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Sandiganbayan dismisses 9 falsification cases vs. Sajid Ampatuan

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 07:55 PM

Ampatuan was among those accused of plotting and carrying out the Maguindanao massacre in 2009, but was acquitted. Read more »

QC court hears motions on Maguindanao massacre ruling

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 09:46 PM

QUEZON CITY (UPDATE) – The court which rendered the verdict in the Maguindanao massacre murder cases heard on Monday afternoon various motions seeking clarification of the December 19, 2019 ruling. Read more »

Mangudadatu tells court: Be wary of Ampatuan’s request to move to Bilibid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 10:33 PM

Mangudadatu, whose wife was among those killed in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, said he wants the court to make sure that Ampatuan would stay at the Bilibid infirmary. Read more »

Family of missing journalist in Maguindanao massacre appeals acquittal

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 09:59 PM

Reynaldo “Bebot” Momay’s family expressed their intention to bring their case to the Court of Appeals as they seek to overturn the acquittal of all 101 accused. Read more »

Ampatuans take first step in seeking reversal of Maguindanao massacre conviction

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 06:48 PM

Former ARMM Governor Zaldy Ampatuan filed his notice of appeal with Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 on Friday afternoon while former Datu Unsay Mayor Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan, Jr. filed his notice Thursday.   Read more »

Citing poor health, Zaldy Ampatuan wants to move to Bilibid infirmary

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 02 11:35 PM

The former ARMM governor cited “deteriorating and debilitating physical and medical condition.” Read more »

Ampatuan father, sons seek QC court’s reconsideration of murder conviction

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 02 08:28 PM

Anwar Ampatuan Sr. and his sons Anwar Jr. and Anwar Sajid have asked a Quezon City court to reconsider its guilty verdict in connection with the Maguindanao massacre. Read more »

Bise alkalde ng bayan sa Maguindanao sugatan sa pananambang

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 25 01:51 AM

(UPDATE) Sugatan ang bise alkalde ng bayan ng Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao at 2 nitong kasama matapos tambangan sa probinsiya nitong Martes ng hapon, bisperas ng Pasko. Read more »

OPINION: Has justice really been served?

Marie Yuvienco
Posted at Dec 23 09:28 PM

The Ampatuans are just one of numerous political dynasties operating in the Philippines, and to this day, no law has been enacted to prohibit, much less regulate, the practice. Read more »

Families, supporters of acquitted Ampatuan clan members await their homecoming

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 05:19 PM

Philippine authorities are hunting down the 80 suspects in the Maguindanao massacre case who remain at large.  Meanwhile, members of the powerful Ampatuan clan, who were acquitted in the killings, are coming home.    Read more »

Expert: Massacre may happen again due to culture of warlordism, political dynasties in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 05:17 PM

Law professor Tony La Viña believes some form of justice was achieved after a Philippine court handed down a guilty verdict for most of the principal accused in the Maguindanao massacre case. But he warns that such tragedy may happen again in the future.   Read more »

Palace laments 'injustice' on 56 acquitted in Maguindanao massacre, cites 'serious flaws' in justice system

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 10:00 AM

MANILA - Malacañang on Saturday lamented what it described as "injustice" against 56 people charged and held for the Maguindanao massacre but were acquitted when the court handed down its verdict Thursday. Read more »

How did some Ampatuan family members get away with murder?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 12:01 AM

The historic Maguindanao massacre ruling may have brought a sense of justice for most of the victims’ families but it has also raised questions such as how did some Ampatuan family members manage to get away with murder. Read more »

Mangudadatu: Arroyo asked me not to run vs Ampatuan in 2010

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 11:58 PM

Maguindanao Rep. Esmael Toto Mangudadatu reveals there were efforts by then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and members of her Cabinet to dissuade him from running in the 2010 Maguindanao gubernatorial race against Andal Ampatuan Sr.  Read more »

Families of Maguindanao massacre victims to go after Ampatuan assets

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 11:51 PM

Families of the Maguindanao massacre victims will be running after the assets of the Ampatuans following the guilty verdict handed down by the court. Read more »

Bad forensics hit over missing 58th Maguindanao massacre victim

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 04:08 PM

Five members of the powerful Ampatuan clan were convicted with 38 others on Thursday over the murder of 57 people, whose bodies were mutilated and dumped in a shallow grave with a backhoe, in one of the worst election-related attacks in the Philippines. Read more »

How some Ampatuans got away with murder, why others did not

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 03:44 PM

Find out why some members of the Ampatuan clan were acquitted in the Maguindanao massacre case.  Read more »

International community lauds Maguindanao massacre verdict

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 04:54 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Several countries and the European bloc have lauded the verdict on the Maguindanao massacre 10 years since the gruesome crime shocked the world, calling the historic ruling a step towards justice and addressing impunity.  Read more »

Acquitted Sajid Ampatuan could've stopped Maguindanao massacre: victims' lawyer

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 12:27 PM

A leader of the Ampatuan clan who was acquitted over the Maguindanao massacre could have stopped the carnage that claimed 58 lives, a lawyer of the victims said Friday, as their camp looked into legal remedies against the verdict. Read more »

The ANC Brief: And justice for all…

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 04:09 AM

After a 10-year trial, a Quezon City judge has sent members of the powerful Ampatuan clan to jail for the Maguindanao massacre. Read more »