And if we are to go back to the previous dynasty before the Ampatuans, nothing has actually changed, only that the Ampatuans are more brutal maybe.

Now, it seems that the Mangudadatus are the ones who are going to reign the province next. But as you said and some friends said, they are somewhat of the same skin.
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The Mangudadatus are trying to wrestle the political power from the Ampatuans and it is my hope too that they will indeed bring peace, democracy and prosperity to their province.
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Unfortunately, when the US economy sneezes, our local economy here in the country automatically catches a cold.

Here in our country, private armies are under powerful political clans for which are used to sow fear among political enemies and opponents and to sow to fear terror among their constituents in order to perpetuate in power. Of course, graft and corruption is the only means to fund these private armies.

Democracy is never in the vocabulary of those politicians with private armies as they automatically silence oppositionists or journalists critical of their governance.

That is good news that many people from the Philippines are visiting and reading your very resourceful site.

And so far people are not that optimistic with Mangudadatus taking the helm of governance in the province.
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BTW, what’s happening in USA is despicable. Our bankers have leveraged political power to essentially loot the middle class. I don’t really care how they spin it, I’m watching the results, and it’s a swindle. A massive swindle.
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