PUERTO GALERA, Philippines - Before sunrise, Bernito Pampilo shoulders a backpack carrying a mobile phone, flashlight and enough food - he hopes - for a day's patrol through the forests of Puerto Galera in northern Mindoro, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Manila. By around 6 a.m., the 56-year-old Iraya Mangyan patroller and two companions leave their mountain outpost in Aninuan village after praying to Apo Iraya, the creator, for protec…
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