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Basilan that the renewal of a vision
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Bishop Romulo dela Cruz became the
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Nacorda was kidnapped on June 8, 1994, and was released three months later, but not before fifteen of his companions were killed and the remaining 25 captives, mostly teachers and health workers, were finally released.
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