By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – Relatives of journalists killed in the Ilocos and Cordillera regions supported the call for President Benigno S. Aquino III’s administration to work faster towards the achievement of justice especially for the victims of the Ampatuan massacre. The massacre on November 23, 2009 claimed the lives of [...]

Statement of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication On the second anniversary of the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre November 22, 2011 DESPITE President Benigno Aquino III’s pledge that his administration will stop the killing of journalists, twelve have been killed since the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009 claimed the lives [...]

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The eyes of the whole world are on the Philippines because of this crime and especially because until now, there is no justice and the killings, enforced disappearances and other human rights violations continue.” – Nestor Burgos, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

Sidebar: Groups laud filing of case vs Arroyo for Ampatuan massacre

By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Main Story: On 2nd anniversary of Ampatuan massacre: Aquino told to end impunity MANILA – “There are no Ampatuans if Arroyo did not coddle warlords and private armies.” This was the statement of Hustisya!, an organization of families of victims of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and other human rights violations [...]

Video: Continuing Injustice: A story of the widow of the Ampatuan Massacre

Ni MARK ANGELES Limampu’t walo silang sumakay sa ataul. Limampu’t walo silang sumakay sa ataul tungong Shariff Aguak. Limampu’t walo silang sumakay sa ataul tungong Shariff Aguak. ang di na nakarating. Sa bangin natagpuan. Sa bangin natagpuan ang kanilang mga bangkay. Sa bangin natagpuan ang kanilang mga bangkay, tinaniman ng bala. Sa bangin natagpuan ang [...]

By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld When the Ampatuan Town Massacre of Nov. 23, 2009, occurred and its brutal details were known, it provoked attempts at self-examination among many media advocacy and journalists’ groups, and even in some of the newspapers and broadcast networks that for years had been ignoring the killing of [...]

By BENJIE OLIVEROS
“Will we be holding the same forum discussing the same topic next year?”

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Ordinary people like me do not understand why our judicial system is like this. Can it be reformed? It is difficult to accept it would take 20 years or 200 years for the case to be resolved.”

By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld THE SUPREME COURT has granted a petition for live coverage of the Ampatuan Massacre trial filed by media advocacy groups, TV networks, individual journalists, and academics from the University of the Philippines. But it has imposed conditions some media organizations are already describing as difficult if not [...]

Slow, slow grind of justice