Philippines to convict for political massacre

The Philippines is aiming to speed up convictions in the country's worst political massacre to ensure justice amid fears the trial could drag on for years, the country's top justice official said, AFP reported.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said the government wants judgments against the Ampatuan Muslim clan, accused of being behind the murder of 58 people in 2009.

"The marching orders of the president is that during his term up to 2016, there's got to be convictions," de Lima told AFP in an interview.