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Tuesday, 09 February 2010

REFRESHING. Maramag town in Bukidnon is known for its spring resorts. One of these is RR Resort, some 200 meters from the national highway. It overlooks the man-made lake of the National Grid Corp. parts of which have been covered with lilies owing to the presence of organic matter from eroded soil. MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno

Clans dominate in Maguindanao; 68 Ampatuans, 15 Mangudadatus running

by Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews
Monday, 08 February 2010 16:17
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 Feb) – The Ampatuans, Mangudadatus, Midtimbangs, Sinsuats, Masturas, Sangkis comprise the majority among Maguindanao’s 879 candidates running for 374 posts: two congressional representatives to Congress, one governor, one vice-governor, 10 provincial board members, 36 mayors, 36 vice mayors and 288 municipal board members or councilors.

Sidebar: Detained, yes, but Ampatuans still running for top posts in Maguindanao

by Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews
Monday, 08 February 2010 16:15
DAVAO CITY (MindaNew/08 February) – Their leaders may be detained outside Maguindanao but they remain a clan to reckon with in Maguindanao, if we are to base it on the number of candidates running for election or reelection on May 10.

NUJP to authorities: protect our Kidapawan chair, arrest those who threaten her

by MindaNews
Monday, 08 February 2010 16:08
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 February) - The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in a statement today said it is taking the threats directed against the chair of our Kidapawan City chapter, Malu Cadelina Manar, and “demand that authorities not only ensure her protection but launch an immediate investigation to arrest and prosecute those responsible.”

Of 36 Maguindanao towns, 8 have unopposed mayoral and vice mayoral bets

by Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews
Monday, 08 February 2010 16:06
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 Feb) – There are eight of 36 towns in Maguindanao where candidates for mayor and vice mayor are running unopposed; of the eight, five towns have an entire slate of candidates – for mayor, vice mayor and eight municipal board members – running unopposed in the elections on May 10, records from the Commission on Elections show.

Top bets for President grow wealth despite poll expenses

by Malou Mangahas/Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Monday, 08 February 2010 15:44
A BILLIONAIRE and four other millionaires lead the pack of those who want to serve as the15^th president of the Philippines, all invariably swearing by an anti-poverty platform, and with some purposely harking on their poverty roots to spin and curry favor with majority of voters who are poor.

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