Kin honor ‘desaparecidos’ on All Souls’ Day

Inquirer.net - Nov 3, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Abner Hizarsa was on his way to his daughter’s school in Subic, Zambales, to bring her lunch when he was abducted by unidentified armed men riding a van on March 22, 2007. That day was the last time his partner, Cresencia dela Cruz, and their three children saw Hizarsa. Hizarsa was just

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