MANILA, March 7 (AFP) -- Maoist guerrillas in the Philippines are set to rake in millions of dollars from extortion this year, boosted by protection money forked out by politicians contesting the May elections, the military said Sunday.

COTABATO, Feb 18 (AFP) - Gunmen shot dead a mayoral candidate in a southern Philippine province where 57 people were massacred in election-related violence last year, a policeman said Thursday.

MANILA, Feb 9 (AFP) - A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over an election-linked massacre that horrified the nation, prosecutors said.

MANILA, Feb 3 (AFP) - A politician accused of massacring dozens of people in the southern Philippines denied more murders Wednesday as prosecutors charged him with the deaths of 16 other people.

MANILA, Jan 27 (AFP) - A politician whose wife was massacred along with 56 other people in the southern Philippines tearfully recalled on Wednesday her terrified last words moments before she was killed.

MANILA, Jan 20 (AFP) - A Philippine politician accused of massacring 57 people displayed no emotion Wednesday as grisly footage was shown in court of the victims' mangled and bloodied bodies being pulled from mass graves.

MANILA, Jan 13 (AFP) - The chief suspect in the Philippines' worst political massacre personally led the cold-blooded ambush and murder of 57 people including pregnant women, the star prosecution witness said Wednesday.

MANILA, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- The trial of the prime suspect in the worst political massacre in the Philippines began Tuesday morning in Metro Manila, according to a report by China's Xinhua news agency.

MANILA, Jan 5 (AFP) - The prime suspect in the worst political massacre in the Philippines appears in court on Tuesday, placing the nation's corruption-plagued political and justice systems under the microscope.

COTABATO, Jan 4 (AFP) -- The home of a Philippine politician due to go on trial this week over the massacre of 57 people was attacked with a grenade, police said on Monday.