MANILA: Leftist Philippine rebels are raking in millions of dollars extorting money from candidates in next month’s elections and will likely use this to buy guns, a senior military official said yesterday. Each candidate illegally pays between 50,000 and five million pesos (US$1,210-121,000) to buy protection from the New People’s Army (NPA), said Major-General Jose … Continue reading Philippine rebels rake it in from vote extortion