Ampatuan (Philippines)

Type: City

Name: Ampatuan (Philippines)

Latitude: 6.87

Longitude: 124.470001

population: 3,962

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Accused in Maguindanao massacre case seeks release for mistaken identity

Ibrahim in his February 25 order stated, “The court finds that petitioner Talembo Kahar Abdulrahman is not the same person as Talembo Masukat who is the subject of the alias warrant of arrest issued by the RTC branch 221 of Quezon City.” He ruled that ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 21 2013]

Entities: Mistaken Identity, Massacre, Mamasapano (Philippines), Quezon City, Ampatuan (Philippines)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Dynasties tighten grip on Philippines

The Ampatuan clan was never going to be thrown out of power, despite being accused of killing 58 people, including 32 members of the media in one of the worst massacres in modern Philippine history.The latest count in the country's mid-term elections ... [Published Canberra Times - May 21 2013]

Entities: Philippines, Ampatuan (Philippines), Manila, Massacre

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Joseph Estrada

The eternal ‘only’

The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting’s Henrietta de Villa, who fought hard in 2010 to be designated the Comelec’s citizen arm, similarly dismissed the failure of some PCOS machines ? some 400 of them, she said ? as a ?minor? bug. Forget ... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Joseph Estrada, Assassination, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Elections

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Dynasties sweep polls in clannish Muslim Mindanao

maguindanaoBy In the clannish provinces of Muslim Mindanao, the Ampatuans remain the political family to beat, with close to 20 members of the clan winning various local positions in Manguindanao in last Monday’s election, based on the Commission on Elections ... [Published Yahoo Philippines News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Elections, Detonation, Wahab Akbar, Police, Sumisip (Philippines)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

News in Pictures: Black Mark

Holger Rommen, charge d?affaires of the European Union mission to the Philippines lights a candle with journalists at the Department of Foreign Affairs as a sign of solidarity in the search for justice for the 57 victims of the November 23 Ampatuan massacre ... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Ampatuan (Philippines), Massacre, Philippines

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 11 reports

Philippine massacre clan enjoys election wins

MANILA (AFP) – A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines’ worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results showed Friday, deepening fears that justice may never be served.Leaders of the Ampatuan family and their ... [Published Borneo Bulletin - May 18 2013]

Entities: Massacre, Ampatuan (Philippines), Philippines, Elections

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Human Rights Watch

Politician, aides attack TV crew in Philippines

Attack, Journalist, Media worker, Elena Pelare, Danny Pilar, Melito Opeña, Jovani LumapasShare this:Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility 17 May 2013A politician and his aides mauled and attempted to shoot members of a television crew covering ... [Published Ifex - May 17 2013]

Entities: Human Rights Watch, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Philippines

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Mangudadatu’s proclamation as reelected Maguindanao governor: shades of 2013 in 2010

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/16 May) – Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu rode a Simba armored personnel carrier, escorted by a military convoy, to his proclamation as Governor of Maguindanao on May 15, 2010 at the provincial capitol built by the Ampatuan patriarch, ... [Published Minda News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Ampatuan (Philippines), Buluan (Philippines), MindaNews

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

International Lawyers Group Calls f...

The Congress was attended by some 35 lawyers, judges, paralegals and law students from Afghanistan, Brazil, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Turkey.“As an organization of people’s lawyers, we will make it certain that the outgoing ... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Ampatuan (Philippines), judges, Human Rights, Paralegal

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Suspected BIFF members abduct trader

COTABATO CITY, Philippines - Suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) kidnapped a grains trader in Maguindanao’s Ampatuan town Tuesday afternoon, police said.Senior Supt. Rudelio Jocson, director of the Maguindanao police, said ... [Published Philippine Star - May 15 2013]

Entities: Ampatuan (Philippines), Kidnapping, Toyota Corona, Corn

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

3 years after Ampatuan Massacre, ki...

MANILA – Carrying 153 coffin-shaped cartons, journalists marched from Welcome Rotunda toward the foot of Chino Roces (formerly Mendiola) bridge to mark the third anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre, Nov. 23.The coffins bore the names of slain journalists, ... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Massacre, Ampatuan (Philippines), Aquino (Philippines)

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 5 reports

Aquino wants to hasten Mindanao massacre trial

MANILA: A Malacanang Palace official on Monday said President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino sought to hasten the high-profile Mindanao massacre trial aimed mainly at securing a conviction of the accused before his term is to expire in June 2016.In his “marching ... [Published The Gulf Today - May 07 2013]

Entities: Aquino (Philippines), Massacre, Manila, Ampatuan (Philippines), Philippines

Quotes

Noemi Parcon, whose journalist husband was among those who died, said the election results "could really crush the people's hopes that those responsible for the massacre will be punished"

Dynasties tighten grip on Philippines [Published Canberra Times - May 21 2013]

"All it takes is a friendly president (to the Ampatuans) to change the equation" Roque said

‘Massacre clan’ enjoys election wins [Published Panay News - May 20 2013]

"Hundreds of leftist politicians and political activists, journalists, and outspoken clergy have been killed or abducted since 2001"

Politician, aides attack TV crew in Philippines [Published Ifex - May 17 2013]

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