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THREAD: The landmark decision for the #MaguindanaoMassacre case will be out today, putting an end to a nearly decade-long trial for the deaths of 58 people.

Follow this thread for updates. bit.ly/35AQ077

Convicted or acquitted? The fate of these Ampatuan clan members will be decided today:

Akmad "Tato" Ampatuan Sr.
Andal "Unsay" Ampatuan Jr.
Anwar Ampatuan Sr.
Anwar Ampatuan Jr.
Anwar Sajid "Ulo" Ampatuan
Sajid Islam Ampatuan
Zaldy "Puti" Ampatuan

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Of the 80 accused who have not yet been arrested, 14 have an Ampatuan surname bit.ly/2EvccDD

Accredited media waiting outside the Metro Manila District Jail Annex 2 where the courtroom for the #MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict is located bit.ly/35AQ077 | @anjocalimario

@anjocalimario LOOK: Maguindanao Rep. Toto Mangudadatu arrives at Camp Bagong Diwa where the #MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict will be announced bit.ly/35AQ077 | @anjocalimario

Most of the #MaguindanaoMassacre victims were part of a convoy to file the certificate of candidacy for provincial governor of then Buluan Vice Mayor Toto Mangudadatu.

He was running against Datu Andal Ampatuan, Jr., also known as Unsay. bit.ly/35AX43j

Around 50 members of the NCRPO civil disturbance management unit are outside Camp Bagong Diwa for crowd control. There are also about a dozen policemen armed with rifles

Gate of the camp is now closed. Total lockdown is in place bit.ly/35AX43j | @xianneangel

#MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict special coverage: Today is judgment day.

Over the next few hours, a Quezon City regional trial court judge will announce the verdict in the decade-old case.

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For families of #MaguindanaoMassacre victims who cannot be accommodated inside the courtroom, there is a tent just past the entrance gate of Camp Bagong Diwa which serves as a holding area for them. They will have to monitor the proceedings through TV sets | @davidyusantos

Ateneo School of Government Dean Ronald Mendoza: The #MaguindanaoMassacre case is not the only case the Ampatuans are linked to

Mendoza: Rido, inter-clan warfare, private armed groups. That sort of environment has been linked to the Ampatuans. Maybe it should be linked also to other clans as well but they were seen as the biggest examples of this. #MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict

This is where media will stay while the decision is being read bit.ly/35AQ077 | @anjocalimario #MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict

@anjocalimario National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Chairperson Nonoy Espina: I think everyone here expects a just verdict. We expect a conviction of at least the primary suspects

NUJP: We should also remember that this is only 101 suspects. This is actually far from over — but we will welcome a just decision today

NUJP: Good fortune that we found partners before to fund scholarships for the orphans of the victims. We had to stop the program. We’re still looking for new sources of funding

NUJP: It should have been the state’s responsibility to take care of the victims’ families

LOOK: Inside the courtroom in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City where the decision will be read.

The room will also implement a strict entry rule, as it can only accommodate around 200 persons bit.ly/35AQ077 #MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict

Media who will be covering inside the courtroom compound have to go through several security checks first bit.ly/35AQ077 | @anjocalimario #MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict

Those who will be entering are asked to remove their shoes bit.ly/35AQ077 | @anjocalimario #MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict

@anjocalimario Former House Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada commends Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes: Usually a judge does not sit in a case for such a long period of time. She's either transferred, promoted. I think she was convinced by then Chief Justice Sereno to remain bit.ly/2Ez935S

BREAKING: Quezon City Regional Trial Court 221 to begin verdict announcement in #MaguindanaoMassacre case bit.ly/2Ez935S

Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes wasn't even supposed to handle the high-profile case bit.ly/2MbcGD5 #MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict

In General Santos City, families of the #MaguindanaoMassacre victims wait for the announcement of verdict bit.ly/35AQ077 | @TriciahTerada #MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict

Some victims’ families now inside Camp Bagong Diwa. They confer with their lawyer Harry Roque hours before the verdict is handed down bit.ly/35AQ077 | @AC_Nicholls #MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict

Mendoza on Maguindanao Massacre: I think because of the alliances with the powerful in Manila and the way they lorded over Maguindanao for decades, they literally thought they could get away with it bit.ly/35AQ077

Tañada on Judge Solis-Reyes: Despite maybe forgoing promotions, she stayed so that justice may be served bit.ly/35AQ077

Mendoza: We wonder why people keep voting for fat dynasties. This should remind us that people don't have a choice. If people remain in power to this day and have not been held accountable for the last 10 years... I think this decision is so important bit.ly/35AQ077

Members of Bayan Muna and National Union of Journalists of the Philippines hold a rally outside Camp Bagong Diwa while waiting for the verdict in #MaguindanaoMassacre case bit.ly/35AQ077 | @xianneangel