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Monthly Archives for November 2009
Election 2010 begins
Photos of Erap-Binay, Villar-Loren and Noynoy-Mar As of today, more than 50 have filed certificates of candidacy for president in the 2010 elections. Today, in the morning, the Commission on Elections office in Intramuros turned orange. former President Joseph Estrada, … Continue reading
Gloria Arroyo to file certificate of candidacy tomorrow
Gloria Arroyo’s declaration of her candidacy for second district of Pampanga. Mga kababayan, lubos na karangalan at pribilehiyo sa akin na maglingkod sa taongbayan bilang Pangulo. Gumawa ng malalaking pagsulong sa bagay ng ating economy, education, foreign affairs and job … Continue reading
Media groups to GMA: swift justice or resign
Media groups and journalists call for the resignation of Gloria Arroyo if her government fails to the catch the perpetrators of the Maguindanao massacre and make them accountable for the crime. Statement of the Nov. 23 Movement A Challenge of … Continue reading
The importance of correct handling of evidence
Last April, I attended a very informative lecture by Peruvian forensic anthropologist Jose Pablo Baraybar on investigating extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances. Sponsored by the Center for International Law chaired by Harry Roque, the US Department of State and the … Continue reading
Election-related happenings worth noting
Photos of Brig. Gen. Danny Lim, Col. Ariel Querubin, Capt. Gary Alejano, Ltsg James Layug. Magdalo former Marine Capt. Gary Alejano was granted five days out of detention last week to file his certificate of candidacy for mayor of Sipalay … Continue reading
Peruvian who nailed down Fujimori for mass murder to probe Maguindanao massacre
The Commission on Human Rights is availing of the services of two international experts on investigation of human rights violations to help probe the Maguindanao massacre that killed 57 persons, the worst election-related violence in a highly volatile Philippine elections. … Continue reading
Panagutan ni Arroyo sina Ampatuan at ang kanilang krimen
Marami ang nakapansin na sa pag-aresto kay Mayor Andal Ampatuan,mayor ng bayan ng Datu Unsay, hindi siya nakaposas. Escorted siya ng mga ahente ng National Bureau of Investigation at kasama rin niya si Presidential Adviser Jesus Dureza. Sabi ni Justice … Continue reading
Cory gave Ampatuan patriarch his break
After Edsa 1, Andal was appointed OIC mayor Newsbreak It’s interesting how the Ampatuan clan’s political fortunes seem to be turning full circle—and how political camps that now call them “monsters” seem to have conveniently forgotten that they had something … Continue reading
Families of massacre victims seek justice but fear for own safety
By ROMEL REGALADO BAGARES GENERAL SANTOS CITY.—Sixty-nine-year-old Maura Montaño seethed with anger when she was asked what she thought of the men—no, the monsters—who did terrible things last Monday in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao to her eldest child, Marife “Neneng” Montaño, … Continue reading
Ampatuan in detention
VERA Files photojournalist Mario Ignacio took the following photos of Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. as he underwent medical examination at his holiding cell at the National Bureau of Investigation on Friday morning. Ampatuan surrendered Thursday in connection with … Continue reading
