By Froilan Gallardo/MindaNews SHARIFF AGUAK (MindaNews/14 May) — Maguindanao- Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu , political opponent of the Ampatuan clan, arrived for his proclamation at the Maguindanao Provincial Capitol in Shariff Aguak town on Friday afternoon aboard an Army Simba tank.
proclaimed winners at 5:40 p.m. SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/14 May) — Lakas-Kampi’s Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu and Ismael “Dustin” Mastura are the new governor and vice-governor of Maguindano, the former winning by a slim margin over Datu Ombra Sinsuat, the latter
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/14 May) — Votes in 35 out of 36 towns in Maguindanao have been canvassed by the Provincial Board of Canvassers here with Lakas-Kampi’s Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu and Ismael “Dustin” Mastura still leading the gubernatorial and vice
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/13 May) — Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu and Ismael “Dustin” Mastura continued their lead in the gubernatorial and vice gubernatorial race with election returns from 32 out of 36 towns already in, their opponents Datu Ombra Sinsuat and
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/11 May) — Datu Ombra Sinsuat and running mate Andal Ampatuan, Sr., are leading the gubernatorial race, followed by Lakas-Kampi’s Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu and Ismael “Dustin” Mastura in 18 of 36 Maguindanao towns, records received by the
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/10 May) — Lakas-Kampi’s candidate for governor, Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu and his mayoral bets in Shariff Aguak, Datu Saudi Ampatuan and Datu Unsay have written the Joint Security Coordinating Center (JSCC) here to “intervene” and stop the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 April) – A Paris-based media group that fights for press freedom and denounces violations of human rights has urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to “order the confiscation of some of the Ampatuan clan’s property so that the proceeds
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 April 2010) — No, they did not post a notice of eviction or forfeiture but for 43 minutes last Friday afternoon, the Alliance Against Impunity (AIM) picketed the street fronting the main gate of the mansion along
In memory of our slain colleagues and other victims of the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009, media workers of Davao City along with civil society groups will stage a die-in and rally at 5 p.m. today at the Centennial
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 April) – Presidential aspirants have agreed on a common issue: they disagree with Acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra’s order to dismiss the multiple charges against Datu Zaldy Ampatuan, suspended governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Thank you, Secretary Alberto Agra for confirming the truth that the Filipinos—thirsty for justice—can never expect anything from the Arroyo Administration. You just dignified the growing distrust of the Filipino people on the government when you saw Zaldy Ampatuan and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 April) – A lawyer of the Ampatuans said it’s up to the judge handling the massacre case to order the release of Zaldy Ampatuan and his brother in law Akmad Ampatuan. “It is not automatic dismissal,” lawyer
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 April) — Manila-based newspapers and online publications say Acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra “on Saturday” issued the order clearing Zaldy and Akmad Ampatuan of the multiple murder charges for lack of probable cause.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 April) – “Forget justice. Forget law. Forget democracy,” the one-liner first paragraph of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) statement against Acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra’s order to drop multiple murder charges against suspended
Forget justice. Forget law. Forget democracy. Acting justice secretary Alberto Agra’s order to drop multiple murder charges against Zaldy and Akmad Ampatuan is proof that these principles do not, nay, have never existed under the Arroyo government, that this is
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 April) – After four months and ten days’ detention in a military hospital here, the Ampatuan patriarch; three of his sons and a son-in-law detained in General Santos , all of them used to flying business class,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 January) — The number of media workers killed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao on November 23, is 32 with the addition of Jepon Cadagdagon, who was not included in the media list before. Rowena Carranza-Paraan, director of the National
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – The Davao City-based lead lawyer of the Ampatuans wants former Defense Secretary, now the ruling party’s Presidential bet, Gilbert Teodoro, charged for rebellion like the Ampatuans for the Department of National Defense’s alleged involvement in proving
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 January) – Datu Andal Ampatuan, Sr., has been staying in the seaside Camp Panacan Station Hospital of the Eastern Mindanao Command here for exactly a month as of January 7, for various ailments that are manageable and
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/24 November) – The country’s “unchecked culture of impunity” is the deeper reason behind Monday’s massacre in Maguindanao that claimed the lives of at least 40 people including the wife of a candidate for governor, two female lawyers,
