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Sendong’s dead dumped in garbage landfill site

Published by Ellen on December 19, 2011

Text and photos by Froilan Gallardo, Mindanews

I am a professional photojournalist and I am not in a habit of showing bloated bodies unless there is a compelling reason. This is an exception. The city government of Cagayan de Oro transferred 30 bodies from Bollozos Funeral Homes in Barangay Bulua to the garbage landfill in Zayas, Barangay Carmen Sunday night. The reson is the bodies have bloated and smelled a lot. Since no one came forward to claim the bodies, the city government said the bodies would be better in the landfill where it could still be viewed by relatives.

I am shocked by this decision. The city government has made countless of mistakes since tropical storm Sendong struck but this decision TOPS THEM ALL. Why transfer the bodies to a garbage landfill? The dead are not garbage no matter how bloated they are. Yet the city government left the bodies lying on the ground under the sun. The dead is always handled with respect. It only showed how insensitive the city government. Grabeh.

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Capitol of second poorest province has jacuzzi

Published by Ellen on December 13, 2009

Here are two articles by Carol Arquillas of Mindanews:

Capitol of second poorest province has jacuzzi

The way to the office of the governor of the country's 2nd poorest province. By Mindanews
The way to the office of the governor of the country's 2nd poorest province. By Mindanews
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao – The Office of the Provincial Governor of the country’s second poorest province on the third floor of this peach and pink palatial building with an “ala CCP” driveway that leads to the second floor, has three living room sets, a conference table for 16, a huge executive desk with a leather swivel for the governor and leather chairs for guests, a toilet exclusively for the governor’s use, a center table for flowers and a door that leads to a room with a bed (and a refrigerator with several bottles of softdrinks), that leads to an alley where you can find to your left, a bathroom with a Jacuzzi whirlpool tub.

Click here (Mindanews) for the rest of the article and more photos.

The Ampatuans’ mansions and millions””We have vast landholdings”, says daughter

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/11 December) – The man who owns the mansion on the right side of the highway from Cotabato City, that one with the mosque, is the governor of the country’s second poorest province while the man who owns the mansion on the left side is his son, the governor of the country’s poorest region.

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