PHOTO | Never Forget: 42 months after Ampatuan, a widow remembers a promise made
42 months after the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre, the widow of one of the journalists who lost their lives in the carnage remembers the promise of justice made to them by President Benigno Aquino III.
Arch-foes Ampatuans, Mangudadatus leading in respective races
Members of the Ampatuan and Mangudadatu clans, archenemies since the November 23, 2009 massacre of 58 persons in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao are putting in strong showings in their respective races for local positions in the province.
Aquino govt aims for Ampatuan massacre convictions by 2016 - de Lima
The Aquino government is aiming to speed up convictions in the Ampatuan massacre, the country's worst political crime, to ensure justice amid fears the trial could drag on for years, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said.
SC upholds ruling retaining Ampatuan driver as state witness in massacre case
The Supreme Court has upheld the ruling of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 26 that the former driver of Andal Ampatuan, Jr. should remain as a government witness in the Ampatuan massacre case.
Another suspect in Ampatuan massacre falls
Police arrested another suspect in the 2009 Ampatuan massacre, bringing the total number of arrested suspects to 106.
SIDEBAR: The ties that bind
A spider couldn't have spun a more complicated network: the blood and affinal lines that link the Ampatuans to the Sangkis and Mangudadatus, Midtimbangs, Sinsuats, Dilangalens, Datumanongs and Hatamans, and the Semas, a web spread all over Maguindanao, even up to Sultan Kudaran and Basilan.
Ampatuan massacre suspect slain battling authorities
(UPDATE - 1:56 p.m.) A suspect in the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre was killed when he and armed followers battled authorities out to arrest him in the Maguindanao capital town of Shariff Aguak on Monday.
SC clears media, finds lawyer guilty of indirect contempt in Fortun disbarment case
The Supreme Court has cleared several journalists and news organizations of charges of indirect contempt filed against them by criminal lawyer Sigfrid Fortun for reporting on the disbarment case brought against him by Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu and four other complainants.
Another Maguindanao massacre suspect nabbed after clash with Army
Another Maguindanao massacre suspect was arrested by the military following an encounter in the province Saturday morning that left an Army captain wounded.
Ampatuan massacre suspect shot dead after 'resisting arrest'; another suspect in custody
Police have shot dead a suspect in the 2009 Ampatuan massacre that saw 58 people killed, the country's worst political massacre, a senior officer said Saturday.
New Year's first tax-evasion raps filed against Ampatuan lawyer, gold trader
A lawyer of the Ampatuans and a gold trader were the first to be brought to court for tax evasion this year, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said on Thursday.
Zaldy Ampatuan asks court to allow him to post bail
A day after pleading not guilty to the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan is now seeking permission to post bail for his provisional liberty.
High Court asked to reconsider decision banning live coverage of Maguindanao massacre trial
Government lawyers have asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its earlier decision banning the live broadcast coverage of the Maguindanao massacre hearings.
Zaldy Ampatuan pleads not guilty to 57 counts of murder
(UPDATE, 10: 50 a.m.) Former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to 57 counts of murder in the Ampatuan massacre.
Zaldy Ampatuan to be arraigned for multiple murder case on Dec. 12
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 112 has set the arraignment of former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan on Dec. 12, 2012 in connection with the multiple murder charges filed against him following the Nov. 23, 2009 massacre in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao.
SC junks with finality Zaldy Ampatuan's plea for exclusion from massacre case
The Supreme Court has dismissed with finality the second motion for reconsideration (MR) filed by former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan to be excluded from the list of the accused in the Maguindanao massacre case.
Backhoe operator in Maguindanao massacre to be detained separately from other suspects
A Quezon City court has allowed a backhoe operator tagged in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre to be detained separately from the rest of the accused.
BIR sues Ampatuans' lawyer for tax evasion
The Bureau of Internal Revenue on Thursday sued a lawyer of the Ampatuans for allegedly failing to file tax returns and supplying the government with inaccurate information about those returns.
Public service radio ads produced by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines as part of their campaign against impunity. According to the media group, the impunity with which journalists and other victims of extrajudicial killings are murdered is the result of government's failure to stop the bloodshed and prosecute those responsible, especially the masterminds.
