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July 14, 2011
No to Zaldy Ampatuan as state witness - Palace

MANILA, Philippines - Whatever hope Zaldy Ampatuan has to turn state witness against his clan in the Maguindanao massacre is quickly dashed as President Benigno Aquino III assured the families of the victims that this will not happen.

MANILA, Philippines - Whatever hope Zaldy Ampatuan has to turn state witness against his clan in the Maguindanao massacre is quickly dashed as President Benigno Aquino III assured the families of the victims that this will not happen.

The president met with the relatives of the massacre victims this afternoon.

July 13, 2011
Zaldy Ampatuan: Arroyos ordered rigging of Maguindanao votes

MANILA Philippines (July 13, 2011) - Apparently disposed to unload all that he knows, Zaldy Ampatuan now claims that the former first couple ordered the manipulation of the results of the 2007 elections in his home province of Maguindanao - and he is willing to testify.

MANILA Philippines (July 13, 2011) - Apparently disposed to unload all that he knows, Zaldy Ampatuan now claims that the former first couple ordered the manipulation of the results of the 2007 elections in his home province of Maguindanao - and he is willing to testify.

June 30, 2011
P-Noy signs into law bill postponing ARMM poll

MANILA, Philippines - Celebratin his first anniversary in office, President Benigno Aquino III today signed into law the bill that seeks postponement of the elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) originally slated for August 8 this year.

MANILA, Philippines - Celebratin his first anniversary in office, President Benigno Aquino III today signed into law the bill that seeks postponement of the elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) originally slated for August 8 this year.

Leaders of both the upper and lower house of Philippine Congress, stood witnesses as the president signed the ARMM election postponement bill at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang.

June 8, 2011
ARMM poll postponed as House concurs with Senate

MANILA, Philippines (June 8 2011) - There shall be no elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on August 8 as it was effectively postponed when the of House of Representatives voted last night to accept Senate amendments to its postponement bill.

MANILA, Philippines (June 8 2011) - There shall be no elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on August 8 as it was effectively postponed when the of House of Representatives voted last night to accept Senate amendments to its postponement bill.

In moving to accept the Senate-proposed amendments, House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II said this would make a bicameral conference superfluous and thus shorten the process of enacting the bill.