Condemning Violence: Philippines
Tulsa World - Wed Nov 25, 3:40 am ETProtesters hold lighted candles while displaying placards during a rally Tuesday in Manila's Quezon City to condemn election violence in the southern Philippines.
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Protesters hold lighted candles while displaying placards during a rally Tuesday in Manila's Quezon City to condemn election violence in the southern Philippines.
A politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in the southern Philippines in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy Friday for the election.
Alejandro "Bong" Reblando, a veteran Filipino journalist and former Associated Press stringer, was among at least 18 reporters killed in an attack on an election caravan, authorities said. He was 53.
The killings starkly exposed a nationwide malaise: the fierce competition for regional power among the country's small Élite
AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) - Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself, and prosecutors say he will face murder charges in the country's worst election violence.
Alejandro "Bong" Reblando, a veteran Filipino journalist and former Associated Press stringer, was among at least 18 reporters killed in an attack on an election caravan, authorities said. He was 53.
MANILA -- Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travelers Monday in the southern Philippines' worst political violence in years.
AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) — A politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in the southern Philippines this week in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor has filed his candidacy for the election.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Philippine prosecutors will charge a mayor with seven counts of murder for the massacre of 57 people in the nation’s worst act of election-related violence, killings that ignited debate over politicians’ private militias.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Philippine prosecutors are preparing to file murder charges today against a mayor allegedly linked to the massacre of at least 57 people on the southern island of Mindanao, the nation’s worst act of election-related violence.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Philippine prosecutors are preparing to file murder charges today against a mayor allegedly linked to the massacre of at least 57 people on the southern island of Mindanao, the nation’s worst act of election-related violence.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Philippine prosecutors are preparing to file murder charges today against a mayor allegedly linked to the massacre of at least 57 people on the southern island of Mindanao, the nation’s worst act of election-related violence.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Philippine prosecutors are preparing to file murder charges today against a mayor allegedly linked to the massacre of at least 57 people on the southern island of Mindanao, the nation’s worst act of election-related violence.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces still reeling from recent flooding, sending residents of one town clambering onto rooftops Saturday to escape rising waters. Seven people died and at least five were missing.
Philippines' ruling coalition expelled members of a political clan allegedly linked to the election-related massacre as arrests began Thursday of suspects.
Philippines' ruling coalition expelled members of a political clan allegedly linked to the election-related massacre as arrests began Thursday of suspects.