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‘Ampatuan Massacre Should Be Brought Before International Courts, Tribunals’ The failure of investigators to secure the crime scene, the apparent contamination of forensic evidence, and… 12/17/2009
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Philippines
Getting away with murder
Pooled Editorial: Blood in Her Hands
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At a time when even war itself strives to be humane, the carnage that killed 57 people in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, shocked people beyond words, not… 12/17/2009
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What’s Wrong with Arroyo’s Congressional Bid?
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MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s filing of her certificate of candidacy to seek the position of representative for the second district of Pampanga generated so… 12/17/2009
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Arroyo Regime Has No Respect for Human Rights and Democracy
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MANILA — When it comes to human rights and democracy, the Arroyo government never fails to provide ironies. On the 20th anniversary of the 1986… 12/17/2009
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Clinging to reins of power
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Her term ending in June 2010, de facto president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo finally filed her candidacy as congresswoman in the second district of Pampanga, her hometown,… 12/17/2009
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NUJP demands independent probe, special court to try massacre suspects
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The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) demands the creation of an independent commission, to include media representatives, to investigate the Ampatuan massacre… 12/17/2009
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Saving us from political violence
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By Joe Rivera In The Philosophy of History, Hegel describes “history as the slaughter-bench at which the happiness of peoples, the wisdom of states, and… 12/17/2009
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Ampatuans should account for P1.7B CARP funds
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Republic of the Philippines Office of Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. Senate, Pasay City December 13, 2009 http://www.nenepimentel.org Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q.… 12/17/2009
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A Challenge of Conscience
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The brutal, indiscriminate mass murder on Nov. 23 in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province raises the ultimate challenge of conscience. It carries the culture of… 12/01/2009
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Ampatuan Massacre Raises Level of Barbarity in Philippine Politics
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By Benjie Oliveros MANILA — The Ampatuan massacre last November 23 shocked the nation and the world. It was shocking not only because of its… 12/01/2009
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