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Galman stigma haunts son

Posted by Mai on August 19th, 2008

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Galman stigma haunts son
By Joanne Rae Ramirez
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Twenty-five years after his Tatay (father)’s death, Reynaldo Galman finds himself out of a job.

A registered nurse employed in the Middle East for the past 10 years, he finds that his last name makes government and private hospitals hesitate to hire him.

He wonders why as he remembers his Tatay as “napakabait (so good).”

His mom disappeared from his life in January 1984, and he was raised by relatives.

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