Here are two articles by Carol Arquillas of Mindanews:
Capitol of second poorest province has jacuzzi
Click here (Mindanews) for the rest of the article and more photos.
The Ampatuans’ mansions and millions””We have vast landholdings”, says daughter
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/11 December) – The man who owns the mansion on the right side of the highway from Cotabato City, that one with the mosque, is the governor of the country’s second poorest province while the man who owns the mansion on the left side is his son, the governor of the country’s poorest region.
Welcome to the mansions of Maguindanao Governor Datu Andal Ampatuan, Sr., and his son, ARMM Governor Datu Zaldy Ampatuan.
Click here (Mindanews) for the rest of the article and more photos.
Related article:
Warlords of the Republic
The value of warlords arose from their coercive capacities that backed up national leaders, assisted the military in the destruction of rebels, reformists and other “threats” to those in power, and brought in supplementary largesse when patrons and allies, having looted state coffers dry, needed extra funds to retain their power.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/talkofthetown/view/20091212-241702/Warlords-of-the-republic
kapag makakapunta ako sa Maguindanao, tatakan ko isang tile ng sahig ng pangalan ko. Dyan napunta ang portion ng binabayad nating tax at ang ibang portion, kay GMA at iba pang corrupt na officials.
Dapat sinasama yan sa SONA ni GMA as an accomplishment na nakakapag pagawa ng mala palasyong kapitolyo kahit na mahirap na probinsya! H%#@*t nilang lahat.
Posted this on my FB and will repost sa Barrio Siete. Two words… Put**g I*a!!!
Ganyan ata talaga ang mga despot, puro pangsariling kaginhawahan lang ang inaatupag. Ganyan nga kaganda ang munisipyo nyo, kung ang paligid naman ay bulok, balewala rin yan. What a pansy.
Jason Aquino versus Ariel Querubin?
Nakipag-inuman daw si Mike Defensor with some of the detainnes?
Looks like divide and conquer to me.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20091213-241807/Detained-military-officers-swap-raps-after-scuffle
Rebecca Ampatuan-Ampatuan, the eldest child of Ampatuan Sr. and Uy, said her father has around six wives. She said there are about 40 Ampatuan children.
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Has around six wives & about 40 children!? Ibig sabihin nyan, hindi pa sigurado sa bilang dahil hindi mabilang…
This is the clan GMA has no plan to severe friendly ties with. And to think that many of them are in the government employ aside from those who run unopposed for the supposedly elected positions in almost all Maguindanao towns. That’s why when another clan planned to challenge them in their turf, hindi pwede yun, bangkay na tatangahalin ang kakalaban, hence the carnage.
When Mindanews went to the Maguindanao capitol, they saw this money bag:
Click on photo to enlarge:
Kanino galing o sino ang pagbibigyan ng money bags? Kapag hindi naging maglisyoso ang tao sa ganitong nakikita ay ewan ko…
Ampatuan Sr. “has around six wives & about 40 children!? Ibig sabihin nyan, hindi pa sigurado sa bilang dahil hindi mabilang…” -joeseg
Ang mang nawawala sa listahan ay ginawa sa capitol with “a center table for flowers and a door that leads to a room with a bed (and a refrigerator with several bottles of softdrinks), that leads to an alley where you can find to your left, a bathroom with a Jacuzzi whirlpool tub.”
I wished the Ampatuan Sr. also bedded here his bff Goyang. The Ampatuans are experts lover boys and gigolos, sabi nga ni Nene Pimentel ay “kiliting-kiliti” raw si Gloria kung hinahalikan ni Zaldy ang kamay ng bruha kung ipinatatawag o bumibisita sa Malacananang ang una.
Side-topic: For a brief moment, I want to call attention to OFW’s, especially Filipinas working in Saudi Arabia.
http://www.hrw.org/en/node/62143/section/7
Pinas needs more jobs in Pilipinas, not more jobs in Singapore, Saudi Arabia, or Abu Dhabi.
“kiliting-kiliti” raw si Gloria kung hinahalikan ni Zaldy ang kamay ng bruha kung ipinatatawag o bumibisita sa Malacananang ang una. – chi
Baka naman itinataon ang pagpapatawag o pagbisita kapag wala ‘yung baboy.
Mahilig din pala itong si ngoyang sa biik.
Haragang magnanakaw na kawatan at pusakal na tulisan pala itong si Andal Ampuwituan, Sr.
Grabeng kamanhiran naman ‘yan na nagagawa niyang makapamuhay nang sobrang riwasa samantalang ang nasa kanyang paligid na nasasakupan ay hilahod sa paghihikahos at kagutuman.
Hindi nga sila nagkakaiba ni ngoyang.
Marangyang marangya ang kanilang mga panlabas na kaanyuan subalit nakakasusulasok sa kabulukan ang kanilang kalooban.
Nagkalat sa buong Pilipinas ang mga namumunong mahirap tantuin kung tao ba o hayup.
Nagsimula ito noong 2001 sa pangunguna ng mang-aagaw, sinungaling, mandaraya, magnanakaw, masiba at walang kahihiyang nilalang na nagngangalang gloria (pa naman), ang hayup sa dilang kahayuphayupan.
