April 23, 2015 · Posted in: 2013 Elections, 2016 Elections, Bangsamoro, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Human Rights, In the News, Investigative Reports, Journalist Killings, Local Government, Maguindanao Massacre, Media
PHILIPPINE regional trial court Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes has finally denied the petition for bail of Andal Ampatuan Sr., the principal suspect in the 2009 Ampatuan massacre that led to the death of 58 people, 32 of them journalists and media...
April 20, 2015 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Bangsamoro, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, In the News, Local Government, Mamasapano, Peace and Conflict, Women, Youth and Education
HRW, ICRC raise alarm over 125,000 evacuees in Mindanao
By Julius D. Mariveles
TENS OF THOUSANDS of civilians in Maguindanao province have been displaced by the month-long military operations against the Bangsa Moro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)...
TODAY, 57 months after the Ampatuan Massacre, justice has yet to be had for 58 people who were murdered on a hilltop in the village of Masalay in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province.
Exactly 57 months ago today, armed men believed to be under orders...
AT mid-morning of September 8, the heavens dropped a bomb allegedly fired by a military aircraft on Datu Piang town, Maguindanao province. In an instant, five members of the Manunggal family of Sitio Dagading, Barangay Butilen, fell dead, even as one...
U.S.-based Filipino social documentary photographer Rick Rocamora contributes this series of photographs from his Balikbayan Visual Diary, a collection of photo essays and picture stories that he made while in the Philippines on assignment for U.S....
FOR a single act of supposed generosity, the Ampatuan name will always be remembered by many people.
In December 2007 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan and son Zaldy Ampatuan, governor of the Autonomous...
