Maguindanao Massacre

[artpogi]

Anybody have read this? Maguindanao massacre

Grabe

Some backgrounder

[tiquico]

It's a simple "UBUSAN NG LAHI" sa mga Muslim clans pag nag-aaway.

[artpogi]

It's a simple "UBUSAN NG LAHI" sa mga Muslim clans pag nag-aaway.

It might be "simple" to them but to a lot of people, it ain't.

[safeorigin]

perhaps this is why they want mindanao as an autonomous state. . .

[Monseratto]

Listening to the radio, the goverment officials there doesn't want to touch the case, especially the police. Apparently the place is a hot potato, even GMA doesn't want to categorically condemn the Ampatuan.

In Maguindanao, no one dares cross the Ampatuans

[KERSMcRae]

I heard about this yesterday- over the radio and the internet. Just waiting somebody to post here.

This massacare dwarfed the record of Marcos-era "killings". Barbaric and uncivilized (muslim) people.

And I doubt the military (AFP or Alms Forces) can handle this.

[badsekktor]

lakas pala ng kapit sa palasyo.... tsk. tsk. tsk. pakialaman kaya yan ng international community? maghugas kamay kaya si pandak?

[alainroyce]

Listening to the radio, the goverment officials there doesn't want to touch the case, especially the police. Apparently the place is a hot potato, even GMA doesn't want to categorically condemn the Ampatuan.

In Maguindanao, no one dares cross the Ampatuans

syempre naman si GMA pa.. eh di ikinanta yung pandaraya nila nung last presidential election. this is the worst president in our country.

[badsekktor]

tsk! mahirap na yata ibaon sa limot yan ah! paano kaya gagawin ni GMA dyan! for sure makikialam dyan ang international community.

[Monseratto]

Quite frightening that such a thing can still happen in this day and age. I doubt any justice will be given though. Madadaan lang iyan through political patronage since the alledged leader is a known ally of GMA. Ma-forget na ito by next year like everthing else in this country...

Datu Andal Ampatuan has been elected governor of Maguindanao three times previously, always unopposed, although he resigned earlier this year, apparently to circumvent term limits on elected officials.

Of the 22 mayors in his province, most are sons, grandsons or other relatives.

Two of Ampatuan’s sons have been killed in violence linked to clan wars.

Ampatuan has told reporters that people did not run against him or his family members in elections because they had little chance of winning.

“It’s because of popular support,” he said. “Because I am so loved by the constituencies of the municipalities, they ask me to have my sons as representatives.”

Ms Arroyo has called Ampatuan a valuable ally in the past. In the 2004 presidential elections, she won most of the votes in Maguindanao. In one town, her rivals did not get even a single vote.

[ringo678]

Never thought this thing can be well-abused and misjudged by people.

Loren really has nothing to do with the massacre in Maguindanao. "THAT PHOTOS WAS TAKEN FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE MASSACRE", and she was there only as a guest speaker for SORA. If ever someone else will have a shot with one of the Ampatuans, would there be an issue like this?

Basically, Loren was just being drag to this issue and her opponents were desperately making use of this.


Wake up Philippines!

[machinepistol]

I watched "The Maguindanao Masacre" on History Channel last night. There's an interesting comment there -- that the journalists were used by Mangudadatu as human shields and the journalists were unaware of that. It might have come out previously. But first time I heard about it.

[Juan Martinez]

Andal Ampatuan Sr. is dead

July 18, 2015 12:00am

Andal Ampatuan Sr. passed away on Friday night, the family lawyer Ferdinand Topacio said in a statement.

"It is with deep sadness that I announce to the public that former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. has passed away a few minutes ago," Topacio said.

"Details of his death are still sketchy. What is confirmed is that his mortal remains will be treated in accordance with Islamic customs," he added.

"The family requests the media and the public in general for privacy and respect in this time of bereavement."

Andal Sr. has been in the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, a government hospital in Quezon City, since June 5 because of liver cancer and was transferred to the intensive care unit on Monday.

Andal Sr. was one of the primary suspects in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, which caused the death of 58 civilians.

READ: Maguindanao Massacre -- How it Happened / Timeline: Maguindanao massacre

During the terms of his elders in local politics, Andal Sr. had either been a policeman, a councilor or in the municipal payroll as "confidential aide" to local executives of Maganoy (now Shariff Aguak) town.

Ampatuan Sr. was a councilor in February 1986 when the Edsa People Power overthrew Marcos.

Eyeing for the top local post, Ampatuan Sr. allied with the more politically well-known Matalam and Pendatun families in a bid to penetrate then Interior Secretary Aquilino Pimentel Jr., who signed appointments of officers in-charge (OIC) appointments for local posts.

Appointed mayor in 1986, Ampatuan Sr. became undefeated in three consecutive local elections---1988, 1992 and 1995. In 1998, he trained his eyes on the gubernatorial post, but the Lakas-NUCD favored then incumbent Maguindanao Governor Zacaria Candao.

Ampatuan then pitted and supported another local politician in a one-on-one fight against Candao in the 1998 elections. The "close fight" then between Maguindanao Vice-Governor Midpantao Midtimbang and Candao, enabled former Mayor Ampatuan to "politically gauge his chances of winning against Candao" the 2001 gubernatorial election---which he did.

In the 2004 presidential race, he threw his full support to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who dominated the polls in most of Maguindanao.

It started his close alliance with Arroyo, especially so that he managed to deliver a win for the latter despite actor Fernando Poe Jr.'s popularity among Maguindanaons.

In the 2007 midterm elections, Ampatuan Sr. again proved he was a political figure to contend with when he delivered a 12-0 win for the Arroyo government's Team Unity senatorial slate. With a report from Nash Maulana, Inquirer Mindanao/TVJ

[Verbl Kint]

Here's the list of sponsors at Zaldy Ampatuan's daughter's wedding.

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[falken]

Here's the list of sponsors at Zaldy Ampatuan's daughter's wedding.

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Zaldy Ampatuan was allowed to attend his daughter's wedding. Smh.

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[ninjababez]

parang all star weekend yung line up

[remzam]

Here's the list of sponsors at Zaldy Ampatuan's daughter's wedding.

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Alam na.

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[chronicle]

No permanent enemies talaga sa politika. A mangudadatu is also a sponsor?

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[gearhead000]

No permanent enemies talaga sa politika. A mangudadatu is also a sponsor?

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Actually, I see three Mangudadatu's.

[chronicle]

Actually, I see three Mangudadatu's.

Oo nga no. My eyesight is failing me.

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