Take care of the Earth; it’s the only one we’ve got BLURBAL THRUSTS Louie Logarta 04/22/2010

Take care of the Earth; it’s the only one we’ve got

BLURBAL THRUSTS Louie Logarta 04/22/2010 Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., the principal suspect in the Maguindanao Massacre that claimed at least 57 innocent lives last Nov. 23, 2009, has made his political preferences in the fast approaching polls known to all and sundry. When he was transferred last week from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) jail to the Philippine National Police’s maximum security facility in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, Ampatuan was espied by mediamen, who were assigned to cover the event, to be wearing two rubber wristbands colored purple and orange bearing the names of certain candidates that had been embossed on them. Curious, a television reporter called out to an unmanacled Ampatuan, who was freely moving about awaiting the processing of his papers, from outside the iron-barred reception office of the detention center to get a closer look at the attractive ornaments.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100422com5.html

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