MANILA Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales urged the government to punish the perpetrators of the massacre of innocent civilians including journalists in Maguindanao last Monday.

FORMER president Joseph Estrada said Thursday he favors the imposition of death penalty for the perpetrators of the Maguindanao massacre that resulted to the death of 57 persons.

LATE action star and 2004 opposition standard bearer Fernando Poe Jr.'s daughter is not running for the Senate in next year's polls, former president Joseph Estrada's camp said Thursday.

ALL Ampatuan municipal police station members were placed under investigation by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in connection with the gruesome massacre of more than 50 civilians.

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared Wednesday a national day of mourning following the killing of several journalists, supporters, and relatives of the Mangudadatu family in Maguindanao.

PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Senator Manny Villar on Wednesday swore in members of the Nacionalista Party (NP) at the Laurel House in Mandaluyong City.

MOVIE actor turned politician Lito Lapid has filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Intramuros, Manila Wednesday morning.

THE Mangudadatu clan is frustrated over the progress of the investigation and pursuit operations against the perpetrators in Monday’s carnage that left at least 50 people dead.

FORMER Judge Oscar Inocentes was named as the new chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), replacing Bayani Fernando.

BY A vote of 9-5, the Supreme Court (SC) promulgated Wednesday a new decision effectively scrapping the ban on infomercials or premature campaigning among candidates prior to the campaign period.

ANG Ladlad staged a protest rally against the Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolution disqualifying it from participating in the May 2010 elections as party-list group.

COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal told reporters Wednesday that tracking system of the new color-coded ballots are already being finalized.

SOME lauded the move of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo placing three provinces in Mindanao under state of emergency while some said violent reactions.

DETAINED former Navy Lieutenant Sergeant James Layug on Wednesday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) as representative of Taguig City’s 2nd District vowing to transform politics in the city.

FATHER Diosdado “Dodge” Tabios, 46, of Malaybalay, Bukidnon has decided to enter the world of politics.