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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 28 > Territorial squabble sends a few Filipinos to paradise

Territorial squabble sends a few Filipinos to paradise

But it turns out living there is the job from hell

By John M. Glionna / The Bulletin
July 28, 2009

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — Roel Robles had been on Pagasa Island for less than a week when he found himself wondering, in near despair: Can one white-beached, palm-studded place to be both heaven and hell, paradise and prison?

“When you first get there, you see this....

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