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Roque says justice has been served in Ampatuan massacre case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 10:51 PM

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who once served as legal counsel for some of the victims of the Maguindanao Massacre, believes justice has been served eleven years into the gruesome killings. Read more »

'Parang di kakampi': Abogado sa ika-2 Maguindanao massacre case dismayado sa DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 09:38 PM

Pero kahit tapos na ang paglilitis at may nahatulan na ang korte, hindi pa tapos ang paghingi ng hustisya ng mga biktima. Read more »

Palace says justice served 11 years after Maguindanao massacre; victims' kin say fight not over

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 05:24 PM

Malacañang said Monday justice has been served 11 years after the Maguindanao massacre, even as relatives of the country's worst political slaughter kept up their legal battle against suspects.  Read more »

DOJ hit for absolving 40 Maguindanao massacre suspects in 2nd complaint

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 03:58 PM

The lawyer of some of the Maguindanao massacre victims' families slammed the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday for absolving 40 of the 48 suspects in the second complaint filed over the brutal killing 11 years ago of 57 persons, which also resulted in a missing photographer. Read more »

11 years on, kin of Maguindanao massacre victims say fight not over despite guilty verdict

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 06:59 PM

Families and lawyers of victims of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre on Monday vowed to keep fighting for justice despite a guilty verdict on some members of the Ampatuan clan for the carnage that left at least 57 people dead, mostly media workers. Read more »

PH out of top 5 deadliest countries for journalists after 10 years, but still 7th most dangerous

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 07:26 PM

The Philippines has improved its ranking in terms of solving the cases of slain journalists in 2020, 10 years after being shortlisted among the top 5 deadliest countries for journalists, this year’s Global Impunity Index showed.  Read more »

NBI to probe ambush of key Maguindanao massacre witness

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 07:05 PM

The National Bureau of Investigation will investigate the ambush on a key witness of the Maguindanao massacre, according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra.  Read more »

Maguindanao massacre key witness hurt in South Cotabato ambush

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 01:03 PM

A key witness in the Maguindanao massacre trial was ambushed in South Cotabato Wednesday morning, according to private prosecutor Nena Santos, the lawyer of some of the massacre victims. Read more »

2 more Maguindanao massacre suspects plead ‘not guilty’ to multiple murder raps

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 11:36 PM

QUEZON CITY – Two more Maguindanao massacre suspects who were recently arrested pleaded “not guilty" to multiple murder charges against them before a Quezon City court. Read more »

2 Maguindanao massacre suspects face jail transfer; arraignment set

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 09:49 AM

A local court has ordered the transfer of two recently-arrested Maguindanao massacre suspects to Camp Bagong Diwa, a court document obtained by ABS-CBN News showed. 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 »

Maguindanao massacre victims seek to double civil damages

ABS-CBN News
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 »

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 »

Decade in review: People that defined Philippine politics

Arianne Merez and Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 03:40 PM

The past decade has seen changes in the political landscape, vastly affected by the growth of social media.  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 »