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Newly-inaugurated Philippines President Benigno Aquino announced Tuesday that his administration will set up a "truth commission" to investigate allegations that the outgoing administration engaged in corruption and rights violations. The commission plans to...

Eleven Philippines policemen and militia members pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder charges for their involvement in the November 2009 massacre that left 57 dead. The arraignment was held in Camp...

A Quezon City court on Monday dismissed rebellion charges against 24 people, including Andal Ampatuan Sr., the leader of a Muslim clan in the Philippines' semi-autonomous southern province of Maguindanao, and four of his family members. The Philippines Department...

The Quezon City Trial Court in Manila on Thursday issued arrest warrants for 189 suspects for their alleged role in the November 2009 massacre in semi-autonomous Maguindanao province that left 57 dead. Eight more individuals are also...

Philippine lawyers and activists protested Friday in front of the Supreme Court in Manila following Wednesday's ruling , which held that the constitution does not prevent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from...

The Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled Wednesday that the constitution does not prevent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from replacing retiring Chief Justice Reynato Puno prior to the May presidential...

The Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled Tuesday that current President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is eligible to run for the senate after her presidential term expires. The Supreme Court denied a petition [Manila Times...

The Philippine Department of Justice (PDOJ) on Tuesday charged 197 people with murder in connection with the November massacre in the semi-autonomous Maguindanao province that left 57 dead. Among those charged is Andal Ampatuan Sr.,...

Danilo Reyes : "The declaration of Proclamation 1959, placing a large part of Maguindanao province, in the southern Philippines, under a state of martial law was devoid of a constitutional basis. Thus, legal action taken...

Andal Ampatuan Jr., mayor of the southern Philippine town of Datu Unsay, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 41 counts of murder related to the November massacre in Maguindanao province that left 57 dead. Prosecutors allege that...