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(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court’s Office of the Court Administrator has granted the request of the Quezon City judge hearing the Maguindanao massacre case for a 30-day extension from the due date to decide the case. In her Nov. 5 petition, Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes said the request for the extension was due to the “voluminous records” of the case, which she said have reached a total of 238 volumes. Of the 238 volumes, 165 were […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has affirmed a Court of Appeals decision upholding a lower court’s refusal to grant bail to former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan. In denying the petition for review on certiorari of Ampatuan, who faces 58 counts of murder over the Maguindanao massacre, the first division noted the “failure” of Ampatuan to “sufficiently show any reversible error” in the CA decision dated April 18, 2018 and the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice expects a judgment in the Maguindanao massacre case before Nov. 23, exactly ten years after the crime was committed. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said this was because the trial was already completed on July 17. He said both parties were given until Aug. 15 to “submit simultaneously” their respective memorandum or written summation. According to Guevarra, after this, the case shall be considered as submitted for decision, with or without […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte was “dismayed” Zaldy Ampatuan, a primary suspect in the 2009 killing of over 50 people in Maguindanao, was allowed by a court to attend the wedding of his daughter on Tuesday, Aug. 22. “The panel of prosecutors and the President oppose that motion, and we’re dismayed that it was granted,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He noted, however, that even if the court granted Ampatuan’s furlough bid, it would not […]
(Eagle News) — The Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s denial of the bid of former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan, a primary accused in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009, to be granted bail. Citing lack of merit, the special eighth division of the appellate court, in a 23-page decision, denied Ampatuan’s petition for certioriari seeking for the annulment and the setting aside of the September 15, 2015 joint order […]
(Eagle News) — Nakagawa na ng letter of appeal para kay incoming president Rodrigo Duterte ang grupong Justice Now Movement na binubuo ng pamilya ng mga biktima ng Maguindanao Massacre. Nakasaad sa naturang sulat na hinihiling ng grupo na pag-aralang maigi ni Duterte ang background ni Atty. Salvador Panelo bilang magiging presidential spokesperson dahil sa posible anilang impluwensya nito sa Maguindanao Massacre Case. Matatandaang naging legal counsel si Panelo ng mga Ampatuan na pamilyang pangunahing […]
Gagagawaran ng medal of valor award ang dalawang miyembro ng Special Action Force na nasawi noon sa bakbakan sa Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Ayon kay Communications Secretary Manuel Quezon the Third, inaprubahan ang posthumous conferment kina Senior Inspector Gednat Tabdi at P-O-2 Romeo Cempron. Si Tabdi ay miyembro ng 84th Special Action Company nang isagawa ang operasyon para hulihin ang teroristang si Basit Usman at Zulkifli Binhir alyas Marwan. Sinasabing sugatan na ito habang nagkakabakbakan subalit nagawa […]
The National Police Commission or NAPOLCOM terminated 21 police including a provincial director for grave misconduct and serious neglect of duty. Said police chose to not take action despite their knowledge of the Maguindanao Massacre which caused the death of 58 victims. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
In commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre, several protest groups conducted mass actions, airing their grievances against President Benigno S. Aquino III, saying that the president was not able to fulfill his promise to give justice to the victims of the said massacre. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/0XSKywbci5s
APRIL 23 (Eagle News) — The Quezon City Regional Trial Court did not grant former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr.’s petition for bail, saying that prosecution’s evidence for the guilt of Ampatuan Sr. is strong. (Taguig, Philippines) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
President Aquino reiterated his order to the Department of Justice to secure a conviction of at least the primary suspects of the Maguindanao Massacre.
Relatives of the victims of the Maguindanao Massacre will go to the site of said heinous crime to commemorate its fifth anniversary.
