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SC DECIDES ON CYBERCRIME LAW
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Protesters pose for mock mug shots during a protest outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday against the cybercrime law. The high court has reportedly issued a temporary restraining order on Republic Act 10175, temporarily stopping law enforcement agencies from implementing the assailed provisions of the law. 

E-PETITION VS CYBERCRIME LAW
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Officials and members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, Philippine Press Institute, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, and Photojournalists Center of the Philippines file the first e-petition against the Cybercrime Prevention Act at the Supreme Court. The e-petition, circulated and signed online, questions the constitutionality of some of the provisions of Republic Act 10175.

‘BLACK TUESDAY’ AGAINST CYBERCRIME LAW
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Various groups opposing Republic Act (RA) No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act picket in front of the Supreme Court (SC) in Manila on Tuesday. The protesters asked the SC to strike down provisions of the law that would impede the free flow of information from Internet users in the Philippines. 

PROTESTERS GREET CJ SERENO ON FIRST DAY

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Protesters greet Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno on her first day in office as the new head of the judiciary on Tuesday at the Supreme Court. The group belongs to a farmers’ organization urging the Aquino government to start the distribution of Hacienda Luisita in accordance with an earlier high court decision. 

SHARI’A BAR PASSERS TAKE THEIR OATH

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Lady examinees who passed the 2011 Shari’a Bar prepare to take their oath in a ceremony at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Shari’a courts are courts of justice that have original jurisdiction over cases involving violations of PD 1083, or the Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines.

PROTESTERS ON THE DAY OF THE VERDICT

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Protesters rally outside the Senate gate to call for the conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona as the impeachment court convenes on Tuesday to hand down a verdict for the first time to a public official impeached by the House of Representatives. 

ATTORNEYS NIEL TUPAS JR. AND SERAFIN CUEVAS ON THE LAST DAY OF IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
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Lead prosecutor and Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr. (left) greets lead defense counsel Serafin Cuevas during the final day of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. The impeachment court, voting 20-3, found Corona guilty of betrayal of public trust for failing to disclose his true wealth in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN).

Supreme Court justices vote 14-0 for Hacienda Luisita land distribution. SC votes 8-6 for valuation of Luisita land to be pegged at 1989 value.

PHOTO: Hacienda Luisita farmers hail SC unanimous decision on total land distribution. |via @inareformina on Twitter 

Related story: HLI: We will abide by SC ruling 

Boredom? Sleepiness? Concern?

Senator-judges show different reactions as day 21 of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona proceeded at a slow pace with the prosecution presenting their witnesses for the third article of impeachment on Tuesday.

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