Cooky Chua, Lolita Carbon, other OPM singers to hold fundraising gig for Coritha

Image: Facebook/Cooky Chua

OPM singers including Cooky Chua, Lolita Carbon and Bayang Barrios organized a show to raise funds for folk singer Coritha, who has been bedridden after suffering from a stroke.

The gig entitled “Awit para kay Coritha” will include performances from Barrios and Mike Villegas, Becky and Lester Demetillo, Bobby Mondejar and Friends, Chickoy Pura, Corky and Kiko, Chua and Kwachi Vergara, Carbon, and Toto Sorioso, as seen in the poster shared by Chua on her Facebook page on Wednesday, July 31.

Scheduled on Aug. 5, the show will be held at My Brothers Mustache in Quezon City with P500 show charge.

Barrios also called for in-kind donations for Coritha’s everyday needs, such as milk, nasogastric tube, adult diapers and wipes.

Coritha, best known for her songs “Oras Na,” “Lolo Jose,” “Gising Na, O Kuya Ko” and “Sierra Madre,” has been living with her partner Chito Santos in Tagaytay after her Quezon City home was destroyed by fire in 2018.

“Akala ko hindi na siya tatagal. Sabi ko, ‘Iiwan mo na ako?’ Parang ayaw niya, pilit siyang lumalaban e,” Santos said in an interview with broadcaster Julius Babao, who visited the couple in their home.

“Hindi kami pinababayaan ng langit. Hindi umaabot sa magutom kami kasi laging may dumadating na tulong,” Santos added.