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By CYRILL YAMBAO
THREE suspects in the Ampatuan massacre case were arraigned today after the delay for two consecutive hearings. Tato Sampogao, Taya Bangkulat, and Salik Bangkulat were accused of 57 counts of murder, connivance with the Ampatuan clan, and use of firearms that caused carnage in Sitio Masalay, Barangay Salman, Ampatuan town in Maguindanao.

FAMILIES of the Ampatuan massacre victims were up in arms over the one-week delay of the arraignment of three accused.

DESPITE living in a predominantly Muslim region, Filipinos in the Middle East were able to observe Lent, albeit online.

PROTESTING the continuing poverty under the Aquino administration, militants yesterday marched to the United States Embassy in Manila to perform their own modern version of a "senakulo." A slideshow by Vincent Go.

EVERY year in April, thousands of musicians, dancers, and artisans perform in one of the grandest festivities in the country. In this audio slideshow, photojournalist Vincent Go captured images featuring the Filipino talent and the richness of local culture and tradition.

THE Philippines has lodged a diplomatic protest against China’s 9-dash line territorial claim over the whole of South China Sea, a month before President Aquino’s planned state visit to Beijing.

HOLDING thank you cards and pink balloons, members of Ang Ladlad marched towards the Supreme Court (SC) Friday to thank the 13 magistrates who voted to accredit the group to run for party list in the 2010 elections.

PROCTER & Gamble Philippines has suspended its advertising placements in the TV5 variety show "Willing Willie" after a storm of public opinion chastised the network and its host Willie Revillame for committing what has been called child abuse in its March 12 episode.

THE Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) is expected to rule on Thursday, April 7, on the controversy over the March 12 episode of TV5's early evening variety show "Willing Willie" where host Willie Revillame goaded a tearful six-year old boy, Jan-Jan Suan, into doing a sexually suggestive dance while the audience laughed at him.

WITH the ongoing public outcry against the alleged exploitation of a six-year-old boy in a popular entertainment show, an international organization is looking to ways to end child labor and abuse in the Philippines.

THE Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) will look into the reported ill-gotten wealth of the late president Ferdinand Marcos in Australia believed to be under the name of a former swimsuit model whose daughter was reportedly dropped from a reality TV show after producers learned her father was the Philippine dictator.

THE Commission on Human Rights today strongly condemned the controversial March 12,2011 episode of “Willing Willie” saying it constituted child abuse.