Several meetings were held in Malakanyang austensibly to resolve the worsening rift between the warlord clan Ampatuan and the Mangundadatus in Maguindanao prior to the gruesome massacre but those meetings never amounted to anything. These meetings, attended by former Defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro and several high-ranking officials of the administration party, Lakas-KAMPI NUCD, aimed to dissuade [...]