Arroyo lifts martial law in Maguindanao
Martial law will be lifted in Maguindanao at 9 p.m. Saturday, eight days after it was imposed by President Gloria Arroyo.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Arroyo lifted Proclamation No. 1959 on the recommendation of the Cabinet which concluded that the government has met its main objectives...
Source: ellen tordesillas
New Plot to extend Martial Law Bared
APCs to be seen in Metro Manila too?
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago just validated an earlier blog entry by New Philippine Revolution on a new plot to extend the scope of martial law beyond Maguindanao and derail the May 10, 2010 elections. Code named “Oplan Alpha“, the plan reportedly...
Source: pinoyobserver.com
My Mindanao
I had wanted jambayan to be a fairly light site, but the recent events in Maguindanao have forced me to post rather serious articles. While that, of course, is needed, I also realize that I may be adding to the misperception of Mindanao as a “war-torn” and “lawless” island. The truth is just...
Source: Davao Blogspace
This is Mindanao
During a visit to Museo Dabawenyo last year, this piece of art caught my attention. It’s a multimedia work by a local artist portraying the three major groups living in Davao City, also representative of the people of Mindanao: the Muslims, the Christians, and the lumads or indigenous peoples.
The...
Source: Life With Ria
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
President GMA’s Great Moves
The reason Gloria Arroyo’s running for Congress is that she is aiming for a powerful office for her harassment after she has stepped out of office and is stripped of immunity. Her political comeback via Congress is to revive Charter Change which still very much alive in GMA’s mind. She may...
Source: Blog For Noob Dot Com | Noob Blogger
Philippine Lasallian Family Statement on the Maguindanao Massacre
I’m reproducing here the statement of the Philippine Lasallian Family on the Maguindanao Massacre.
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Brutal, barbaric, and heinous. These were words used to describe the
Maguindanao massacre that has claimed the lives of more than 50 people-the majority of them being...
Source: The Four-eyed Journal
Families of massacre victims seek justice but fear for own safety
By ROMEL REGALADAO 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, the 44-year-old...
Source: ellen tordesillas
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 Monday’s pre-election...
Source: ellen tordesillas
Day of mourning today, really?
“I am declaring a day of mourning for the victims of the mass murder in Mindanao,” so said Gloria Arroyo.
“I am outraged as everyone is at this crime. It is a travesty of our pledge to uphold the basic humanity of every Filipino,” so sad Gloria Arroyo.
What was it? A pathetic response on on the...
Source: myepinOy's bLOG
