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Palace urges Ombudsman to fast-track Mamasapano cases

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 03:42 PM

Among former government and police officials facing charges over the botched police operation is former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III. Read more »

The long wait for justice

Fernando Sepe, Jr, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 09:42 PM

Journalists hold simple countdown rites on Wednesday at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, recalling the Maguindanao Massacre, the worst single attack against journalists worldwide. Read more »

Ika-32 anibersaryo ng Mendiola massacre ginunita

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 09:53 PM

Tatlumpu't dalawang taon mula nang mangyari ang malagim na Mendiola massacre, pakiramdam ng mga lider-magsasaka ay wala pa ring tugon ang gobyerno sa hinahanap nilang tunay na repormang agraryo. Read more »

Farmers commemorate Mendiola massacre

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 03:03 PM

Farmers and protesters from different militant groups march to Mendiola to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Mendiola Massacre on Tuesday. Read more »

How the story of Balangiga was told abroad in 1903

ANCX
Updated as of Dec 26 10:16 PM

Pages from an issue of the Detroit Free Press in 1903—up for auction this coming February at Leon Gallery—shed light on the American perspective on the Balangiga Massacre of September 28, 1901, detailing the difficulties and challenges US troops had to go through Read more »

Pamilya minasaker sa Cagayan; away sa lupa itinuturong motibo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 07:38 PM

Sa ipinapatayo nilang bahay, sabay-sabay nang pinaglalamayan ngayon ang anim na miyembro ng pamilya matapos barilin at pagtatagain pa.  Read more »

Simbang Gabi at Balangiga

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 12:26 PM

Hundreds of Catholic devotees attend the first Simbang Gabi at the St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish Church in Balangiga, Eastern Samar on Sunday.   Read more »

Ringing the Balangiga bell

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 11:05 AM

One of the Balangiga bells is displayed as hundreds of Catholic devotees attend the first day of the Simbang Gabi novena masses at the St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish Church in Balangiga, Eastern Samar on Sunday.   Read more »

They are home!

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 07:06 PM

Locals cheer as members of the AFP and the municipal government of Balangiga unload 2 boxes containing the three Balangiga bells. Read more »

The victory of Balangiga, and the importance of how we choose to remember

Charo Nabong-Cabardo
Updated as of Dec 14 05:46 PM

In this lovingly written retelling of the events that led to the Balangiga encounter, and the events that followed, a Samarnon historian asks why it matters how we remember Balangiga, and how we refer to it today. Read more »

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 »