by magnolia_eic | Jun 23, 2011 | Headlines, National News
CHIEF Justice Renato Corona has allowed the live video webcast of the Maguindanao massacre trial, a spokesman for the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.
Public Information Chief and Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said they would restructure the Supreme Court website and acquire technical requirements to be able to follow the instructions of the Chief Justice.
“With this, the Maguindanao massacre trial will be accessible to viewers worldwide, continuously and without interruption. Once a scheduled trial is in progress, it can be immediately viewed by simply accessing the SC website (http://www.sc.judiciary.gov.ph) using computers or mobile internet devices,” Marquez said.
Last week, the high court allowed the petition of some media groups and families of the victims to have a live radio and television broadcast of the Maguindanao massacre trial subject to severalconditions. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 24, 2010 | Headlines, National News
For 57 seconds, church bells will ring out throughout the country on Tuesday in memory of the 57 people killed in the grisly Maguindanao massacre last year.
The Catholic Church-run Radio Veritas on Sunday announced that it was spearheading the simultaneous pealing of Church bells on Nov. 23, the first year of the gruesome murders, as tribute to the victims and their kin, who continued to seek justice.
Fr. Anton Pascual, president and chief operating officer of Radio Veritas on Sunday said that “the Church is joining the struggle in asking the government to finish the trial promptly because justice delayed is justice denied”.
Meanwhile, Malacañang said that it was doing all it could to ensure the speedy trial of the suspects in the worst political killing in the country.
Palace deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte said that Malacañang hoped that the Supreme Court would heed calls for a live TV coverage of the so-called “trial of the century.” (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Apr 21, 2010 | Headlines, National News
Manila, Philippines– Malacanang called on acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra to review with state prosecutors his decision to drop multiple murder charges against two members of the Ampatuan clan in connection with the Maguindanao Massacre.
In a statement he issued hours after his news conference, Executive Secretary Leandro Mendoza directed Agra “to confer with prosecutors to ascertain if any important evidence was not considered, presented or available when his ruling was made.”
“Then the Secretary of Justice should publicly justify the final decision,” Mendoza said.
by magnolia_eic | Apr 20, 2010 | Headlines, National News
Manila, Philippines — Justice Secretary Alberto Agra is facing a mutiny over his decision on clearing two members of the Ampatuan clan in the Maguindanao Massacre.
State prosecutors led by Chief State Prosecutor Claro Arellano Monday, protested the resolution that Agra issued on the eve of April 16, clearing the names of suspended governor Zaldy Ampatuan of the ARMM and his uncle, Maguindanao vice-governor Akmad Ampatuan Sr., from their murder cases.
Prosecutors questioned the move of Agra after having studied the evidences for only 24 hours. Arellano said that the prosecutors were hoping that justice would ultimately be served to the victims of the tragedy.
“It is along this line that we earnestly and respectfully request Acting Secretary Agra to revisit this resolution.”
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