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                    [Title] => CPP clears Ka Roger of bloody 1988 purge
                    [Summary] => The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has cleared its spokesman Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal of any responsibility in the bloody purge of suspected government spies in the rebel movement launched in Southern Tagalog in 1988.


In a three-page statement posted on the Internet, the CPP said that although Rosal was the leading committee party leader in Southern Tagalog at that time, "he had no major responsibility in the bloody purge."
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168087 [AuthorName] => Benjie Villa [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87055 [Title] => Killing 'zombies' a patriotic act for New People's Army [Summary] =>

(Second of three parts)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Why kill your own kind?

For the New People's Army (NPA) in Mindanao in the 1980s, a comrade caught spying for the military was considered a "zombie" or walking dead. And they believed ahos or garlic was the most effective weapon against these demons.

The rebels launched Kampanyang Ahos (Garlic Campaign) in 1985, hoping to cleanse or purge its ranks of demons. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [ArticleID] => 194489
                    [Title] => CPP clears Ka Roger of bloody 1988 purge
                    [Summary] => The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has cleared its spokesman Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal of any responsibility in the bloody purge of suspected government spies in the rebel movement launched in Southern Tagalog in 1988.


In a three-page statement posted on the Internet, the CPP said that although Rosal was the leading committee party leader in Southern Tagalog at that time, "he had no major responsibility in the bloody purge."
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168087 [AuthorName] => Benjie Villa [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87055 [Title] => Killing 'zombies' a patriotic act for New People's Army [Summary] =>

(Second of three parts)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Why kill your own kind?

For the New People's Army (NPA) in Mindanao in the 1980s, a comrade caught spying for the military was considered a "zombie" or walking dead. And they believed ahos or garlic was the most effective weapon against these demons.

The rebels launched Kampanyang Ahos (Garlic Campaign) in 1985, hoping to cleanse or purge its ranks of demons. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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