The Long View: Kicking and screaming
The Long View
Kicking and screaming
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 19:10:00 12/09/2009
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IN THE 1986 Constitutional Commission, Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo bitterly opposed making the two chambers of Congress vote together, as essentially a...
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
Election Paraphernalia and Ballot Boxes recovered in Ampatuan Mansions
Ballot boxes, containing election documents from the 2004 and 2007 elections, were recovered from one of the mansions of the Ampatuans, Senate minority president Aquilino Pimentel Jr. revealed. These documents will prove that irregular election operations did, indeed, happened in Maguindanao that favored...
Source: pinoyobserver.com
EXCLUSIVE: Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. to be arrested tomorrow
Andal Ampatuan Sr
Military and police officials vowed to use lethal force against Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., father of Maguindanao massacre mastermind Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., should the clan patriarch resist arrest tomorrow.
Andal Ampatuan Sr. is being tagged as the brains,...
Source: pinoyobserver.com
The Long View: Caught in the act
The Long View
Caught in the act
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:43:00 11/29/2009
THEIR TRACK RECORD AND THE EXTENT OF their preparations for conducting the massacre in the town named after themselves suggest the Ampatuans had the methodology of mass murder down pat...
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
Maguindanao Massacre Update: Palace to help clear name of Ampatuan Junior
A source who requested anonymity, said that one of the negotiating points discussed between the Ampatuans and the palace, led by Presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza is for the younger Andal Ampatuan to be taken into custody but not be thrown to jail during the investigation stage. The negotiations...
Source: pinoyobserver.com
AFP takes over Maguindanao: Andal Ampatuan Jr. to resist arrest
The Philippine military has taken over the Provincial capitol of Maguindanao ahead of the expected arrest and detention of Datu Unday mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., the mastermind behind the gruesome and the most barbaric election-related violence in Philippine history.
Ampatuan Jr is reportedly holed inside...
Source: pinoyobserver.com
