MAGUINDANAO, Philippines - Despite hostilities ... The Sagayan is a centuries-old Maguindanaon war-and-courtship dance depicting the readiness of locales to defend their lands, their women and ...

Maguindanao's capital was Kuta Wato, now known as Cotabato. The Maguindanaos lived in peace but fiercely resisted Spanish and American invasions. Their culture revolves around music, dance ...

On November 23, 2009, 58 people were killed in the town of Ampatuan, in the southern province of Maguindanao. Their bodies were buried in three shallow graves on a hilltop. The wife and sister of ...

They are close allies of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s administration in Manila and rule Maguindanao, a hardscrabble province in an autonomous area for Muslims. Andal Ampatuan Jr., a ...

In tears, Cathy Nuñez, the aging mother of one of the 32 journalists mercilessly killed in the Maguindanao massacre 15 years ago, told rallying media workers in Cagayan de Oro on Saturday ...