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By newsmaster on August 26, 2010
Allies of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed an ethics complaint against a militant lawmaker for alleged unparliamentary remarks and disorderly behavior which arose from a scathing privilege speech he delivered in the House of Representatives in early August.
Posted in Nation, News | Tagged akbayan, allies, ethics case, gloria macapagal arroyo |
By newsmaster on August 19, 2010
MANILA – Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been listed as a “hostile witness” in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province on November 23, 2009, which was blamed on members of a powerful clan identified as her close political allies, according to a private prosecutor.
Posted in Headlines, Nation |
By newsmaster on July 21, 2010
Alberto Agra, official of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is under fire for allegedly failing to act on the reported attempt by members of a powerful and influential clan to bribe a vital witness into recanting his testimony linking them to the November 23 massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao.
Posted in Headlines, Nation | Tagged agra law office, alberto agra, ferrari, filipino businessman, leila de lima, philippines news, pinoy news, villarica, villarica pawnshop |
By MBJ on March 6, 2010
MANILA – A detention facility in Metro Manila has been prepared to accommodate members of a powerful and influential clan and their supporters who are facing various criminal charges for their alleged involvement in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province, Mindanao on November 23, a ranking official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported.
Posted in Nation | Tagged armm, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Eastern Mindanao Command, former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan, governor Zaldy Ampatuan, national bureau of investigation, philippine national police, PNP Deputy Director Roberto Rosales, president gloria macapagal arroyo |
By MBJ on March 2, 2010
MANILA – A ranking official of Cotabato City in Mindanao was shot and killed in a bold daylight attack by at least two gunmen riding in tandem on a motorcycle shortly before noon on Monday, police reported.
Posted in Nation | Tagged abu sayyaf, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, Department of National Defense, Enrique Barroga, Indonesia-based Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, moro islamic liberation front, Osama bin Laden, president gloria macapagal arroyo, Remjigio Daga, Secretary Norberto Gonzales |
By MBJ on February 28, 2010
MANILA – About 70 heavily armed men, believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf extremist group, swooped down Saturday morning on a village in Basilan island, Mindanao, killing 11 people and wounding 10 others.
Posted in Nation | Tagged abu sayyaf, armm, milf, moro islamic liberation front, Muslim Mindanao, Senior Superintendent Antonio Mendoza |
By MBJ on February 27, 2010
MANILA – A private prosecutor has accused members of a powerful and influential clan of allegedly trying to delay the court hearings of the multiple murder charges filed against them in connection with the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province, Mindanao on November 23.
Posted in Nation | Tagged Andal Ampatuan, Datu Unsay town, judge jocelyn solis reyes, Lawyer Nena Santos, Mayor Andal Ampatuan Junior, Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu |
By MBJ on February 25, 2010
MANILA – Seven out of 10 Filipinos continue to distrust President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo four months before she is to step down from Malacanang on June 30, according to a public opinion poll conducted by a survey group released on Wednesday.
Posted in Nation | Tagged Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Lakas-Kampi Christian Muslim Democrats, mikey arroyo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, philippine star, president gloria macapagal arroyo, president Joseph Estrada, pulse asia |
By MBJ on February 24, 2010
MANILA – Government lawyers have asked a lower court judge to inhibit himself from the rebellion case filed against members of an influential and powerful clan linked to the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province, Mindanao on November 23.
Posted in Nation | Tagged Andal Ampatuan, judge jocelyn solis reyes, Judge Vivencio Baclig, Mayor Andal Ampatuan Junior, national bureau of investigation, philippine national police, regional trial court |
By MBJ on February 24, 2010
MANILA – An elite unit of the Philippine Marines killed another leader of the Abu Sayyaf extremists during an encounter in a town on the violence-torn island of Sulu in Mindanao, a military spokesman reported on Tuesday.
Posted in Nation | Tagged abu sayyaf, armed forces of the philippines, Basarun Ahaduk, International Committee of the Red Cross, Lieutenant Colonel Romeo Brawner, Osama bin Laden, senator richard gordon |
By MBJ on February 19, 2010
MANILA – An administration candidate running for mayor in one of the towns of the “massacre province†of Maguindanao was shot and killed while aboard his motorcycle in Cotabato City, police reported on Thursday.
Posted in Nation | Tagged armm, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Blah Sinsuat, Errol Sinsuat, Lakas-Kampi Christian Muslim Democrats, massacre province, president gloria macapagal arroyo |
By MBJ on February 15, 2010
MANILA – Additional soldiers, composed of two battalions, are being deployed to Central and Eastern Mindanao to help prevent the possible spillover of violence in these areas particularly between two warring powerful and influential clans, a ranking military officer disclosed.
Posted in Nation | Tagged blood feud, commission on elections, Eastcom, Eastern Mindanao Command, gilberto teodoro, Lakas-Kampi Christian Muslim Democrats, Lieutenant General Raymundo Ferrer, Tamano Kamindan, Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu |
By MBJ on February 14, 2010
MANILA – A former Metro Manila lower court judge, who was dismissed by the Supreme Court (SC) in 2006 for indulging in the occult like “mystic healing sessions†with dwarves, has applied for the position of SC chief justice.
Posted in Nation | Tagged Florentino Floro Junior, JBC, Judicial and Bar Council, regional trial court, SC, supreme court |
By MBJ on February 11, 2010
MANILA – From the looks of it, members of the powerful Ampatuan clan blamed by the government for the massacre of 57 people on November 23 are out to prove they are still a political force to reckon with in their home province of Maguindanao in the coming May elections.
Posted in Nation | Tagged Andal Ampatuan, armm, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, comelec, commission on elections, Datu Unsay town, Didagen Dilangalen, Esmael Manguddadatu, Masturas, Sankis, Simeon Datumanong, Sinsuats |
By MBJ on February 10, 2010
MANILA – A special panel of the Department of Justice on Tuesday recommended the filing in court of multiple murder charges against the patriarch of a powerful clan for his alleged participation in the massacre of 57 people in Mindanao on November 23.
Posted in Nation | Tagged Andal Ampatuan, armm, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Datu Akmad, Datu Jimmy, Datu Norodin, department of justice, Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera, philippine national police, regional trial court |
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