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(UPDATE 3) Lakas-Kampi CMD expels Ampatuans
Distancing themselves from the powerful Maguindanao clan who were pinpointed by police as allegedly responsible for Monday's massacre in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province, the ruling Lakas Kampi CMD party has expelled the Ampatuan clan's head and 2 sons from their fold.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 11/25/2009 10:37 PM
'Mangudadatus offered posts to avoid conflict with Ampatuans'
MANILA - Emissaries from Malacañang and the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD party offered the Mangudadatus several posts in government to avoid a clash with the Ampatuans in the upcoming polls in May 2010, ABS-CBN News has learned.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 11/25/2009 8:52 PM
(UPDATE) Arroyo declares state of emergency in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat
Emergency rule imposed after massacre
President Arroyo placed two provinces and a city under emergency rule on Tuesday after 24 people were killed in the worst-ever election related violence in the country.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 11/24/2009 2:08 PM
(UPDATE 5) At least 30 dead in Maguindanao massacre
MANILA - Bodies of at least 30 kidnap victims, including the wife and relatives of Buluan town's vice mayor, were recovered by government troops in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province Monday afternoon.
The killings are the first reported violence related to the May 2010 polls, which are still 6 months away.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 11/23/2009 5:10 PM
With Villar-Loren tandem, is Noli quitting politics?
MANILA - With the May 2010 partnership between Senators Manuel Villar and Loren Legarda sealed on Tuesday, what future awaits Villar's good friend, Vice-President Noli de Castro?
by Aries Rufo and Lilita Balane, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak 11/18/2009 1:39 AM
Villar, Loren forge alliance for 2010 polls
MANILA-(1st UPDATE)-Senators Manuel "Manny" Villar of the Nacionalista Party (NP) and Loren Legarda of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) on Tuesday formally announced their decision to run together in the presidential and vice-presidential elections in 2010.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 11/17/2009 4:05 PM
Opposition dominates senatorial survey
MANILA - Eleven opposition politicians or persons supporting opposition presidential bets were in the top 15 preferences of 1,800 respondents who were asked by Pulse Asia last October 22-30 about their senatorial preferences.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 11/16/2009 4:14 PM
Aquino leads by 'big margin' in Pulse Asia survey
MANILA-(3rd UPDATE)-Liberal Party presidential candidate Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino leads in the latest presidential polls of Pulse Asia getting 44% preference in October 2009 or a 25% margin over Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar's 19%.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 11/16/2009 11:00 AM