That was price of the sweats, tears and sometimes life are been on the line of our modern Hereos,jacuzzi,expensive wines and mistresses,while the families are been missing thier loves ones are breaking thier back just to make hava decent livng.12+% taxes been slap on your remittances every-times an OFW wires thier hard earned money,then handed over to a strong head of the banana republic,which in turn gave to those MONSTERS,she groomed just to stayed in power.Now who cause the existing chaos?Let step backward nine years ago,boot out the drunkard,womanizer,which are lesser evil than the those IDIOTS who installed the monsters cuddler.
Pepito,
Philippines may not be an attractive place for many investors. Not only it is the most dangerous place for journalists but the most corrupt in asia. Investors cannot invest aggressively to employ the many because national security is too weak to protect their investments. Philippines is a country that is only for people who will donate money to help the poor, such as USaid, Australia Aid, Japan Aid, Swiss aid, UK aid and many more. If we have to look at the inside, OFW’s always send money and provide financial aids to their families. When money is given without expecting return, that’s help not investments.
worst, the constitution limits foreign investors instead the constitution allow many to go overseas who will be subject to the rules and regulations of the foreign employer.
We need investments in tourism and hospitality industry here. We need tourist to spend their money here but safe. We need investments in healthcare, infrustructure, foreign universities, technology, farming and professional services here.
None of our predentiables has been able to specifically address employment issue, how to finance it and how to remove corruption and put the savings for good use. All their answers are in general terms that Mang Juan and Pedro cannot understand. I only like one and he is not Noynoy nor Manny.
The Ampatuans’ mansions and millions””We have vast landholdings”, says daughter
The daughter is a jerk! Living in ghastly opulence while the rest of the inhabitants live in poverty is downright vulgar!
Besides, vast landholdings do not systematically mean cash! The cash could have come from the money earmarked for the province but which the jerks pocketed. Now, that would be stealing (and in the Muslim faith, they chop off hands of thieves!)
But what can you expect from a family of murderers!
Many people from the rest of the country — including ideologists have been saying that peace should reign in Mindanao, particularly in densely Muslim inhabited regions because the sight and the knowledge that their Muslim brothers and sisters in Mindanao have been suffering in abject misery and unspeakble poverty because of the “war.”
Now truth be told: there is war because their corrupt, vulgar and villanous fellow Muslims are greatly responsible for the situation they find themselves in… I wouldn’t be surprised to discover that these Ampatuans are also responsible for the ongoing armed conflicts in Mindanao — war is always good for business.
Shameless murderers.
Ayon sa kakilala ko na dating pulis MPD na ngayon ay tumatayong driver/bodyguard ni Zaldy Ampatuan ay bayong bayong na pera ang dala nito kapag nagpupunta sa malakanyang. hindi na rin daw tinatayuan ito kahit na 37 taon gulang pa lang kapag kumuha daw ng babae ay hanggang romansa na lang tapos babayaran ng 35T kahit half hour lang. kung bumuli naman ng sasakyan sabay sabay pito agad cash. sa ngayon ay nasa makati raw sila at binabantayan ang mga batang ampatuan dahil me threat daw ang mga mangudadatu. yan ang mga kapanalig ni aling gloria.
AdeBrux:The cash could have come from the money earmarked for the province but which the jerks pocketed.
The budget for the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao where Zaldy Ampatuan is the governor is P10 billion.
Everything in ARMM is controlled by the Ampatuans with the full knowledge of Gloria Arroyo. As stated in the Mindanews article, Arroyo inaugurated the flamboyantly-styled capitol.
Ellen,
“The budget for the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao where Zaldy Ampatuan is the governor is P10 billion.”
Oh my goodness me… I’m speechless!
Chop off their bloody hands…
We must wage jihad agaisnt these baboys, thieves and murderers.
They must be crucified!
Napakalaki nga ng stake, kaya pumapatay. Gusto nila for life ang kanilang ligaya, sana for life sila sa bilangguan.
Ganyan din ang utak ng mga Pidals -malaki ang mawawala, kaya by hook or by crook, gusto nila ang ‘for life’ na kapangyarihan.
Sabi nga ng anak ng isa sa pinatay nila, ‘sa isang daang taon, mamatay din kayo’, at hindi nila madadala ang kanilang yaman sa impierno.
martina, ako ayokong mamatay si Arroyo. Forever sana ang buhay niya. Yung hindi na siya makahinga pero hindi pa rin siya mamatay. Yung tipong yung mga apo niya sa talampakan pinandidirihan na siya dahil amoy lupang hinukay ng backhoe. Malupit at mahirap na buhay na walang katapusan – yan ang nababagay sa kanila.
chop off the heads of the ampatuaans and gloria..tadtadrin, ihalo at icremate..very well done..do the same for big mike and the mickey mice..pero huwag isama sa unang mixture..hindi puedeng ihalo ang mga baboy.. this is the recipe for a new minhanao, a new philippines..separate dish naman si lullipop..
Aside from the Ampatuans, Chavit is the most glaring warlord that is existing today. He throws his weight around, harassing his political foes. He travels with a minimum of 15 heavily armed men, scaring people with their presence.
He beats up his wife, and is even proud of doing so.
Bakit hindi isama si Chavit sa mga Ampatuan gayong napakarami na rin niyang pinapatay?