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Maguindanao massacre victims seek to double civil damages

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 02:54 PM

Relatives of the victims in the Maguindanao massacre will ask a Quezon City court to at least double the claim for civil damages that it awarded to them, their lawyer said Friday. Read more »

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

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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

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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

'Pinakamasayang Pasko': Sentensiya sa Maguindanao massacre masterminds ipinagbunyi

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 19 08:34 PM

Nagbubunyi ngayon ang ilan sa mga naulila ng Maguindanao massacre ngayong hinatulan na ang ilan sa mga mastermind, higit isang dekada matapos ang pagpaslang sa kanilang mga kamag-anak.  Read more »

Maguindanao massacre verdict 'wake up call' to police to stop being 'political war dogs': Dela Rosa

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 04:53 PM

The conviction of several police officers in the Maguindanao Massacre is a "wake up call to all policemen" to shun ties with politicians who will use state troops as "political wardogs," former police chief, now Senator Ronald Dela Rosa said Thursday. Read more »

Robredo: Maguindanao massacre ruling 'glimmer of hope' in PH justice system

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Updated as of Dec 20 10:07 AM

"...ang hatol na ito ay nagbibigay sa atin ng pag-asa na posible pa ring makamit ang katarungan sa loob ng ating sistema ng hustisya," VP Leni Robredo said.  Read more »

Victory against impunity

Aaron Favila, AP Photo
Posted at Dec 19 04:15 PM

Family of victims react as they step out of a court following a guilty verdict in a 2009 election-related killings in Maguindanao, at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig, on Thursday. Read more »

Mga utak sa likod ng Maguindanao massacre hinatulang guilty

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Updated as of Dec 19 08:24 PM

Higit isang dekada makalipas ang Maguindanao massacre, hinatulang guilty sa kasong multiple murder nitong Huwebes ang ilang miyembro ng pamilya Ampatuan at iba pa na utak ng karumaldumal na krimen.  Read more »

Justice served for 57 Maguindanao massacre victims

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 03:09 PM

Maguindanao 2nd District Rep. Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu celebrates with families of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre after the release of the guilty verdict against most of the accused Ampatuans, as well as dozens of their accessories, at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig on Thursday. Read more »