Vice mayor Akmad Ampatuan, 2 others hurt in Maguindanao ambush

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 09:30:57 +0000

VICE MAYOR Akmad “Mitra” Ampatuan and two of his security escorts were ambushed in Sharif Aguak, Maguindanao on Tuesday afternoon, police reported. Based on the report of Maguindanao Provincial Police Office (MPPO), Ampatuan was shot by unidentified gunmen along the National Highway in Barangay Poblacion at 1 p.m. Police are investigating the incident. DARWIN PESCO

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Ampatuan guilty verdict a ‘victory’ but fight isn’t over — Roque

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 05:33:08 +0000

LAWYER Harry Roque on Thursday lauded the “victory” of the families of the 58 individuals who were massacred in Maguindanao 10 years ago after the alleged masterminds were convicted  and sentenced to reclusion perpetua or up to 40 years in prison without parole on Thursday. READ: Court finds members of Ampatuan clan guilty “Ito po ay […]

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UPDATE: Court finds members of Ampatuan clan guilty

Credit to Author: Jan Arcilla| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 03:49:26 +0000

  A QUEZON City court convicted Datu Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan Jr., the primary suspect in the decade-old Maguindanao massacre case, and his brothers, guilty beyond reasonable doubt. In the dispositive portion of the 761-page consolidated decision that was read on Thursday, Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes sentenced Ampatuan Jr., brothers former […]

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Top Army general escapes bomb in Maguindanao

Top Army general escapes bomb in Maguindanao

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – The military here on Sunday said a convoy carrying an Army general escaped a potential bomb attack Saturday when soldiers found and defused a powerful explosive planted by the roadside in Ampatuan town. Major General Cirilito Sobejana, the newly-installed 6th Infantry Division commander, was in the convoy on his way to visit the Army’s […]

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