Maguindanao Massacre Updated

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Death toll from the Maguindanao Massacre has now reached 57 as 11 more bodies were rocovered yesteday. Victims of the said massacre included 13 journalists thus making the incident the "the largest single massacre of journalists ever" according to the Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders.

As of the moment, the Philippine National Police cannot declare Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., a political ally of President Arroyo, as the prime suspect due to, they say, "lack" of concrete evidence against the politician.

What do the candidates running in the next election have to say about this? More importantly, what do they plan to do?

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