s casket.
Armando left two children—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 News 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.
“Grabeh 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’t neglect them),” 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’t functioning.
“Dugay kaayo naka larga ang motor ni papa, murag naay ga pugong niya nga dili sya palakwon (My father’s motorcycle started slowly, it looks like something wanted to stop him),” 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’s 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’t share his work problems with her because he didn’t want to worry her.
Daligdig’s remains are now at the Cebu Rolling Hills. Correspondent Michelle Joy L. Padayhag
