His wife Malou has decided to go back home to the Philippines but she is not losing hope.
She arrived here in September to help find her missing husband and settle the unpaid wages owed to her husband by his employer Castro & Associates where he worked as a draftsman.
Irene N. Tantiado, United Workers Movement, NMI president, said her group will conduct a fundraising drive to support Mrs. Matubis.
The local Crime Stoppers program has offered a $1,000 for any person who can provide information regarding the whereabouts of Mr. Matubis, but police have no lead yet, Tantiado said.
She said Mrs. Matubis also sought assistance from the Philippine Consul General Office to help collect her husband’s unpaid wages.
Castro & Associates wanted Mrs. Matubis to prove that the company owed her husband money.
“We are still hoping the employer of Matubis can give the wife financial assistance,” Tantiado said, adding that the husband worked for the surveying firm for more than 22 years.
Mrs. Matubis, in a separate interview, said she is hoping that Candido Castro, her husband employer, will give them financial assistance.
“My husband has been a very loyal worker. For our children’s sake, I hope they will give us support,” she said.
Tantiado said that Mrs. Matubis is scheduled to leave Saipan on Nov. 29.
She said they are hoping to generate $1,000 from the fundraising drive that started last month.
The group has printed 1,500 tickets for the raffle draw on Nov. 15, and private companies have already committed to provide prizes.
These include PTI, the Hyatt Regency, the Pacific Islands Club, Megabyte, Micronesian Brokers (CNMI) Inc., National Office Supply, McDonald’s, KFC and Century Insurance Co. Ltd.
The Marianas Association of Filipino Engineers and Architects, of which Matubis was a member, donated $389 to his wife.
Tantiado is urging the community to support the fundraising drive and to call 322-8897 or 285-7717 if they wish to buy a raffle ticket.
