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The Balangiga Bells up close

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 06:43 PM

Visitors take pictures of the Balangiga Bells on display at the Philippine Air Force Museum at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Wednesday Read more »

For whom the Balangiga Bells toll

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 12:11 PM

When the Balangiga Bells toll once again in Samar on Saturday, let us not forget for whom they toll. Read more »

Balangiga is waiting for the bells' return

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 01:55 PM

The residents of Balangiga are eagerly anticipating and preparing for the return of the 3 Balangiga bells set to return this December, more than a century after these were taken by American soldiers as war booty after the Balangiga massacre in 1901.  Read more »

Mom of Sagay massacre survivor files raps vs boy's father, 3 cops

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 10:22 PM

The mother of a 14-year-old boy who survived the Sagay massacre has filed criminal complaints with the Department of Justice on Tuesday against the boy’s father and 3 cops. Read more »

OPINION: Lila Shahani, Maguindanao massacre and impunity

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Nov 26 01:34 PM

At last Friday’s remembrance of the Maguindanao massacre at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, the feeling was a mixture of frustration and hope.  Read more »

How the Filipinos in Balangiga avenged the Chinese in Peking

Juan Go
Posted at Nov 25 07:05 PM

On the occasion of the Balangiga bells’ imminent return to the Philippines, Juan Go writes about a little known facet of the Balangiga massacre. Read more »

Campus journalists, ginunita ang ika-9 na anibersaryo ng Maguindanao massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 02:51 AM

Panawagan nila, hustisya sa mga pinatay na journalist. Read more »

Maguindanao Massacre: Mga namayapa, inalala ng mga naulila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 09:40 PM

Ginunita ng mga kaanak ng mga mamahayag ang ikasiyam na anibersaryo ng Maguindanao Massacre, kung saan namatay ang 58 katao kabilang ang 34 miyembro ng media. Read more »

Roque decries 'rotten' criminal justice system 9 years since Maguindanao massacre

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 06:04 PM

MANILA - Former Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday decried the "rotten" criminal justice system, saying this has denied justice to relatives of victims of the Maguindanao massacre after 9 years.   Read more »

Isang pulis-Caloocan, suspek sa massacre sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 09:00 AM

Hinahanap na ng mga awtoridad ang isang pulis na suspek sa pamamaslang sa isang mag-anak sa Quezon City, sabi ng mga awtoridad Biyernes.   Read more »

Pamilya sa QC, minasaker habang tulog

Isay Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 10:44 PM

MAYNILA - Patay ang isang mag-asawa at kanilang anak matapos pagbabarilin habang natutulog sa kanilang bahay sa Quezon City Huwebes ng gabi. Read more »

'Managot na ang dapat managot': Hiling ng mga kaanak sa Maguindanao massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 02:38 AM

Magsasama-sama ang mga kaanak ng ilang biktima ng Maguindanao Massacre para sa isang misa bukas. Read more »

The Day in Photos: 22 November 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 12:29 AM

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

Photojournalists remember Maguindanao massacre

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 10:24 PM

Members of the Photojournalists’ Center of the Philippines (PCP) holding an annual workshop in Dingalan, Aurora, light candles on Thursday to commemorate the 9th year of the Maguindanao Massacre. The group renewed its call for justice for the 58 victims, 32 of which were journalists who were killed on November 23, 2009. Read more »

Panawagan sa ika-9 anibersaryo ng Maguindanao Massacre: #HustiSiyam

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 09:14 PM

Kinidnap, pinagbabaril, bago inilibing sa hukay: iyan ang karumaldumal na sinapit ng mga biktima ng Maguindanao Massacre noong Nobyembre 23, 2009. Read more »

Ampatuan massacre victims' kin wait for verdict 'with cautious hope'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 04:56 PM

MANILA - Loved ones of the 58 people who died in one of the most gruesome killings in the country's history cautiously hope for the conviction of all accused in the 2009 Ampatuan massacre. Read more »

Justice for Ampatuan massacre victims

Froilan Gallardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 06:03 PM

Relatives of the journalists killed in the 2009 Ampatuan massacre, burn giant tarps depicting the Ampatuan clan during a visit at the massacre site in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao on Sunday, as the 9th anniversary of the incident nears. Read more »

Before the bells return: correcting the myths on the Balangiga Massacre

Michael Charleston “Xiao” Chua
Updated as of Dec 12 07:03 PM

With the planned repatriation of the Balangiga bells to its rightful shores, historical consultant and professor Xiao Chua brings us back to the incident, correcting some myths we’ve taken as truth since our history classes in high school. Read more »

Bells of Balangiga: Why they matter

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 04:12 PM

After over a century, the church bells taken by the US Army from Balangiga, Eastern Samar in 1901 may soon find their way home to the Philippines.  Read more »

Farmers' group questions DOJ's probe into Sagay massacre

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 02:49 PM

MANILA - The National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) on Tueday questioned the Department of Justice's probe into the killing of its members in Sagay, Negros Occidental. Read more »