MindaNews » ‘Bakwits’ lament living life on the run.

By Keith Bacongco
August 26, 2012

PIKIT, North Cotabato(MindaNews/25 August) – Most villagers in a refugee camp here are no longer strangers to evacuation.

They have “mastered” the art of evacuation even if tensions are still brewing, knowing where to go for temporary shelter to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.

Barangay Batulawan here has become a popular refugee center for displaced villagers, as the amenities of evacuation centers built during the previous wars remain standing and ready to be used.

But if the evacuees would have their way, they want to settle peacefully in their villages since life in the evacuation centers are really difficult.

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