Popular Filipino Marxist guerrilla 'Comrade Roger' dies of heart attack

The National Sunday 9th October, 2011

Rebel spokesman Gregorio "Comrade Roger" Rosal, who has died of a heart attack. He was 64. The popular Philippine communist guerrilla served as the movement's spokesman for years and gave a face to one of Asia's longest-running Marxist insurgencies. Pat Roque / AP Photo

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