... death toll from a politically motivated massacre in the Philippines rose to 57 yesterday after 11 more bodies ... president suspected of being behind massacre — The Guardian Philippines Death Toll Rises to 57, Attack ... History Of Journalism — Huffington Post Philippines massacre: journalists’ death toll ... killings — CNN Death Toll In Southern Philippines Massacre Reaches 57 is a post ...

PHILIPPINES Killings in south spark warnings The slaying of at least 46 people in the southern Philippines on Monday could herald a surge in political violence, with powerful clans exacting revenge on one another while stepping up the fight for next year’s elections, local residents and ...

Gunmen kidnap 3 workers in southern Philippines The Associated Press Although the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is currently engaged in peace talks with the government on ending decades of a bloody Muslim insurgency in the … Original Post By Google News Click Here For The Entire Article

Unidentified gunmen attacked and killed on Monday night a state militia in southern Philippines, police officials said. Philippine police officials said Udaico Tajim, 40, a member of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit, had just came out from his house in the village of Milib, province of Maguindanao ...

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Armed men believed to be followers of a provincial warlord killed at least 12 local journalists who were accompanying the wife, relatives and lawyers of the vice mayor of a town in Maguindanao provincee last November 23. Maguindanao is a province in Mindanao approximately 950 kms from Manila. The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao—which

The Philippine government declared martial law in a southern province Saturday as it vowed to crush the private armies of the region’s ruling clan that is accused of being behind the massacre of 57 people. President Gloria Arroyo placed Maguindanao province under military rule late on Friday night in an effort to contain the militias belonging

... : China on Tuesday condemned the hostage killing in southern Philippines which left at least 46 people dead. ... 46 people were killed on Monday afternoon in Maguindanao of southern Philippines when an ambush and execution occurred. The incident ... politically powerful local with close ties to the Philippines president. "Datu Andal himself said, he said to us: anyone from the Mangudadatu ...

BBC | Submitted by: honkrrr "At least 39 people are now known to have died in the southern Philippines on Monday, after more bodies were discovered in a shallow grave... The victims were killed ... next May... All of the victims were civilians... "It is an undying fact that Philippines is still ruled by clans and warlords -- and these people are monsters created by President Gloria Arroyo ...

MA News TV A sub-commander of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf linked to various kidnapping and bombing incidents in the past was killed in a special military operation in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, a regional military commander said Friday. Major General Ben Dolorfino, chief of the Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom), identified the slain bandit as Abdulla Ajijul ...

Self first heard of the massacre from hubby.  He learned of it while trolling the internet. Then, a few days ago, Dearest Mum contributed a few more details: They say they dug the holes a month before. Huge holes, because they even buried the victims’ cars, with the victims still inside. Then, they used bulldozers to flatten the ground. In other words, they had planned everything ...