The closest I've ever been to a violent Filipino revolutionary was wearing his cap.

It happened three years ago when George Madlos, a commander and spokesman for the communist New People's Army, died of gunshot wounds after — depending on who you believe — engaging in a skirmish with soldiers in Bukidnon or getting ambushed by them while riding a motorcycle to his doctor's office.

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