Im suzanne was going to welcome to news asia it is good to have you with us we start with whats been called the trial of the decade in the philippines a court test sentenced members of a powerful political family to life in prison for orchestrating a massacre 10 years ago it was a story that rocked the philippines around the world in 2958 people were murdered in an ambush on a convoy carrying a candidates family ahead of a Regional Election and 32. 00 journalists were among those who were killed now it happened in maganda now province in the south of the philippines this is a region that is battling insurgencies and on rest the perpetrators members of a political dynasty who did not want to see their power challenged for the victims families it has been a long wait for justice. 10 years have passed but these people have not and may never heal. They cannot forget the murderers who took away their loved ones. But today justice has been done for them they are hereby convicted and sentence