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As the National Bureau of Investigation disclosed the incident in 1980, murder charges were recommended against seven government militiamen who allegedly killed Muslim villagers and burned down their homes.
NameDateLocationDeathsPantingan River massacre (War crime)12 April 1942350–400 (all soldiers)San Beda Massacres (War crime)July 1942Manila77 (Civilians)Dansalan Massacres (War crime)August 1942Dansalan, LanaoUnknown (Civilians)Pagaeaw-aeaw Tragedy (War crime)21 October 1942hundreds (civilians)- November 23, 2009
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On the morning of November 23, 2009, just months in advance of the May 2010 elections, relatives of Esmael Mangudadatu, a town mayor, were heading to the provincial capital of Maguindanao to file his certificate of candidacy as governor when they were stopped by armed men at a checkpoint in the town of Ampatuan, named after the powerful Ampatuan cl...
Under intense public pressure, the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, an ally of the Ampatuan family, orders multiple murder charges to be filed against Ampatuan Jr. By early December, his brother, Zaldy, and their father, Andal Ampatuan Sr, have also beenarrested. At the time of the incident, Zaldy was the governor of the Autonom...
Andal Ampatuan Jr pleads not guilty to multiple murders. Months later, the court orders the mass arrest of almost 200 more suspects.
Suwaib “Jessie” Upham, a prosecution witness who claimed to have knowledge of the attack, is killed by unidentified gunmen in Parang, Maguindanao.
Private prosecutor Nena Santos announces that state witness Esmael Enog has been killed. During the trial, he testified that he drove at least 36 armed men in two groups to the site of the killings.
Zaldy Ampatuan, the brother of the main suspect, is arraigned and pleads not guilty to the murder charges.
Salvador Panelo, who would go on to serve as spokesman for President Rodrigo Duterte, joins the legal team of Ampatuan Jr. He was quoted as saying that the Ampatuans were “framed to seize political power”, but later withdrew from the case citing “personal reasons”.
A witness in the case is killed and another wounded in an ambush in the province. Dennix Sakal, who died from multiple gunshot wounds, and Butch Saudagal were both former employees of Ampatuan Jr.
Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes allows bail for Sajid Islam Ampatuan, another of Andal Ampatuan Sr’s sons and one of the alleged masterminds of the Maguindanao killings.
The court denies bail for Andal Ampatuan Sr, saying the court found the evidence of guilt against him was “strong and that there was also evidence that he monitored the execution through numerous phone and radio calls”.
Oct 11, 2020 · On March 11, 2019 the body of 16-year-old Christine Lee Silawan was found in a vacant lot in Barangay Bangkal in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Half of her face was skinned to the skull and her body had multiple stab wounds. She was also naked from the waist down.
Nov 11, 2022 · MANILA, Philippines – Radio broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa is the second journalist killed under the Marcos administration, and the 197th one to be killed since 1986.
The Chiong murder case (People of the Philippines v. Francisco Juan Larrañaga et al.) was a trial regarding an incident on July 16, 1997, in Cebu City, in which sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong were kidnapped, raped, and murdered.
The murders of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez occurred on June 28, 1993 in Calauan, Laguna, Philippines. The case involved police personnel and the late Antonio Sanchez, the former mayor of Calauan, who were tried and convicted of the crime.
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