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Tag: Ampatuan Massacre

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    Forgetting is not an option: 12 years after gruesome Maguindanao massacre

    By Elijah Roderos  |  Nov 23, 2021 4:10 PM

    Twelve years after the world’s single deadliest attack on the press that killed 58 media workers in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, their families’ grief never fades away, particularly for Ma. Reynafe Momay-Castillo, whose father, photojournalist Reynaldo “Bebot” Momay, was excluded from the 2019 verdict because his body was never found.

    Ampatuan Massacre, Maguindanao Massacre

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    Public apology, higher compensation demanded by kin of Maguindanao massacre victims

    By Elijah Roderos  |  Nov 19, 2021 11:38 PM

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    Heirs of the Maguindanao massacre victims are calling for a public apology and additional compensation from those found guilty of murder in the December 2019 decision of a Quezon City regional trial court. At the same time, the Justice Now Movement stood firm that full justice will only be served with the inclusion of Reynaldo “Bebot” Momay as the 58th murder victim.

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    ‘Fat’ dynasty: Ampatuans attempt a comeback

    May 08, 2016 2:54 AM

    By LUZ RIMBAN SHARIFF Aguak, Maguindanao—Inside the vast Ampatuan estate here in Barangay Poblacion, behind the private mosque and posh homes of family members, and next to what used to be a stable for the family’s horses, rests Andal Ampatuan Sr., late patriarch of the clan that has ruled this town for the past 52 […]

    2016 elections, Ampatuan, Ampatuan Massacre

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    Ampatuan victims open to negotiated settlement due to delay in trial

    Jun 24, 2013 8:13 PM

    By MYLAH REYES-ROQUE TIRED of the slow pace of justice, relatives of 14 of the 58 fatalities in the November 2009 Ampatuan massacre had signed an agreement with an “emissary” of the accused to negotiate the settlement of the murder case for P50 million. But no settlement has been reached to date: The “emissary,” identified […]

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    Hits and misses in the struggle for free press

    May 03, 2013 11:40 PM

    By DARLENE CAY Fighting for press freedom is like flying a kite, some journalists found out today. Both have hits and misses and their share of disappointments. Journalists from different media organizations flew about a dozen kites to commemorate World Press Freedom Day at the University of the Philippines Diliman Oblation Grounds. Nine kites had […]

    Ampatuan Massacre, Aquino, Freedom House, Impunity, Media, Philippines, Press Freedom

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