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PNP applied for 72 search warrants for ‘Bloody Sunday’ - SC official

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 08:43 PM

Of the 72 applications, 63 were filed before the regional trial court (RTC) of Manila and the other 9 were filed before the Antipolo regional trial court, according to a Mar. 12, 2021 report by Court Administrator Midas Marquez to Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta. Read more »

61-year-old paralegal still in jail following 'Bloody Sunday' arrest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 11:49 PM

A funeral is held for one of the 9 Philippine activists killed in separate police raids a week ago. Read more »

Indigenous tribe members flee Rizal province after 'Bloody Sunday' killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 03:57 AM

Human rights officials in the Philippines probe the deaths of two indigenous tribe members who were among nine persons killed by police on what activists call as "Bloody Sunday". Read more »

Senate probe sought on 'Bloody Sunday' killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 12:07 PM

A senator has filed a resolution seeking to investigate the slay of 9 activists during police and military raids in Calabarzon, which has been tagged by right groups as "Bloody Sunday".   Read more »

DOJ to endorse probe of 'Bloody Sunday' killings to EJK inter-agency committee

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 04:54 AM

The Philippine justice department will endorse to the inter-agency committee on extra-judicial killings the probe into Sunday's deadly police raids on activists. Meanwhile, authorities allegedly prevented the victims' families from claiming the bodies of their loved ones. Read more »

Bodies of activists slain in 'Bloody Sunday' police ops finally released to kin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 12:35 AM

MANILA - The bodies of several activists killed in the "Bloody Sunday" raids have been released from a morgue in Antipolo City Thursday, capping off almost 5 days of standoff between police and their kin over the custody of their remains.  Read more »

Philippines tells int'l orgs: Give us chance to probe activist killings

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 02:32 PM

MANILA — Malacañang on Thursday told international groups to give the Philippines a chance to investigate and carry out justice over police raids that killed 9 activists over the weekend.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 10, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:42 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

UN rights body slams 'Bloody Sunday' killings in Calabarzon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 08:02 PM

The United Nations human rights office has criticized the arbitrary killings by police of nine activists in the Southern Tagalog region. Read more »

House probe into 'Bloody Sunday' massacre in Southern Tagalog sought

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 07:55 PM

The Makabayan bloc on Thursday said they, along with several other solons, will file a resolution seeking a separate congressional probe into what rights groups called a "Bloody Sunday" in Southern Tagalog that saw the death of 7 activists accused of being armed communists.  Read more »

'Justice for Southern Tagalog activists'

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 01:38 PM

Human rights advocates hold a protest at the Liwasang Diokno Freedom Park on Wednesday to condemn the synchronized police operations in Southern Tagalog region that claimed the lives of 9 activists and arrest of 6 members of different people’s organizations.  Read more »

Supreme Court urged to mandate use of body cameras when serving warrants

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 12:33 PM

Police and law enforcement agents must wear body cameras in serving search warrants, human rights lawyers urged the Supreme Court Wednesday, following the "Bloody Sunday" killings of 9 activists in the Calabarzon region. Read more »

UN 'deeply worried' over Philippine killings, violent rhetoric

Reuters
Posted at Mar 09 10:45 PM

GENEVA - The United Nations on Tuesday condemned the killing by Philippine police of nine activists in weekend raids against suspected insurgents and urged authorities to avoid rhetoric that could lead to human rights violations. Read more »

Robredo condemns killing of 9 activists, calls out 'murderous regime'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 09:59 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo delivered her harshest denunciation yet of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration. Read more »

Bacolod court voids more search warrants issued by a QC judge

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 05:49 PM

A Bacolod City court has quashed more search warrants issued by a Quezon City judge against trade unionists, this time, against members of the Kilusang Mayo Uno who were arrested in Bacolod City in 2019. Read more »

No service of warrant: Labor leader brought into room and killed, lawyer claims

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 07:56 PM

A lawyer on Tuesday rejected claims made by police that there was a service of search warrant in the office of labor leader Manny Asuncion who was killed during Sunday's simultaneous raids in Calabarzon. Read more »

‘Weaponized’ search warrants in ‘Bloody Sunday’ killings put pressure on Supreme Court to act to prevent bloodshed

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 09:12 AM

The recent killings have put a spotlight on the issuance of search warrants by judges, which had become instrumental in the government’s efforts to go after left-leaning activists accused of being communist rebels. Read more »

'Murderous regime': Robredo slams 'Bloody Sunday' killings of activists in Calabarzon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 12:21 AM

"The Filipino people deserve better than this murderous regime." Read more »

Malacañang vows probe into deaths of 9 unarmed activists in Calabarzon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 07:57 PM

The Philippine government vows to investigate the death of nine activists in simultaneous police operations Sunday. Read more »

Bloody Sunday: Gov't urged to probe 'tokhang-style' killings of 9 activists

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 08:03 PM

A lawmaker on Monday called on the government to investigate the simultaneous crackdowns of activists in Calabarzon that left 9 dead and several others arrested. Read more »