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We also established a watchword, "Datu," which many of them, who had great dread of the white men, never ceased to call out.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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Talking to reporters outside the court room in Camp Crame, Buluan town vice mayor Ismael "Toto" Mangudadatu said that the statements given by Ampatuan town vice mayor Datu Rasul Sangki further strengthened the case against Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., the major suspect in the brutal slay of 57 people in Maguindanao province last November 23.
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Talking to reporters outside the court room in Camp Crame, Buluan town vice mayor Ismael "Toto" Mangudadatu said that the statements given by Ampatuan town vice mayor Datu Rasul Sangki further strengthened the case against Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., the major suspect in the brutal slay of 57 people in Maguindanao province last November 23.
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The Ampatuans, are a powerful politcal clan in the province of Maguindanao, Remonde went on to say thet the “Amaptuans have been linked directly or indirectly to the killings and the crackdown on members of the family began with the arrest of Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., two days after what has been considered as the worst election-related violence ever in the Philippines last Nov. 23.”
PHILIPPINES MARTIAL LAW DECLARED: Military seeks to prevent chaos 2009
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A initail report of investigators has been submitted to the President and with the surrender of the principal suspect and disarming of his security detail in Datu Unsay town Maguindanao.
Philippines: Maguindanao Mass Murder suspect surrenders - Manila trial requested 2009
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Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said the “taking in, inquest, and the subsequent filing of charges” against Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan, Jr. is just the beginning.
Philippines: Massacre suspect charged 'Courts not Vendetta' to give justice to victims 2009
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But we (Christina, Datu and I) were hungry so McDonalds seemed like the morning place.
cest-karen Diary Entry cest-karen 2007
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His secretary, a nice-looking lad in red turban, baju, and sarong, came out to meet us, followed by the Datu
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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We took various stockades, shot from sixty to eighty Malays, burned a good deal of what was combustible, and gave stability to the shaky rule of the Datu
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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We are now in a native State, in the Territory of the friendly Datu
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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