Ballot boxes, containing election documents from the 2004 and 2007 elections, were recovered from one of the mansions of the Ampatuans, Senate minority president Aquilino Pimentel Jr. revealed. These documents will prove that irregular election operations did, indeed, happened in Maguindanao that favored Mrs. Arroyo and the administration. Pimentel, whose son Koko was reportedly a victim [...]

Military and police officials vowed to use lethal force against Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., father of Maguindanao massacre mastermind Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., should the clan patriarch resist arrest tomorrow. Andal Ampatuan Sr. is being tagged as the brains, the mastermind behind the brutal killing of 57 people in Sharif Aguak in Maguindanao. [...]

A source who requested anonymity, said that one of the negotiating points discussed between the Ampatuans and the palace, led by Presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza is for the younger Andal Ampatuan to be taken into custody but not be thrown to jail during the investigation stage. The negotiations happened inside the Ampatuan compound. Dureza [...]

The Philippine military has taken over the Provincial capitol of Maguindanao ahead of the expected arrest and detention of Datu Unday mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., the mastermind behind the gruesome and the most barbaric election-related violence in Philippine history. Ampatuan Jr is reportedly holed inside one of the houses in the Ampatuan compound in Sharif Aguak, [...]