World News

Filipino authorities said that that a political ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is the prime suspect in the massacre that led to the death of 46 people on Monday south of the country. The commander of the national police said that according to first reports people who were abducted and killed in the region where a state of emergency was announced were intercepted by a group of people led by the governor of a city in that region who is a member in the governing party and the son of a regional politician who supported the Filipino President during the last elections.