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Lito RulonaMarch 15, 2016
POVERTY
A woman contemplates beside her sleeping child at the Magsaysay Park in Divisoria where homelessness and mendicancy highlight the growing poverty problem in Cagayan de Oro. (PHOTO BY LITO RULONA)

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Lito Rulona

Lito Rulona is a veteran newspaperman and broadcaster who covered many of the biggest stories in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental and Northern Mindanao since the early 90s.

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