Arming the Enemy
RICKY COMES up north to Manila for only two reasons: to visit relatives, or to buy guns and ammunition. In these crime-ridden times, that’s not really unusual — except for two things. Ricky (not his...
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Photos by Lilen Uy “IT WAS a little bit eerie,” Nur Misuari says, recalling that cold early morning in January 1986 when a stranger came knocking on the door of his hotel room in Madrid. On the run...
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PROVINCIAL BOSS. Abra Governor Vicente Valera, suspected of masterminding the killing of Rep. Luis Bersamin, being blessed by Tingguian elders. [photo courtesy of abra.gov.ph In this issue Mob...
View ArticlePetty, big, routine graft a lucrative trade at AFP
Second of three parts EIGHT YEARS ago in 2003, the PCIJ had exposed how the soldiers themselves were arming the enemy, by selling bullets and guns at fat discounts to rebels. To make matters worse, the...
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