Maguindanao massacre

The Maguindanao massacre, also known as the Ampatuan massacre, occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao province, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The victims were about to file a certificate of candidacy for Esmael Mangudadatu, vice mayor of Buluan town. Mangudadatu was challenging Andal S. Ampatuan, Jr., son of the incumbent Maguindanao governor Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr., in the forthcoming Maguindanao gubernatorial election, part of the national elections in 2010. Those killed included Mangudadatu's wife, his two sisters, lawyers, aides, and several journalists.

As of November 25, the death toll had risen to 57, as confirmed by Chief Superintendent Josefino Cataluna of the Philippine National Police.Reporters Without Borders announced that at least 12 of the victims were journalists, making this the deadliest such incident in the history of news media. The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines estimates that a total of 20 journalists were killed, including an undisclosed number of NUJP members. The Philippine Daily Inquirer later updated the number of journalists killed to 34.

Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo responded to the news of the massacre by declaring a state of emergency in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Cotabato City.[4] Speaker of the House Prospero Nograles called on the police to quickly identify the perpetrators of the massacre and disarm private militias. The Philippine Department of Justice created a panel of special prosecutors to handle cases arising from the massacre.

In the aftermath, Nueva Ecija Rep. Edno Joson said the massacre might affect, or even lead to the cancellation of, the scheduled 2010 presidential elections. Candidates in the election condemned the massacre, as did the European Union.

On Wednesday, November 25, 2009, the executive committee of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD political party unanimously voted to expel three members of the Ampatuan family - Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr. and his two sons, Gov. Zaldy Uy Ampatuan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. - from the party for their alleged role in the Maguindanao massacre. An emergency meeting of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD was held in Pasig City, during which the Ampatuans were stripped of their membership.

source: wikipedia

guys, what's ur reaction about this?

GRABE nga. Tsk. tsk. kakaawa tlga.

yeah. kawawa tlaga

timawa tlga ang pilipino sa kapangyarihan o.o

it was one of our topic in class
walang puso at kaluluwa ung mga taong
gumagawa ng ganyan .

talo na natin ang iraq na pinakaDELIKADONG lugar para sa journalists.

sobrng saklap netong massacre na to.
pati mga inosente nadamay.
korek si jyen. daig pa daw natin
ang iraq which is may super gera dun

Halang ang kaluluwa

pag pray nalang natin yung kaluluwa nung mga namatay ...

maguindanao is under martial law. super malala na situation dun tapos hindi na nakakapsok ang mga bata sa school

` buwan na.. peo wula awen nangyayari..
TSK

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