Just weeks after winning the Kate Webb Award from the Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism won yet another international award for its reporting.
A week after the Ampatuan Massacre of Nov. 23, 2009, the Ampatuans tried to secure amnesty for dozens of their high-powered, high-end firearms. After the massacre, the AFP unearthed or seized 1,200 illegal firearms in Maguindanao, including at least 300 reportedly linked to the incident.