‘Maguindanao Folk Live in Fear’
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Auditing Maguindanao
The Commission on Audit’s annual reports on Maguindanao have always highlighted deficiencies in the province’s finances. In its 2008 audit report, the commission found that it could not ascertain the validity of the provincial government’s claim that the province had more than P107 million pesos deposited in banks. The COA also could not verify the existence of properties and assets worth P345 million pesos that the province said it had.
Pooled Editorial: Blood in Her Hands
The perpetrators obviously thought that they could get away with their atrocity. The only possible explanation for such impunity is that these people were confident somebody higher up would protect them. We hold the regime of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accountable for what happened in Ampatuan. It was her regime that had benefited from the reign of terror in Maguindanao. It was her regime that had encouraged and nurtured the violence that led to the massacre.
News in Pictures: Groups Slam Proclamation of Martial Law in Maguindanao
MANILA — After the brutal killings on Nov. 23, the province of Maguindanao is now under martial law. But only hours since the proclamation, the regime has faced various protests from progressive groups. On Saturday, at the Boy Scout Monument in Tomas Morato in Quezon City, more than a hundred protesters gathered to condemn the…
News in Pictures: Black Mark
A black ribbon placed by a reporter hangs from the last two digits of the street number at the gate of the Department of Foreign Affairs, symbolizing the number of media workers slain in the November 23 Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao massacre (actually 31 media workers died). (Photo by Nonoy Espina) DFA reporters held a…
Bulatlat Live: Arroyo Declares Martial Law in Maguindanao
Breaking News: Arroyo Declares Martial Law in Maguindanao Share with Bulatlat’s readers what you think of martial-law declaration in Maguindanao
News in Pictures: Lights for Justice
Reporters covering the Department of Justice (top) and students of De La Salle University in Manila held separate candlelighting ceremonies on Wednesday, December 2, to honor the victims of the Ampatuan massacre and demand justice. (Photos courtesy of Nonoy Espina)
News in Pictures: Goodbye, Mom
Eldest daughter Sunshine bids goodbye to her mother, Lawyer Concepcion ‘Connie’ Brizuela. Brizuela was laid down to her final rest on Monday, November 30, in their residence in Del Carmen village, President Roxas town in North Cotabato. She was one of the victims of the gruesome massacre in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao. (davaotoday.com Photos by Barry…
The Arroyo Regime’s Complicity in Ampatuan Massacre
Arroyo’s Complicity in Ampatuan Massacre
News in Pictures: In Memoriam
Candles, a placard and a wall poster demanding justice for the victims of the Ampatuan massacre and showing Bombo reporter Bart Maravilla, one of the 31 media workers killed in the carnage, at the Makati headquarters of the Bombo Radyo Network Tuesday evening. The candle lighting was the first in a series of activities organized…
News in Pictures: An Explosion of Outrage
Human-rights group Hustisya on Tuesday opened the 10-day long commemoration of the International Human Rights Day with an explosion of outrage, symbolized by red paint thrown at a target board with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s face surrounded by other notorious human rights violators including Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. In this photo, Elizabeth Calubad, wife…