Manila, Sept. 20 -- Blind masseurs are finding themselves another alternative livelihood after the Covid-19 pandemic cost them their jobs.
When the pandemic started in March, non-essential businesses, including massage clinics, were shutdown.
They lost their jobs when the massage clinic in a mall they worked for almost a year was closed because of the crisis.
Jonathan Javier, Jury Bagcat, Alex and his wife Leonica were among the 28 blind masseurs in Iligan City who had to make ends meet at the start of the pandemic to continue living.
They were forced to look for another source of income even if it is hard for them because of their physical disability.
As masseurs, each of them used to earn PHP600 to PHP700 pesos a day.
The daily inco...