Zamboanga yet to change


Clear for all to see: A billboard displaying the number of killings to date in Zambo anga City, Philippines.

This southern Philippine town has changed little in more than a decade, and not because of any ‘heritage’ status.

AT the Zamboanga International Airport, there were more porters than passengers disembarking from the half-full Philippine Airlines Airbus 319 flight from Manila.

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