The brutal, indiscriminate mass murder on Monday in Ampatuan town, in Maguindanao province, raises the ultimate challenge of conscience. It…
(compiled by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines) Koronadal City 1. Adolfo, Benjie, Gold Star Daily, Koronadal City…
By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Bai Ali Indayla, secretary-general of the Moro human rights group Kawagib, pointed out how slow administration officials moved against the Ampatuans, President Arroyo’s close political ally suspected of the carnage of 57 unarmed people that included lawyers and journalists, in Maguindanao.
SHARIFF AGUAK, the Philippines — A politician identified as the prime suspect in the massacre of more than 50 people…
For its brazenness and sheer brutality, the United Nations led several other countries in condemning the mass slaughter of 46…
We are no longer who we were before Monday. Even in the annals of political violence in the Philippines, there…
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.
Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao November 23, 2009 The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) condemns in the…
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