MANILA, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The Philippines has ordered the pullout of 1000 police officers from a southern province where 57 people were murdered last month in the country’s deadliest election-related crime, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. …
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The Philippines is to pull the entire police force from a southern province where 57 people were massacred. Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said the 1092 police officers of Maguindanao province would be replaced by personnel from other regions. …
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MANILA, Philippines — A top military official recommended that the declaration of martial law in Maguindanao be extended to cover the May, 2010 elections. Major General Gaudencio Pangilinan, vice chief of staff for operations, said the extension would …
Read Original Story: AFP official: Keep Maguindanao martial law till polls – Inquirer.net
DATU HOFFER AMPATUAN, Maguindanao—Using sniffer dogs and shovels, troops dug up another arms cache on Sunday in a crackdown on suspects in the massacre of 57 people after the declaration of martial law in Maguindanao that has led to 62 …
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Andal Ampatuan Jr., center, with his wife is escorted by military personnel in Maguindanao last week. Authorities say Ampatuan Jr. directed the November 23 politically motivated killings Manila, Philippines (CNN) — The investigation into the massacre …
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Members of Maguindanao province’s Ampatuan clan, accused in an attack on a rival’s supporters that killed 57, are arrested. But some criticize the move to impose martial law. Associated Press General Santos City, Philippines – The Philippine president …
Read Original Story: Philippines declares martial law in troubled province – Los Angeles Times
Prosecutors in the Philippines have charged a provincial governor and head of a powerful local clan in connection with last week’s politically-linked massacre on the southern island of Mindanao. Andal Ampatuan Sr, governor of Maguindanao province, …
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(Updated 5:23 pm) Military officials on Sunday warned their personnel against committing abuses in Maguindanao province, which President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed under martial law as her administration zeroes in on the suspects behind the …
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The heinous massacre of civilians in Ampatuan, acomplia, Maguindanao deserves competence of the highest order in the gathering, acomplia, preserving, acomplia, and evaluation of evidence as well as in the subsequent arrest and prosecution of its …
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DATU HOFFER AMPATUAN, Maguindanao— (UPDATE 3) Military bomb experts dug up on Sunday another caché of high-powered firearms and ammunitions with government markings from a mango plantation reportedly owned by the Ampatuan …
Read Original Story: Another arms cache found in Maguindanao diggings – Inquirer.net
