Ampatuans seek refuge from prosecution: State wants its own Rido
ARMM Governor Zaldy Ampatuan, thru his legal counsel, Sigfrid Fortun, filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to stop the Department of Justice from arresting members of their clan. The Ampatuans say the DOJ has no right to arrest other members of their family without a warrant of arrest.
Ironic is’nt?...
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
The Long View: Shattered talismans
The Long View
Shattered talismans
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 21:23:00 11/25/2009
IN A NATION WHERE THE POWERLESS HAVE few options, the least useful being to try to out-goon, out-gun, and out-spend those who possess a plenitude of these things because of political...
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
Mass murder in Maguindanao
The President and Zaldy Ampatuan in happier days, courtesy of Newsday
Back on September 7, 2009 in my column A necessary provocation, I pointed out the integral role warlords play in the ruling coalition. Just a week ago, as a photo in Uniffors shows, the Ampatuans were lionized by the ruling coalition....
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
