Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has announced she will run for a seat in Congress in next year’s elections. She said she wanted to continue to work in public service and represent her home province of Pampanga. (more…)

BY ALEX TIZON, KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM FELLOW
THE BODY count of the Maguindanao Massacre has gone up each of the past five days. The count is now at 57, with authorities continuing to sift through the blood-soaked dirt just outside the town of Shariff Aguak. Thirty of the victims were journalists and at least twenty-two were women. The women were raped and their genitals shot at close range. (more…)

He knew that powerful and ruthless people wanted him dead and that he was risking everything by standing for election — but to one practical challenge at least, Ismael Mangudadatu thought he had a solution. (more…)

The Philippine Star
GENERAL SANTOS CITY , Philippines – Datu Unsay town Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., accused of masterminding an election-related massacre that left more than 50 people dead, was formally charged with multiple murder here by the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday. (more…)

The son of a Philippines clan boss, suspected of the massacre of at least 57 journalists, political activists and innocent passers-by, was charged with murder today. The prosecution came as the Government announced that the entire police force of his home province should be replaced because of its complicity in the killings. (more…)

The death toll from a massacre in the southern Philippines rose to 57 today after police found another 11 bodies in the country’s most horrific incident of election violence. (more…)

Manila, Philippines (CNN) — Search teams pulled 24 more bodies out of shallow graves in the Philippines Tuesday bringing the death toll to 46 in a massacre linked to local elections, state-run media reported. (more…)