Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Friday, October 30, 2015

‘Envelope Money’ plays truant in Filipino 

journalism 




2015-10-30
Corruption triggered the 2009 Amapatuan massacre in the Philippines 

A ‘Lankan Envelope’ is doing the rounds among our scribes too

In three weeks from now, November 23rd to be precise, the Philippines will commemorate the infamous Ampatuan massacre that took place in the conflict-affected region of Muslim dominated Mindanao. There were 32 journalists and media workers among the 58 people who were brutally killed by a powerful clan called the Ampatuan in the picturesque Maguindanao Province of this troubled region on November 23, 2009.