It has been four years since the horrific Maguindanao Massacre or also known as the Ampatuan Massacre, but the painful memory that it left to the devastated family and friends felt like only yesterday. Last November 23, the Maguindano massacre victims remembered one again the said tragic event. It is even dubbed as the “deadliest day for the press” for 32 to 58 people in media was killed. It was estimated that there were at least 59 lives were brutally taken. Sadly, until now, finding justice had
people were campaigning against was the presence of political dynasties in the Philippines. Is it time to get rid of political dynasties in the Philippines? Some people certainly thought so. The Gordon/De Los Reyes family of Zambales, the Ampatuan family of Maguindanao, as well as the Jalosjos family of Zamboanga seem to have lost their control over their ‘jurisdiction’. Meanwhile, other families such as the Singson family of Ilocos Sur, Ejercito family of Manila and Laguna and Escudero family of Sorsogon