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Who was killed in Maguindanao massacre?
The people killed included Mangudadatu’s wife, his two sisters, journalists, lawyers, aides, and motorists who were witnesses or were mistakenly identified as part of the convoy. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called the Maguindanao massacre the single deadliest event for journalists in history.
Who are involved in the Ampatuan massacre?
On Dec. 19, 2019, Solis-Reyes convicted Datu Andal Ampatuan Jr. and Zaldy Ampatuan, the masterminds of the infamous Maguindanao Massacre, of 57 counts of murder and sentenced them to reclusion perpetua without parole.
What is the cause of Maguindanao massacre?
Why were they killed? Mangudadatu, who is also from a ruling political family in Mindanao, was running to end the 20-year rule of the Ampatuans in Maguindanao. Witness accounts showed that members of the Ampatuan clan met several times to plan the killing of Mangudadatu.
What is Maguindanao?
Maguindanao, also spelled Magindanao or Magindanaw, also called Maguindanaon, ethnolinguistic group living primarily in south-central Mindanao, the largest island in the southern Philippines.
When did ABS CBN shut down?
History
| March 30, 1995 | RA 7966 grants ABS-CBN franchise until 2020 |
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| May 19, 2020 | The Supreme Court accepts the case. |
| June 30, 2020 | Two alias cease-and-desist orders from NTC and Calida. All the exclusive digital channels of ABS-CBN TV Plus ceased broadcasting. SKYdirect ceased operations. |
How many journalists killed Philippines 2020?
four killed
The Philippines continues to be a deadly operating environment for journalists, with four killed in 2020 alone.
What is the history of Maguindanao?
The Maguindanao are one of many groups of “lowland” Filipinos who appear to have arrived in the islands during successive waves of migration from the Southeast Asian mainland several thousand years ago. They were well established in their present homeland by the time of the first known foreign contact around a.d. 1500.
What is Ida Ida in Maguindanao?
The folk song, a form of folk lyric which expresses the hopes and aspirations, the people’s lifestyles as well as their loves. These are often repetitive and sonorous, didactic and naive as in the children’s songs or Ida-ida(Maguindanao), tulang pambata (Tagalog) or cansiones para abbing (Ibanag).