BAGUIO CITY: A 74-year-old political prisoner, Marcos Aggalao, who was under hospital arrest for several months, died on Tuesday night at Kalinga Provincial Hospital in Tabuk City.

Gloria Almonte, deputy secretary general of Hustisya, said in a press statement that Aggalao was one of the political prisoners who are elderly and sick, and should have been released on humanitarian grounds in line with the GRP-NDFP peace talks.

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