December 12, 2010 admin No Comments
MANILA — The Philippine government’s decision to drop charges against 43 health workers detained for months on suspicion of being insurgents will bolster planned talks to end the four-decade-long communist rebellion, rebels said Sunday.
President Benigno Aquino III ordered prosecutors last Friday to drop charges against the “Morong 43,” named after the coastal town east of Manila where the health workers were arrested in February. Read rest of story
