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Maguindanao massacre victims seek to double civil damages

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Updated as of Jan 03 02:54 PM

Relatives of the victims in the Maguindanao massacre will ask a Quezon City court to at least double the claim for civil damages that it awarded to them, their lawyer said Friday. Read more »

DOJ seeks to 'protect' Maguindanao massacre victims' claim for damages

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Updated as of Dec 20 07:22 PM

The Department of Justice is studying options to "protect" the claim for damages of the relatives of 58 people killed in the Maguindanao massacre, which they cannot receive pending a final decision from the Supreme Court, a prosecutor said Friday. Read more »

Widower says to go after acquitted Maguindanao massacre suspect Sajid Ampatuan

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Updated as of Dec 19 03:16 PM

Maguindanao Rep. Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu said his lawyers would study the ruling that acquitted due to reasonable doubt Sajid Ampatuan, incumbent mayor of Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao. Read more »

Maguindanao massacre victim's kin wants death sentence for suspects

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Updated as of Dec 19 11:59 AM

The principal suspects in the Maguindanao massacre deserve the death penalty, a woman who lost her mother in the carnage said Thursday.   Read more »

LOOK BACK: Duterte helped search for Maguindanao massacre site

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Updated as of Dec 19 08:41 AM

Duterte, who was then mayor of neighboring Davao City, helped borrow a helicopter to search for the hilltop massacre site, said Maguindanao Rep. Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu. Read more »

Fight for justice continues beyond Maguindanao verdict, says massacre widower

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Updated as of Dec 19 02:14 PM

The Ampatuan clan, whose heads are among 101 who stood trial for murder, are returning the power and can appeal the verdict. There are also some 80 other suspects who remain at large, said Maguindanao Rep. Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu. Read more »

Zaldy Ampatuan back in jail on eve of Maguindanao massacre verdict

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Posted at Dec 18 02:55 PM

Zaldy Ampatuan, one of the primary accused in the Maguindanao massacre, returned to detention from the hospital on Wednesday, the eve of a Quezon City court's ruling on one of the country's worst political attacks.  Read more »

Hunt Maguindanao massacre suspects at large, Human Rights Watch urges gov't

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Posted at Dec 18 09:42 AM

An international rights monitor urged the government on Wednesday to arrest 80 suspects in the Philippines' worst political massacre who were still at-large and putting victims "at risk" ahead of a Manila court's verdict that would test the justice system for a nation with a deep-seated culture of impunity.  Read more »

Supreme Court extends deadline for Maguindanao massacre verdict

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Updated as of Nov 08 12:00 PM

The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for the ruling on the cases against Datu Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan Jr. and nearly 200 others tagged in the massacre of 58 people in Maguindanao province nearly a decade ago, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said Friday.  Read more »

'Unacceptable,' lawyer of Maguindanao massacre victims' kin says of delay in verdict

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Updated as of Nov 07 01:34 PM

It is "unacceptable" that the loved ones of 58 people killed in the Maguindanao massacre have yet to get justice nearly a decade after one of the world's worst election-related incidents of violence, their lawyer said Thursday.  Read more »

Hagupit ng 'Ondoy' nakatatak pa rin 10 taon matapos ang pananalasa

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Updated as of Sep 26 08:58 PM

Sampung taon na ang lumipas matapos ang bagyong Ondoy, pero nakatatak pa rin sa ilan ang pinsala nito.  Read more »