Edwin Espejo
Mindanao Journalist
Edwin grew up in General Santos City in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. He is currently a freelance journalist after having been the managing editor of Sunstar General Santos and later Sunstar Business Weekly, both affiliates of the Sunstar Network of Publications (www.sunstar.com.ph). He is also currently a contributor to Sunstar Davao, Mindanews (www.mindanews.com) and was former stringer of Newsbreak (www.newsbreak.com.ph) for its Mindanao online project.

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