00:00Sharing is caring, aside from being a husband,
00:07especially if you are sharing in the heart of Mr.
00:11your own brother.
00:13Just like what happened to this brother
00:16from Tagdinas in Surigao del Sur,
00:18who is under the same roof
00:21where the same man lives.
00:30From childhood until now,
00:33Rachela and Lenef have been together.
00:43Until they formed their own family,
00:47they were still inseparable.
00:50Because Rachela and Lenef
00:53are still together in one house.
00:57Our brothers in action.
01:03Even to a man.
01:07Because Rachela and Lenef
01:09share in the love of Ton-Ton.
01:21Because Ton-Ton not only loves Rachela,
01:25but also her sister, Lenef.
01:33Because I am a mother,
01:35I have to take care of my children.
01:37I can't depend on you.
01:39I will take care of Ton-Ton.
01:42I will take care of Ton-Ton.
01:44I will take care of Ton-Ton.
01:46I will take care of Ton-Ton.
01:50In this house in Tagdinas, Surigao del Sur,
01:53Rachela and Lenef live
01:55with their only son, Ton-Ton,
01:59and Ton-Ton's fourteen children,
02:02two of them.
02:03Eight of them are with Rachela,
02:05and six with Lenef.
02:07Because of the size of their family,
02:09every time they eat,
02:11they have to eat four kilos of rice.
02:16Because they can't afford to pay,
02:18they also serve their children
02:20in the dining room.
02:26They also sleep in the living room.
02:28I sleep here.
02:30I sleep here.
02:32I sleep here.
02:34I sleep here.
02:36I sleep here.
02:38I sleep here.
02:40I sleep here.
02:42I sleep here.
02:44I sleep here.
02:46I sleep here.
02:48I sleep here.
02:50I sleep here.
02:52I sleep here.
02:54I sleep here.
02:56I sleep here.
02:58I sleep here.
03:00I sleep here.
03:02And to avoid jealousy,
03:05if Ton-Ton will sleep next to someone,
03:08they have a schedule.
03:11We have a schedule.
03:12We sleep at night.
03:13On Mondays,
03:14we sleep at noon.
03:15On Tuesdays,
03:16we sleep at night.
03:17On Wednesdays,
03:18we sleep at noon.
03:19On Saturdays,
03:20we sleep at night.
03:21But why did their situation
03:22come to this?
03:24In 2003,
03:25when Ton-Ton and Rachela
03:27crossed the street
03:29in a dance in Agusan.
03:32When we were dancing,
03:34we saw someone
03:36in the store.
03:39We saw someone
03:41in the store.
03:43We saw someone
03:44in the store.
03:45We saw someone
03:46in the store.
03:48But to the women
03:49who were there that night,
03:51Ton-Ton really fell in love
03:53with Rachela.
03:54He's handsome.
03:55He's handsome.
03:56When we were dancing,
03:58we saw someone
03:59in the store.
04:00We saw someone
04:01in the store.
04:02But love is really mysterious
04:04because Rachela
04:05didn't like it at first
04:07but Ton-Ton fell in love with her.
04:09I asked Ton-Ton
04:10if he would like to know
04:11my story.
04:12I asked Ton-Ton
04:13if he would like to know
04:14my story.
04:15I asked Ton-Ton
04:16if he would like to know
04:17my story.
04:18Until things got
04:19really bad,
04:20Ton-Ton and Rachela
04:21got divorced.
04:23I didn't know
04:24where Rachela was.
04:26They were living
04:27in a farm.
04:28We were living in a farm.
04:30We were living in a farm.
04:32Until they had a child
04:34and a chance
04:35and a chance
04:36to take care
04:37of their child,
04:38Rachela left
04:39her younger brother,
04:40Lineth,
04:41in their house.
04:43I took care
04:44of her child
04:45when she gave birth.
04:46As a sister,
04:47Rachela always took care
04:48of Lineth.
04:50So,
04:51that's how she
04:52lost her mind
04:53when she found out
04:54that Lineth
04:55was pregnant.
04:56I asked her,
04:57why did you
04:58force me?
04:59Why did you
05:00force me?
