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.
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the southern region, scene of a massacre of several kidnap victims.
A scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in today amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlords.
A scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlords.
Benigno Aquino, the front-runner in the race to succeed Philippines President Gloria Arroyo, formally registered his candidacy in the May 2010 election on Saturday with a pledge to fight corruption, witnesses said.
Manila - Philippine officials said Friday investigators have a strong case against a scion of a powerful political family detained for allegedly masterminding a massacre of 57 civilians in a southern province. Justice Secretary Agnes Devenadera said ...
A Filipino journalist recalls the events of the morning with his colleagues who were part of the 37-man media group of a gubernatorial bet's convoy, before many of them were found killed in a political massacre in southern Philippines. This Inquirer reporter shares how he narrowly escaped death.
AMPATUAN, Philippines — Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday, and prosecutors say he will face murder charges in the country’s worst election violence.
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.
MANILA (AFP)--A gunman shot dead a local UN Children's Fund worker in a lawless part of the southern Philippines near the site of a political massacre earlier this week, police said here Friday.
MANILA (AFP)--An unknown gunman has shot a local U.N. Children's Fund worker in a lawless part of the southern Philippines close to where a political massacre occurred, the aid agency said here Friday.
MANILA (AFP)--Witnesses saw soldiers and policemen participate in the election-linked massacre of at least 57 people in the southern Philippines, Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said Friday.
On Friday, Esmael Mangudadatu filed his certificate of candidacy to run for governor of Maguindanao Province, the act that he believes prompted the massacre.
Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday, and prosecutors say he will face murder charges in the country's worst...
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine police searched for an American who escaped after allegedly killing a government official's son in a road-rage shooting — the second homicide case against him, officials said Monday.