(image via ellobofilipino) The November 23 Massacre — also known as the Maguindanao or Ampatuan Massacre — has become an emblem for a country’s culture of impunity, where powerful people think they can literally get away with murdering dozens of innocent people in a single premeditated act. It has been a year since that infamous day. There have been no convictions. A trial continues, hidden from public view by a Supreme Court ruling prohibiting live coverage and cameras inside the courtroom. —Howie Severino, GMANews.TV View the chronological grid of the trial’s progress here

(image via ellobofilipino)

The November 23 Massacre — also known as the Maguindanao or Ampatuan Massacre — has become an emblem for a country’s culture of impunity, where powerful people think they can literally get away with murdering dozens of innocent people in a single premeditated act.

It has been a year since that infamous day. There have been no convictions. A trial continues, hidden from public view by a Supreme Court ruling prohibiting live coverage and cameras inside the courtroom.

—Howie Severino, GMANews.TV

View the chronological grid of the trial’s progress here