05:01My parents left me
05:02alone.
05:03They said
05:05they wouldn't
05:06be able to take care
05:07of me.
05:08Despite this,
05:09Rachela said
05:10she was just
05:11asking
05:12who the father
05:13of her nephew
05:14was.
05:15When Rachela
05:16was asked
05:17to decide
05:18about Ton-Ton's
05:19third child,
05:20she noticed
05:21something different.
05:22They were
05:23hiding their kids.
05:25I was the one
05:26who asked them
05:27to have children.
05:28I was the one
05:29who asked them
05:30to have children.
05:31I was the one
05:32who asked them
05:33When I was a child, my mother took care of my father.
05:37When I was a child, my mother took care of my father.
05:45At that point, it was revealed that every time Richella left to sell vegetables,
05:52Ton-Ton and Lenef became close because they were the ones who were often left at home.
05:58He was a good man. He was a good man.
06:01Until Ton-Ton, his heart was completely broken.
06:06He was a good man. He was a good man.
06:10He was a good man. He was a good man.
06:15He was a good man. He was a good man.
06:19When I was a child, my mother took care of my father.
06:26But there was no secret that was not revealed.
06:30He was a good man. He was a good man.
06:35He was a good man.
06:38He was a good man. He was a good man.
06:45Ton-Ton still insisted on taking care of Richella.
06:50When I was a child, my father took care of me.
06:55He took care of me as a mother.
06:57He was a good man.
06:59He was a good man.
07:02I took care of my children.
07:04I took care of them as a mother.
07:08I took care of them as a mother.
07:15They were very nice people.
07:16I don't have anything to give them, not even my children.
07:20I don't have anything to give them.
07:22All I have is love.
07:24One concern for the children is that they can repeat.
07:28This is the normal template of their family.
07:31So they'll grow up as if it's a normal thing.
07:34They might feel some shame about themselves.
07:36They have to realize it's not their fault.
07:38It's the situation where they were born and they grew up.
07:41They were brought here because they were bullied.
07:50If they suffer any mental or emotional suffering,
07:54that is psychological violence under Republic Act 9262.
07:59But if they voluntarily accept this kind of situation,
08:03they can't be charged for violence against women and children.
08:08Women are not aware of their rights.
08:16Especially the poor women who don't have the opportunity to study formally.
08:24They think that only men can give them proper education.
08:29Their children are pitiful.
08:31They can't afford to pay for everything.
08:34As expected, their first year of living together became memorable.
08:40We are happy that Lyneth and I are together.
08:46Because their family is growing up,
08:49Tonton, Richella, and Lyneth are helping each other in finding a job.
08:54They are harvesting rubber together.
08:58This is the livelihood of this part of Mindanao.
09:01This is what we harvest every day.
09:05But they earn Php 5,000 every two weeks.
09:09This is not enough for their needs.
09:13We have to pay for the rent.
09:15We have to pay Php 3,000 per month.
09:19We don't have money.
09:22To guide Richella, Lyneth, and Tonton in their complicated situation,
09:28they visited the Municipal Social Welfare and Development in Tagdina.
09:34We are worried that we won't be able to take care of Alberto.
09:39We have a lot of children.
09:41They need understanding and compassion.
09:44They have talents that we may not have understood.
09:48Alberto and I are husband and wife.
09:51But we are equal.
09:54I love them.
09:56I want Lyneth to have a big house.
10:00She has two children.
10:02I have three children.
10:04To help their situation,
10:07the mayor of the barangay promised
10:10to provide supplies for the construction of their hut.
10:17Thank you very much.
10:19How are you?
10:21I'm fine.
10:23We don't have money.
10:25We don't have money.
10:29The situation of Tonton, Richella, and Lyneth is hard to judge.
10:34Because they are the only ones who know and understand
10:39about their complicated relationship.
10:43If we can't take care of our children,
10:45we are husband and wife.
10:47We don't have money to take care of our children.
10:50We don't have money to feed our children.
10:54We are not independent.
10:56We are independent.
10:58We need to be honest.
11:01We need to know that women's lives are not dependent on men.
11:05We can always be independent.
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