President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has lifted martial law in Maguindanao province. The President met her top security advisers earlier Saturday and the meeting concluded that the government had achieved its main objectives in Maguindanao province, which was placed under martial rule on December 4 following an election-linked massacre left 57 people dead. Bases for the President’s [...]

Maguindanao is now under the state of Martial Law. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Proclamation 1959 Friday night. The President also suspended the writ of habeas corpus as contained in the proclamation. The AFP received intelligence reports that several groups armed with sophisticated foreign-made weapons are positioning themselves in Maguindanao and are ready to retaliate [...]

MANILA – Fifteen female victims of the November 23 Ampatuan massacre tested negative for rape, findings of the National Bureau of Investigation’s (NBI) medico-legal team revealed Tuesday. NBI Medico-Legal Division chief Atty. Floresto Arizala said that in vaginal smear tests done on the victims, none of the 15 female victims, including the wife of Buluan [...]

Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. is now on the hands of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Headquarters for further investigation. The Philippine National Police tagged him as one of the suspects in maguindanao mass murder. After turning himself in to authorities for investigation, Andal Ampatuan Jr., the prime suspect in Monday’s massacre of at [...]