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David Phinney is a journalist and broadcaster based in Washington D.C., whose work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, New York Times and on ABC and PBS. Lucille Quiambao and Howie Severino reported from the Philippines for this article. Additional research by Pratap Chatterjee.
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