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Lawyers press for 'acquitted' journalist’s release amid opposition from prosecutor

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 03:32 PM

Lawyers of journalist Lady Ann Salem, who was accused but later cleared of gun-running, on Thursday pressed for her release, more than a week since a Mandaluyong court junked the case against her. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 16, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 12:14 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

A factory for search warrants?

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 01:26 PM

A police officer speaks with protesters as they picket outside the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Wednesday, calling out the alleged connivance of executive judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert and PNP Chief Debold Sinas in issuing several search warrants that lead to the arrests of several activists.  Read more »

Makabayan bloc says Supreme Court should probe 'factory of warrants' vs activists

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 04:16 PM

The Makabayan bloc said they will file a resolution to investigate the alleged modus operandi of planting fake evidences to supposedly serve as basis for trumped up charges and subsequent detention. Read more »

Tiamzons sentenced to up to 40 yrs in prison for soldier's abduction

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 07:06 PM

A Quezon City court has convicted National Democratic Front (NDF) consultants Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria Tiamzon of kidnapping and serious illegal detention over an abduction of a soldier in 1988. Read more »

QC court orders probe on why Nova Parojinog allowed to leave detention

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 05:47 PM

A Quezon City court has ordered the jail warden of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame and the lawyers of Nova Princess Parojinog to explain why she was allowed to leave her detention cell and visit her brother in Camp Bagong Diwa without the knowledge of the court. 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 »

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 »

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 »

READ: Full decision on Maguindanao massacre case

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 19 03:21 PM

Read the 761-page decision of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes on the Maguindanao massacre case handed down on Thursday.  Read more »

Maguindanao massacre ruling out today

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 19 01:38 PM

One of the most anticipated judicial rulings will be out today as the Quezon City RTC is set to release its verdict on the 2009 Maguindanao massacre case.  Read more »

Maguindanao massacre verdict: What you need to know

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 08:44 PM

Based on court records, ABS-CBN News provides a summary of the case and what to expect during the promulgation of judgment. Read more »

Zaldy Ampatuan hindi pa rin naililipat sa Camp Bagong Diwa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 06:15 AM

Hindi pa rin naililipat sa Camp Bagong Diwa si dating Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Zaldy Amapatuan. Read more »

KILALANIN: Huwes na duminig sa kaso ng Maguindanao massacre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 07:48 PM

Sino nga ba ang huwes na duminig sa kaso ng halos 200 akusado at halos 300 testigo?  Read more »

Court orders Zaldy Ampatuan back in jail from hospital ahead of massacre verdict

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 04:46 PM

MANILA - A Quezon City court has ordered one of the primary accused in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre returned to detention from hospital ahead of the release of the verdict on Thursday.  Read more »

News agencies want live coverage of Maguindanao massacre ruling

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 06:57 PM

Several news agencies called on Tuesday for an open and live coverage of the Dec. 19 promulgation of judgment on the Maguindanao massacre case.   Read more »

QC court accepts Datu Unsay's late court filing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 06:58 PM

A Quezon City court on Tuesday accepted Datu Andal "Unsay" Ampatuan Jr.'s memorandum in the Maguindanao massacre despite its late filing. Read more »

Peralta: No basis to probe QC judge over search warrants vs progressive groups

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 04:29 PM

MANILA - Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on Friday defended a Quezon City Regional Trial Court judge’s decision to issue search warrants that led to raids of offices of progressive groups and the arrest of dozens of activists.   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 »

Despite court halt, EDSA provincial bus ban dry run to push through Aug. 7: MMDA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 05:56 PM

MANILA – The proposed dry-run of the ban on provincial buses on EDSA will push through on Aug. 7, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Tuesday, despite a halt order issued by a Quezon City court. Read more »