‘Rido’ plus politics: 12 dead in Lanao del Norte
It’s a family feud (rido) complicated by politics. Thus was described the deadliest attack so far in a string of election-related violence in Mindanao in the run-up to the May 13 elections.
It’s a family feud (rido) complicated by politics. Thus was described the deadliest attack so far in a string of election-related violence in Mindanao in the run-up to the May 13 elections.
“His heart could not take it.” Cecile Ongpauco, mother of actress Heart Evangelista, said her husband has been experiencing chest pains as a result of a highly publicized “family feud” with their daughter over the latter’s relationship with Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero.
A lone gunman used the New Year revelry as cover in killing a couple in Bataan, wounding the victims’ 8-year-old grandson in the process, police said.
San Juan City Rep. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Saturday apologized to his half-brother Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada but maintained that he never said anything bad against the latter.
A 14-year-old boy was killed and two other persons seriously injured when unidentified men sprayed with bullets and then fired a rocket-propelled grenade into a house in Barira, Maguindanao, around 4 a.m. Saturday, the military said.
Four persons were killed while three others were wounded in a family feud in North Cotabato Monday, the military said.
Guilty or not in the impeachment trial, Chief Justice Renato Corona, along with his wife, Cristina, and daughter Carla, will have to pay for their “illegal takeover” of the Basa-Guidote Enterprises Inc. (BGEI) from its stockholders and for “squandering” its finances, an heir of the corporation’s majority stockholders said.
An armed clash occurred Saturday morning in a remote village in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, leaving a gang leader killed, the military said.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) announced that it has successfully resolved two cases of “rido” or family feuds in Maguindanao as it continued to mediate in similar cases.
A 21-year-old land dispute which has already claimed at least 15 lives erupted anew last week, pitting two relatives and their respective followers in combat, according to Mlang Mayor Joselito Piñol.
The creation of the new province of Nueva Camarines has further divided one of the more influential political families in Bicol. Rep. Luis Villafuerte (3rd district, Camarines Sur), revealed that his son, Camarines Sur Gov. Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte Jr., plans to pit his 22-year-old son against him in the 2013 gubernatorial elections. The elder [...]
