Here is the full decision in the Maguindanao massacre case: PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. DATU ANDAL “UNSAY” AMPATUAN, JR., ET AL. Criminal Case Nos. Q-09-162148-72/Q-09-162216-31/Q-10-162652-66/Q-10-163766/GL-Q-12-178638 (Courtesy Supreme Court)
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Robredo hails QC court verdict in 2009 Maguindanao massacre case
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Dec. 19, hailed the verdict handed down by a Quezon City court judge in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, saying it was the “most appropriate ending.” “Pagkatapos ng mahigit isang dekada, nagagalak tayong malaman na nakamtan na ng mga pamilya ng mga biktima ng Ampatuan Massacre ang pinakaasam nating hustisya,” Robredo said in a statement. Robredo said despite the hardships and the “slow progress” of the case, […]
Members of Ampatuan family convicted over Maguindanao massacre to ask court to reconsider verdict
(Eagle News) — Members of the Ampatuan family who were convicted over the 2009 Maguindanao massacre will file motions for reconsideration of the verdict against them on Thursday, Dec. 19. The lawyers of Zaldy Ampatuan, Andal Ampatuan Jr. made the manifestation in open court, after Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes meted the penalty of imprisonment of reclusion perpetua without parole against them as principals for 57 counts of murder. Also […]
In photos: The dispositive portion of the historic Maguindanao massacre decision
(Eagle News) — In this series of photos of the pages containing the dispositive portion of the 761-page decision on the Maguindanao massacre case, the names of those convicted for the gruesome mass murders of the 58 people, including 32 journalists, are listed. The decision by Quezon City Regional Trial Court branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes read on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 showed the names of the 29 accused led by Datu Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan […]
UPDATED: Zaldy and Unsay Ampatuan, several others convicted over 2009 Maguindanao massacre
(Eagle News) — Guilty. This was the verdict handed down by Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes to several of the 101 accused in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009. Solis-Reyes sentenced Zaldy Ampatuan, former Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. and several others to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of reclusion perpetua without parole after finding the prosecution established their guilt beyond reasonable doubt as principals in 57 murder counts. Also […]
Day of reckoning comes for accused in gruesome Maguindanao massacre
(Eagle News) – The day of reckoning comes for about a hundred accused in the gruesome Maguindanao massacre where 58 persons, including 32 journalists, were killed in a mass murder considered the worst media killing in one day. Today, Dec. 19, Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221, is set to issue the verdict in a mass murder so horrific that it had shocked world media. Ten years after […]
Maguindanao massacre verdict out today
(Eagle News) — The promulgation of the Maguindanao massacre case is expected today, Dec. 19, more than ten years since the crime dubbed as the country’s worst poll-related violence, took place in 2009. The promulgation is set at 9 a.m. in Camp Bagong Diwa, where security is so far tight. Only 76 media men and crew were given accreditation to enter the Metro Manila District Jail Annex 2 in Camp Bagong Diwa, and were allowed […]
Maguindanao massacre principal accused Zaldy Ampatuan ordered to be brought to jail from hospital as decision day nears
(Eagle News) — Zaldy Ampatuan, the principal accused in the 2010 Maguindanao massacre, was ordered by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Tuesday to be sent back in jail from the Makati hospital where he is presently recovering from a stroke. The order from Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 came two days before the scheduled promulgation of the decision in the controversial multiple mass murder case. Ampatuan had originally asked […]
De Lima backs calls for live media coverage of Maguindanao massacre verdict
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has backed some media organizations’ calls for a live coverage of the promulgation of the Ampatuan massacre case on Dec. 19. According to De Lima, who is facing drug-related charges, “as someone who is undergoing an undeserved trial that was initially shut off from the world to watch, I understand the importance of making public every single detail of the verdict of this case, which dragged on with the defense […]
Relatives of Maguindanao massacre victims continue to cry for justice a decade after killings
(Eagle News) — Relatives of 58 people slain in the tragic Maguindanao massacre, considered as the Philippines’ worst political massacre where many journalists were among those killed, called for justice on Saturday, a decade since the killings. The relatives voiced anger at the slow pace of justice. Of the 58 people killed in the November 2009 massacre, 32 were media workers. Various groups also staged protests in Manila to mark the 10th anniversary of […]
Sandiganbayan convicts ex-Maguindanao Gov. Ampatuan for graft, malversation of public funds, falsification of documents
(Eagle News) – Former Maguindanao Governor Sajid Islam Ampatuan is sentenced to reclusion perpetua by the Sandiganbayan after finding him guilty of graft and malversation of public funds, and of 63 counts of falsification of public documents. The cases arose over his alleged misuse of millions of pesos in public funds in 2009 when he allegedly made anomalous purchases of construction materials allegedly for the repair of various school buildings, when he was […]
Dating alkalde sa Maguindanao, sumuko na sa CIDG
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (Eagle News) — Matapos hainan ng warrant of arrest noong 2014, sumuko na sa CIDG-Central Mindanao si former Shariff Aguak Mayor Sahara Ampatuan. Napag-alamang sumuko si Ampatuan kay PO2 Patricia Bueno, tauhan ng CIDG, at humiling na samahan siya ng nabanggit na pulis sa pagpipiyansa para sa kaniyang kaso. Matatandaang nahaharap sa kasong murder si Ampatuan at hinainan ng warrant of arrest noong September 2014 matapos diumano nitong ipapatay ang isang council […]
