PNP: NO ABUSES IN MAGUINDANAO

The Philippine National Police will strictly follow rules of conduct in Maguindanao, PNP Chief Director Gen. Jesus Verzosa said yesterday.

Human rights lawyers to challenge ‘1959’ in SC

By Ampie Galpo/Annette Vergel

HUMAN rights lawyers will challenge before the Supreme Court the declaration of Martial Law in Maguindanao province, stressing that Proclamation 1959 is not only unconstitutional but also a violation of civil liberties.

OFWs join calls for lifting of martial law

By Lorna Gamboa

MIGRANTE International yesterday called for the immediate lifting of martial law in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, and Cotabato City, saying that the move betrays how President Arroyo is less concerned with the dispensation of justice for the Ampatuan massacre victims than with consolidating her power through military rule.

Somali pirates free 3 Pinoy hostages

By Lorna Gamboa

After almost six months of captivity, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that three Filipino seafarers on board MV Charelle were freed from captivity by pirates in Somalia on December 3.

RP attaché in ME to focus on education concerns

By Marco Lorenzana

WITH the growing number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW’s) in the Middle East and the establishment of Philippine schools in the said region, the country is set to deploy its first attaché to focus on educational needs of the Filipino families there.

Verzosa: PNP to unearth ‘root causes’ of carnage

PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Jesus A. Verzosa has reiterated his proposal for the creation of an independent factfinding panel to probe the “root causes” of the November 23 Maguindanao massacre which killed 57 people happened.

Report: Ampatuans involved in narcopolitics in ARMM?

THE Ampatuans and other powerful political families in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao could be “engaged in narco politics, jueteng and other illegal sources of wealth,” according to the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG).

Mabuting Pilipino offers educational assistance to children of slain journalists

MABUTING Pilipino is offering educational assistance to poor but deserving students who are children of media workers killed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao.