Tomorrow is judgment day by the court on the Ampatuan Massacre.

 Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) shares the Ampatuan Massacre: Summary of Case Trial, by the CMFR; https://pcij.org/article/3503/the-ampatuan-massacre-summary-of-case-trial

By the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

Freedom for Media, Freedom for All Network

THE photos and video tell a true story.

They were shamefully rich, immensely powerful, and by many accounts virulent in their ways and mores, during their long rule in Maguindanao province and in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

By court documents, the lifestyle check conducted by the Office of the Onbudsman, and the testimonies of their own allies and subjects, this much is true: The Ampatuans and their associates had 597 bank accounts, 500 hectares of real property assets, 130 motor vehicles, 420 firearms, and a private army many hundreds strong.

Below is a playlist of PCIJ documentaries on the Ampatuan Massacre of Nov. 23, 2009, as well as on the Ampatuan clan, whose scions now stand accused in the murder of 58 persons, including 32 journalists and media workers. 

The videos were produced by the PCIJ team led by Ed Lingao, at the time PCIJ multimedia director.

Research and reporting by Carolyn O. Arguillas, editor of MindaNews, and other journalist-colleagues of PCIJ in Mindanao, assisted in great measure in the making of these video.

Click on the links to watch the video

ANGKAN, Inc, a PCIJ documentary on the clans of Maguiindanao, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNKl_IOxHeo

The Ampatuan assets, a PCIJ documentary on the wealth of the Ampatuans, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av-7DvmxXBc

ANGKAN, Inc. with subtitles, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMWGF83Rj4A  

LIPAT-BAHAY. A PCIJ documentary on the wealth of the Ampatuans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av-7DvmxXBc

Maguindanao: The Quest for Justice, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwkbdJ8OF3w

PCIJ on GMANewsTV. Maguindanao: Ampatuan Wealh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ToqTh3fpAc

Maguindanao: Isang Taon Matapos ang Massacre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INBDAQUpLfQ

Freeze order on Ampatuan assets expires, Dec. 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZUDGkVWhRU

PCIJ. The sale of the Ampatuan assets, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWznm4UhFV8

PCIJ. Ampatuan Massacre, 57th month, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gY5FGVpuX0

Ampatuan Massacre, 7 years, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylE7dDhYWYQ

Links to PCIJ stories on the Ampatuan Massacre and the Ampatuans:

https://old.pcij.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/20091203-FactFindingReport.pdf (link to the full report)

https://old.pcij.org/stories/featured-stories/shamefully-rich-clan-has-35-houses-fleet-of-wheels/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/the-poor-get-poorer-ampatuans-get-richer-as-ira-billions-pour-in/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/ampatuans-managed-public-funds-like-clan%E2%80%99s-own-purse/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/fast-furious-wheels/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/putting-maguindanao-in-context/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/terror-fear-hinder-journalism/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/why-andal-ampatuan-jr-thought-he-could-get-away-with-it/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/the-30-media-martyrs-of-maguindanao/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/the-maguindanao-massacre-the-bangsamoro-problem-and-the-peace-process/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/report-of-the-humanitarian-and-fact-finding-mission-to-maguindanao/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/journalists-turn-rallyists-for-maguindanao-massacre-victims/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/journalists-cry-out-for-justice/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/maguindanao-massacre-one-year-after/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/maguindanao-the-quest-for-justice/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/latest-stories/stand-up-against-media-killings/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/ampatuans-tried-to-secure-amnesty-for-cache-of-guns/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/an-anarchy-of-mansions/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/in-banks-we-trust-so-did-ampatuans/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/young-lawyer-big-assets/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/andal-jr-sells-8-big-properties72-ampatuans-running-in-2013/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/a-widows-appeal/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/ampatuans-own-500-hectares-but-assets-inventory-incomplete/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/23-journalists-killed-in-40-months-of-pnoy-worst-case-load-since-86/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/a-widows-story/

https://old.pcij.org/stories/media-murders-few-suspects-in-jail-few-cases-in-court-conviction-rate-low/