A Mother in Prison in a Foreign Land

A Mother in Prison in a Foreign Land

Every year, many Filipinos leave the country to seek greener pastures abroad. This scenario usually involves parents leaving their families and believing that a career overseas will be able to provide a better future for them. They sacrifice by being away from their loved ones in exchange for a more financially-secure life. One of these overseas Filipino workers is Cecilia Alcaraz, an English teacher in Taiwan who ended up in prison and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Taiwan Appellate Court for the robbery and murder of a Taiwanese jobs broker.

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