Photo courtesy of Karapatan-Surigao del Sur / Bulatlat
Bulatlat.com
With simple belongings wrapped and placed atop their heads and in their backpacks, women and children refugees of war-torn Andap Valley, Surigao del Sur in southern Philippines return to their villages after spending three weeks in evacuation centers. War refugees in several towns found their villages looted and property destroyed – they said – by government troops supposedly hot on the heels of guerrillas. For now peace has returned to their villages where they used to enjoy normal lives until 11 truckloads of soldiers came.
