Ex-NPA rebel, family get new lease on life in Negros
FORMER CHILD WARRIOR. Former NPA child combatant alias "Jacking" studies under the Department of Education's Alternative Learning System in this undated photo so he could finish junior high school. Now 16, the boy, who was recruited when he was 11, and his father surrendered to the troops of the Philippine Army's 94th Infantry Battalion in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental in October last year.(Images courtesy of 94th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - A former New People's Army (NPA) rebel and his son, who was once a child combatant, are rebuilding thei...