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Coronavirus, Filipina who helped many in the UAE now needs help



Every day, the rent collector calls her  demanding for the pending Dh4000 rent. That is the cost of the small room in Dubai’s Satwa, which Filipina expat, Corazon Tarcena  shares with her daughter and two other young women. The latter two are on visit visas, and all three depend on Tarcena for food and shelter.Last month I was able to pay only Dh2000.Where will I possibly bring the money from? I haven’t received my salary because of COVID-19  she added.On the one hand she tries to negotiate for an extension for the rent payment, and on the other  she thinks of ways to arrange for the Dh1,600, which she will soon need to pay to a loan shark she borrowed money from. I have no peace of mind, if I miss the payment  I will incur a penalty Dh350 per month  she added.First time in a bad situationIn the last 14 years that she has been in the UAE, this is the first time, the 53-year-old Filipina has found herself in a complete state of paucity.


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