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PNP ready to guard Maguindanao massacre victims' kin after 55 defendants acquitted

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 04:54 PM

The Philippine National Police on Friday said it was ready to protect the families of the Maguindanao massacre victims if proven that they were put in danger by the acquittal of 55 accused in the decade-old case.  Read more »

Death penalty debate should be revived after Maguindanao massacre verdict: Marcos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 04:03 PM

Discussions about the reimposition of the death penalty for heinous should be revived, a lawmaker said Friday, a day after 5 of 7 members of a political clan was convicted for the brutal killing of 58 people in Maguindanao in 2009. Read more »

Acquitted Maguindanao massacre suspects walk free

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 04:06 PM

Nearly all of the defendants acquitted in the Maguindanao massacre case walked free on Friday, a day after a special court absolved them in the decade-old case.  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 »

Maguindanao massacre victims to go after Ampatuan assets

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 02:09 PM

MANILA - Lawyers of the Maguindanao massacre victims are planning to have several Ampatuan properties frozen to ensure that the masterminds of the Philippines' most violent election-related case will pay damages to the victims' families. Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

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 »

Key facts in worst Philippine political massacre

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 08:38 AM

A Philippine court Thursday jailed 43 people -- including key leaders of a powerful Muslim political clan -- after finding them guilty in the trial of the 2009 mass killing of 58 people, including 32 journalists and media workers. 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 »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 19, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 02:23 AM

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

Pamilya ng mga biktima ng Maguindanao massacre, nagbunyi sa hatol ng korte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 02:50 AM

Matagal man ang hinintay, laking pasasalamat ng pamilya ng mga biktima ng Maguindanao massacre sa naging hatol ng korte. Read more »

Maguindanao massacre verdicts only 'partial justice', rights group says

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 12:53 AM

MANILA—An international human rights group on Thursday described the verdicts on the Maguindanao massacre case as partial justice, citing the acquittal of 56 suspects while 80 others remain at large. Read more »

Relatives of Maguindanao massacre victims hail guilty verdicts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 11:06 PM

Although relieved at the guilty verdicts handed by the court, the worry remains for relatives of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre, with some of the accused also acquitted. Read more »

Experts laud verdicts for the accused in Maguindanao massacre case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 11:02 PM

Experts believe the Maguindanao massacre case leaves a lot of lessons for the Philippines.  Read more »

Maguindanao Massacre verdict 'restores faith' in justice system: senators

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 10:49 PM

MANILA - Lawmakers and legal experts on Wednesday lauded Maguindanao massacre presiding Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes for "restoring" the public's faith in the Philippine justice system, after convicting members of the once-influential Ampatuan clan for the carnage. Read more »

Magkapatid na Ampatuan at iba pa, hinatulan ng guilty sa Maguindanao massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 08:47 PM

Hinatulan ng guilty sa kasong multiple murder ang ilang miyembro ng pamilya Ampatuan at iba pa kaugnay sa Maguindanao massacre noong 2009. Read more »

PH still a dangerous place for journalists despite verdict on Ampatuan clan: experts

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 08:29 PM

Many believe the Philippines is still a dangerous and deadly place for journalists despite the conviction of the masterminds in the infamous Maguindanao massacre, in which 58 were killed, 32 of whom were media personnel. Read more »

Kin of slain journalists fear return of acquitted, at large Maguindanao massacre suspects

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 19 08:43 PM

Fear remained after some of the Ampatuan clan had been acquitted, and with 80 more of the accused still at large.   Read more »

IN PHOTOS: The Maguindanao massacre verdict

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 19 11:55 PM

After a decade-long wait, the trial court found members of the Ampatuan clan and several others guilty of multiple murder on Thursday.  Read more »