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Young revolutionaries share snippets of life in the hills

  By DESIREE CALUZA SOMEWHERE IN THE CORDILLERA –Here in the Cordillera in northern Luzon, Philippines, cicadas, birds, dragonflies and butterflies are the usual companions of young revolutionaries who call the hills their home. In one makeshift kitchen made of bamboo and plastic mats, young revolutionaries (aged 18 to 31), sip brewed coffee  as they

Young revolutionaries share snippets of life in the hills

The price bets have to pay rebels

WITH 4,300 armed members, the New People’s Army has been dubbed by police as the country’s “largest organized private armed group.” During elections, the communist insurgents make their presence felt when they go around collecting fees from candidates, primarily those vying for local positions, in exchange for permits to campaign (PTC) and permits to win

The price bets have to pay rebels