CANDABA, PAMPANGA—Ignored for almost three decades since they broke their silence about World War II sexual abuses done to them in 1944, at least 20 survivors received financial aid from the Philippine government for the first time on Friday. 'It's a step to justice,' said Maria Quilantang Lalu, president of the Malaya Lolas (Free Grandmothers), after Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) personnel handed them P10,000 each in cash in their village in Mapaniqui in this town. Three grandchildren of every lola were qualified to get educational assistance worth P5,000 each.

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