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(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 […]
Congressman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to file a new petition for bail before the Sandiganbayan right after the recent statement of the United Nations working group on arbitrary detention claiming that Arroyo’s continued detention is a violation of her human rights and is illegal under international law. According to Arroyo’s Lawyer Larry Badon, their new petition was based on the United Nations’ recommendations. Badon appealed to the court that the Congresswoman should be granted bail […]
