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Kin of victims mark upcoming 10th anniversary of Maguindanao massacre

Lore Mae Andong, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 08:27 PM

The relatives of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre visited on Sunday the site where the bodies of their slain loved ones were found almost ten years ago. Read more »

Mangudadatu to resign as solon if Maguindanao Massacre victims fail to get favorable ruling

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 02:43 PM

Maguindanao Rep. Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu on Friday said he would resign from his post if the court does not issue a favorable ruling for the victims of the Maguindanao Massacre, a decade-old case tagged as one of the worst election-related killings in the Philippines. Read more »

Supreme Court grants 30-day extension for Maguindanao massacre verdict

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 12:55 AM

The Supreme Court granted the judge hearing the Maguindanao massacre 30 more days to resolve the multiple murder cases against the more than 100 accused in the gruesome killings nearly a decade ago. Read more »

Supreme Court extends deadline for Maguindanao massacre verdict

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 12:00 PM

The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for the ruling on the cases against Datu Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan Jr. and nearly 200 others tagged in the massacre of 58 people in Maguindanao province nearly a decade ago, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said Friday.  Read more »

'Unacceptable,' lawyer of Maguindanao massacre victims' kin says of delay in verdict

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 07 01:34 PM

It is "unacceptable" that the loved ones of 58 people killed in the Maguindanao massacre have yet to get justice nearly a decade after one of the world's worst election-related incidents of violence, their lawyer said Thursday.  Read more »

Victims’ lawyer: Press freedom dead if no conviction in Maguindanao massacre

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 08:07 PM

The lawyer representing the families of 38 victims in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 is expecting no less than a guilty verdict for the principal accused in the deadly killings which left 58 people, including 32 journalists, dead. Read more »

Court junks Datu Unsay Ampatuan’s bid to re-open trial of Maguindanao massacre

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 07:36 PM

A Quezon City court has junked the bid of Maguindanao massacre prime suspect Datu Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan, Jr. to re-open the trial into the gruesome murder of some 58 people nearly 10 years ago, paving the way for a possible decision on the case in November. Read more »

NUJP starts month-long commemoration of ‘Maguindanao massacre’ 10 years on

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 12:57 AM

Members of the NUJP were at the UP College of Mass Communications building in Diliman, where they lit 58 candles representing the same number of victims who died in the mass murder. Read more »

Maguindanao massacre suspect Zaldy Ampatuan hospitalized

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 23 01:58 PM

Zaldy Ampatuan, one of the main suspects in the Maguindanao massacre, was rushed to the hospital, a prison official said Wednesday.  Read more »

Militar, pulisya nag-sorry sa kaanak ng mga nasawi sa Escalante massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 09:02 PM

Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, nag-sorry ang militar at pulisya sa pamilya ng may 20 magsasaka at student leader na nasawi sa tinaguriang Escalante massacre. Read more »

Pamilya, minasaker sa Surigao del Sur

Lorilly Charmane D. Awitan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 08:17 PM

CANTILAN, Surigao del Sur – Patay ang apat na miyembro ng pamilya sa Purok 1, Sitio Gapas Gapas, Barangay San Pedro sa nasabing bayan matapos silang pagsasaksakin sa loob ng kanilang bahay Biyernes ng madaling araw. Read more »

OPINION: In Escalante, government wants 'to look forward' into the dark

Inday Espina Varona
Posted at Sep 20 12:39 PM

There is an effort to present the Escalante massacre as a tragedy that should ultimately be blamed on activist groups that aroused people’s ire against the Marcoses. Read more »

8 arestado sa armas, pampasabog sa Negros Occidental

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 05:46 AM

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—Inaresto ng mga awtoridad ang 8 katao matapos makuhanan umano ng mga armas at pampasabog sa isang checkpoint sa Escalante City, Negros Occidental Miyerkoles ng hapon. Read more »

Supreme Court affirms CA junking of Ampatuan bail plea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 03:11 PM

The Supreme Court has denied the appeal of former former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Zaldy Ampatuan to reverse the Court of Appeals' denial of his bail petition. Read more »

Court orders arrest of Joma Sison, 37 other communist leaders

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 04:01 PM

A Manila court has ordered the arrest of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Joma Sison, his wife and 36 other members of the organization for murder. Read more »

Not only Sanchez: Ampatuans also sought Panelo’s help

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 04:31 PM

The family of convicted rapist-killer Antonio Sanchez wasn’t the only one who tried to seek the legal help of their former lawyer, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo.   Read more »

5 pagpatay, naitala sa 1 araw sa Negros Oriental

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 01:36 AM

NEGROS ORIENTAL - Maraming naitala na pagpatay at karahasan ang probinsiya ng Negros Oriental nitong Huwebes lamang na nagdulot ng panukalang magdeklara ng martial law sa lugar. Read more »

Gunmen massacre 18, including children, in Papua New Guinea attack

Reuters
Posted at Jul 11 07:32 AM

SYDNEY - Gunmen have massacred as many as 18 people including women and children in a remote village in Papua New Guinea, apparently the latest victims of a tribal feud, and Prime Minister James Marape vowed on Wednesday to hunt down the killers.  Read more »

Anak ng pinaslang na ‘Sagay 9’ lawyer inspirasyon ang ama sa pagtatapos

Joyce Ann Clavecillas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 06:01 PM

Sa kaniyang Facebook post, nagbigay siya ng pasasalamat sa kaniyang ama, na tumayong inspirasyon sa kaniyang pagpasok sa State U. Read more »

Ombudsman withdraws graft, usurpation of power raps vs Noynoy

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 28 06:28 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has withdrawn its graft and usurpation of official functions complaints against former President Benigno Aquino III in connection with the 2015 Mamasapano massacre. Read more »