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By JONATHAN DE SANTOS ACTIVISTS troop to the Supreme Court tomorrow, the second time they will do so this month, to oppose the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. But another group has been working quietly towards much the same goal: a repeal of the law that critics say will violate the freedoms of speech and

Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA FORMER University of the Philippines Collegian Editor Ericson “Eric” Acosta, political prisoner under the democratically elected Aquino administration, flew back safely to Manila early Friday after close to two years of detention at a Samar sub-provincial jail. He was immediately taken to the National Kidney Institute for renal treatment

Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA CALBAYOG CITY, Samar—Political prisoner Ericson “Eric” Acosta, who had long stopped counting the days he had spent in jail at this city’s sub-provincial jail in Western Samar, was sprung an unanticipated pre-Valentine gift on Thursday: The court allowed the poet-composer and former Philippine Collegian editor to leave jail on

Text by MIKHA FLORES Photos by MARIO IGNACIO IV THE recently signed Cybercrime Law may be unconstitutional since it adopted the libel provision of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) which may no longer be in conformance with Supreme Court decisions and international law when the Philippine government signed and ratified the International Covenant on Civil

By ACE ESMERALDA THE election period in the Philippines began Sunday and signalled the start of a nationwide total gun ban expected to minimize election-related offenses, particularly gun-related violence among political groups and clans. For many, the gun ban brings some relief, especially since the country enters this period with heightened fear of gun-related violence.

Text and photos by JONATHAN DE SANTOS CIVIL society groups say President Benigno Aquino III has been unable to narrow the gap between rich and poor in the country, and that he has failed to wield agrarian reform to close that gap. Aquino’s critics came out recently to urge him to speed up the distribution

Podcast and photos by LOIS JOY GUINMAPANG THE annual Feast of the Black Nazarene culminates on Wednesday with the grand translacion procession that will bring the life-sized dark wooden sculpture of the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno from the Quirino Grandstand back to its home at Quiapo Church. The celebration started days earlier. On Monday, devotees

  By NORMAN SISON Sunset photo by BEN LEAÑO Imagine Manila without a view of its world-famous sunsets over Manila Bay or without a view of the bay itself. Simply unthinkable. Manila doesn’t rank alongside London, Paris and other great capitals of the world. However, what it lacked in man-made wonders, Manila Bay’s natural beauty