Marlen V. Ronquillo
Marlen V. Ronquillo

I had a brief but unforgettable encounter with Freddie Aguilar in the early 80s. It was after the Malaya newspaper ran a series of stories about Negros Occidental, which covered these sensitive themes: the intensifying insurgency problem, scores of children wasted by malnutrition and a dying sugar industry that was crippled by a state-sponsored monopoly.

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