Non-stop violence FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 11/27/2009

Non-stop violence FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 11/27/2009 Andal Ampatuan Jr. may have been charged with multiple murder following the horrendous massacre of close to 60 persons who formed a convoy to accompany the relatives and supporters of Esmael Mangudadatu in filing his certificate of candidacy for governorship of Manguindano. Whether he and his family members, who are also said to undergo an inquest, will still be given special treatment by the Arroyo administration, only time will tell. As things stand in the country, once charged with murder, that accused is detained and stays in jail up until court... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091127com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Cite Gloria for genocide FRONTLINE Non-stop violence ZOOMING IN An extraordinary bookkeeper MR. EXPOSE Drugs in Maguindanao NO HOLDS BARRED The presidency, but not at all cost DIE HARD III The Ampatuans’ Yellow ties

Martial law preferable to emergency rule FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 11/26/2009

Martial law preferable to emergency rule FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 11/26/2009 Just what does emergency rule in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Cotabato City mean? Would this just entail sending additional troops to these areas, setting up checkpoints, imposing curfew hours and arresting suspects without the need of warrants, which could mean, if the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is suspended by Gloria, detained for a long time without any charges filed? Constitutionally, it is three days in detention without being charged, but we all know that both the military and police operatives detain suspects much longer, and held incommunicado. Will this emergency declaration involve the disarming .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091126com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Special treatment for Ampatuans FRONTLINE Martial law preferable to emergency rule FEATURE Thailand tightens sex change laws MR. EXPOSE Coddling the Ampatuans BLURBAL THRUSTS Beheaded in Maguindanao COMMENT Draconian measures VIEWPOINTS ‘Unfriend’

No change forthcoming FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 11/25/2009

No change forthcoming FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 11/25/2009 Chiz Escudero is right. It just isn’t the right time for him to run for the presidency. Perhaps the right time would be in 2016, if the Charter does not undergo any changes, and if the country will still be under a presidential form of government, rather than a parliamentary system, pure or a combination of presidential-parliamentary system. If he had analyzed it earlier, Chiz would have realized that it was his youth that made it almost impossible for him to expect to win the presidency. True, the young were fired up .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091125com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Culture of impunity FRONTLINE No change forthcoming ZOOMING IN GMA after June 30, 2010 MR. EXPOSE Ampatuan’s Republic C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Boycott ABS-CBN? HE SAYS Heroes? SHE SAYS Heroism in our times

Managing the news FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 11/24/2009

Managing the news FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 11/24/2009 Fox News has been assailed by American media for misrepresenting the crowds that gathered for defeated Republican vice presidential bet Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue book tour, pointing out that which Fox had aired was an old file campaign video clip of the crowd, making the crowds that gathered for Palin book signing bigger than what it really was, at least in .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091124com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Bias showing FRONTLINE Managing the news PIPELINE The Final Four AN OUTSIDERS VIEW In search of Lapiang Manggagawa NO HOLDS BARRED While looking for heroes‘Army without weapons’ fights back after Mumbai attacks FEATURE Hajj guides: An ancient family business