After the Maguindanao carnage, Davao City Council bats for an early gun ban

By GRACE S. UDDIN Following the pre-election violence in Maguindanao that killed 57 people, the city council of Davao wanted to impose an early gun ban to prevent the violence from spilling over to the city.

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12 journalists, several others killed in Maguindanao carnage

By CHERYLL D. FIEL Journalists were out to cover the filing of candidacy of a politician who will challenge the reigning clan of the Ampatuans—a close ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo—when the convoy made up of the politicians' relatives and supporters were blocked and massacred along the way.

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