Let’s not forget Zamboanga Hermosa

ZAMBOANGA CITY: I re-visited a few days ago this southern jewel, which was ravaged by a three-week conflict triggered by marauding elements of Moro National Liberation Front’s Ustadz Habier Malik. Even when I was a kid, I knew it as Zamboanga “Hermosa.”  And yes, it is still an alluring hispanic city in the south.

Now two months after the siege ended, my visit coincided with the lifting of the curfew and the celebration of Mindanao’s “week of peace” upon invitation by Claretian Fr. Angel Calvo of the Zamboanga Peace Advocates.