Maguindanao,Philippines

Senators and congressmen held a joint session yesterday tackling the martial law which was imposed in Maguindanao. Representatives of the Guinness World Records has also been present authenticating the Philippines republic latest bid to establish a new world record for the largest gathering of thieves.

The date was DECEMBER 9, 2009: When the joint session of Congress has started, we await the decision of our lawmakers on Proclamation 1959, and has get read some “facebook status” allegedly posted online by some prominent figures.

President Arroyo: “Watching the joint session of Congress on ANC. I’m confident that my allies won’t fail me.”
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Method To Madness
For the fallen

By Patricia Evangelista
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:30:00 12/05/2009

THERE are two lechonsito girls, sugar and honey. Their mother Cecile has not been home for two years, caring for children in Qatar. Her husband Eduardo stayed in Tacurong, licensing officer 3 for the Tacurong City government. The overseas work was necessary to pay for the tuition of the two college girls. Honey studied in Manila, Sugar in Iloilo.

Both girls had not seen their mother for two years. Sugar had not seen her father for one.

"40 PINUGUTAN"

Posibleng umabot sa sa 40 bangkay na karamihan ay mga pugot ang ulo na kinabi bilangan ng isang vice ma yor at mga kamag-anak nito kasama ang mga miyembro ng media na kabilang sa mahigit 50-katao na nauna nang dinukot, ang narekober ng militar sa Bgy. Saniag, Ampatuan, Maguindanao kahapon ng hapon.

Kinumpirma sa Abante ni Army Colonel Jonathan Ponce, spokesman ng 601st Infantry Division ng Armed Forces of the Philip pines (AFP), pinaghahanap pa rin ng militar at pulisya ang halos isang dosena pa na kasa mang tina ngay ng mahigit sa 100 armadong kalalakihan na pinamumunuan umano ng isang kamag-anak ng Ampatuan clan kasama ang ilang pulis at militiamen.

45 patay sa masaker Maguindanao - Gen. Cayton
11/23/2009 4:47:49 PM

GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Umaabot na umano sa 45 ang body count sa nangyaring pagmasaker sa grupo ng mga followers ng mga Mangudadato at mga mamahayag.

... Matatandaan na maraming media na galing ng General Santos City at South Cotabato ang sumama sa convoy nina Jenalyn Tiamson-Mangudadato at Mayor Eden Mangudadato para mag-file sana ng certificate of candidacy sa provincial Comelec office ng Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao .
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(1581 - 1671) was a Sultan of Maguindanao in the Philippines. During his reign, he successfully repelled the Spaniards to conquer his villages and hindered the Christianization of the island of Mindanao. He was a direct descendant of Shariff Kabungsuan, a Muslim missionary who brought Islam to the Philippines between the 13th and 14th century.The Philippine province of Sultan Kudarat is named after him.

I just had to post this...from an editorial

THE kids watched as I tightened a shoe lace along one of Cagayan de Oro city’s poorer but remarkably clean-swept barangays. A tutorial on urban sociology was the last thing I expected.

“My mother is in prison,” volunteered Clara, 7. Why? “Shabu,” she said matter-of-factly. Paula, 6, claims a neighbor rival tipped off the cops. “Her mother burned all the shabu before the police arrived.”

Will you visit her in the Davao jail? “We have no money. But my lolo has been released.” He’d also been in the clink for drugs. “He often beats us though,” Clara gripes.

They proudly point to “our school.” Paula likes to color. “But I have no Crayolas.” Clara’s schoolbag has a book and a pencil. Nothing else.