Archive for February, 2010

Our latest report inquires into how the top five candidates for president have managed to grow their wealth after every election year, despite the fortunes that they should have lost to bankrolling their campaign for high office. This report...

February 4, 2010 · Posted in: General

Fear, terror, poverty mix in Maguindanao

The second part of our series on the Guns of Maguindanao talks about the relationship between the Ampatuan family and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and how warlordism in Central Mindanao thrives. Andal Ampatuan Sr., the family patriarch, had successfully...

February 3, 2010 · Posted in: Governance

The guns of Maguindanao

Our latest report by PCIJ Multimedia Director Ed Lingao inquires into the huge arsenal of mostly illegal guns that the Ampatuan clan has amassed while in power in Maguindanao. To this day, over two months after the tragic massacre of 57 people, ...