For 17 years, Edita Burgos has been searching for her son, who was forcibly disappeared in the Philippines. A shy public-school teacher before the tragedy, her life changed when her son was disappeared.
“There was no way I would stay silent,” she said at the event in Geneva. She stepped into the spotlight, becoming a spokesperson for the families of the disappeared.
“We call on him to tell us where Jonas is.”
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat August 6, 2007 – 2:25pm Dr. Edita Burgos, mother of missing agriculturist-activist Jonas Joseph Burgos, led a silent march from Sto. Domingo Church to Welcome Rotunda in Quezon City earlier today, marking the 100th day since her son’s disappearance. Jonas, son of press freedom icon Jose “Joe” Burgos, Jr., was abducted…