In Limbo: MNLF Old Guards Are Trapped in the Past

Published: September 4, 2006 | |

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Germelina Lacorte, associate editor of Davao Today, was commissioned by Newsbreak magazine to write about the old guards of the Moro National Liberation Front and where they are now. “What has the 10-year-old peace agreement done to the top leaders of the Moro rebellion?” Lacorte’s story asks. “The peace pact, ironically, gave them reason to quarrel.” Read the full story here.

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