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.
Ang pahayag ni Executive Director Joel Egco ng Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) tungkol sa conviction ng mga akusado sa 2009 Maguindanao massacre ay kailangan ng konteksto.
The claim of Executive Director Joel Egco of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security about the conviction of the accused in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre needs context.
‘Wala na nga akong katawan, wala pa akong hustisya’ -- kin of Maguindanao massacre victim
Candles were lit once again last Friday at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to mark the unrelenting quest for justice for the victims in one of the darkest periods in the country’s history.
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS FIVE years ago, a crime so heinous was perpetrated by persons in authority, in a remote village in Maguindanao in Southwestern Mindanao. Fifty-eight persons lay dead after Andal Ampatuan, Jr., mayor of Datu Unsay town and his men were through with their shooting spree. He then asked for a
By JONATHAN DE SANTOS THE widows wore red, and not the black of mourning. “This doesn’t mean we are happy,” they said. “This shows we are still brave.” The two were Cipriana Gatchalian and Ramonita Salaysay, both of whom lost their husbands in the infamous Maguindanao Massacre on November 23, 2009. Last Tuesday, they and
