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TRAVEL Clark photo from: HikersBay CLARK MARRIOTT ROYCE a luxury hotel. For those who are looking for physical activities, the Mimosa Golf Course and eQuinox fitness center are the suitable places for you. Guests and diners can fill their bellies with great food at the hotel’s all-day dining restaurant—Mequeni Live, which brags of its nine interactive live stations. Quest is quietly tucked inside the Filinvest Mimosa+ Leisure City also along Manuel A. Roxas Highway. For reservations, call (045) 599 8000 Royce Hotel and Casino Known as one of the top entertainment destinations in Central Luzon, Royce Hotel and Casino is not only popular for its casino but also for the regular band and comedy performances it hosts daily. With its elegant theme of brown and gold, the guests are given that royal feeling upon entering the hotel’s sprawling lobby. The hotel offers 202 modern and classy rooms equipped with all the much needed amenities for its guests to enjoy. Families and big groups who want to spend a night or two at the hotel can also enjoy the Empire Bar and Lounge which regularly features live bands and performers for night of fun, laughter, and great music. And to complete your stay at Royce, dine in at the famous Italian restaurant Amare by Chef Chris which offers the signature Rolliza (also know as Panizza), various pasta and salads—the same name behind the popular C’s Italian Dining. Royce Hotel and Casino is located at corner Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner Ninoy Aquino Avenue. For reservations, call (045) 499 3238 With its strategic location in Central Luzon plus its own airport right at the heart of the zone, Clark is sure to be accommodating more and more tourists from Metro Manila, Northern Luzon and nearby Asian countries. So the next time you plan a staycation, make sure to put Clark in your priority list and experience what this place has to offer. 18 COLLECTIVE
HEROES When the enemy is no longer the enemy By MARICAR GAY SAVELLA-VILLAMIL In "Heroes," <strong>BCDA</strong> tells the stories of ordinary Filipino soldiers doing extraordinary duties for love of country. I“I spent the prime of my youth in Samar.” It was in 1988 when the young lieutenant Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos Jr., went up the mountains of Samar—his first assignment right after graduating from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Maringal Class of 1988. In those remote areas, he saw what he thought and described as the “the last bastion of Communist insurgency in the Philippines” noting the extreme poverty of fellow Filipinos. The young Burgos recalled that the only sign of progress then was the national highway. In one of the most interior villages he was assigned, 35 percent of the female population suffered from goiter, a condition caused by the lack of iodine—a manifestation of malnutrition. There was no trace of a government that could help them. They had no choice but to support the New People’s Army (NPA), who were there with them. “In many far-flung barangays that we’ve been, we were the only agents of government who have reached those areas. We assumed the roles of doctors, priests, pastors and counselors. Yung mga gamot kong natitira for combat operations binibigay ko na lang sa kanila upon leaving. ‘May adda ba kayong bulong?’ they would ask. ‘Bulong’ means medicine.” He stayed in Samar for five years, where he experienced more combat encounters and skirmishes with NPA terrorists. An encounter he could not forget was in 1989 during his first assignment as platoon leader, when his troops overran an NPA stronghold. After a successful takeover of an NPA encampment in the mountains, those left behind in the seized community were women and children. With them is a wounded male combatant. COLLECTIVE 19
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