FREEING TREND

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV sits on sofa inside a relative house at Town and Country Executive Village in Antipolo shortafter he was released from prison in Camp Crame Monday night. The former Navy official turned Senator who was allegedly involved on two attempts to overthrow the recent Arroyo administration has been granted provisional liberty by a Makati Trial Court. PHOTO BY RICHARD REYES

OBLATION RUN AND HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

Students hold banner signifying support for the release of Morong 43 as members of Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity move past them during signature run in University of the Philippines Campus in Manila. Earlier, President Noynoy Aquino ordered Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on his speech at the Rizal Hall of Malacanang to withdraw the cases filed against the so-called "Morong 43" health workers. PHOTO BY RICHARD REYES

TRIP AND THREAT

Aeta children wave to grade school students of Infant Jesus Montessori School of Cavite finally arriving at "Zoocabia" after hours of delayed due to bomb threat texted to the school principal forced the 11-bus convoy to screech to a stop at the shoulder of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway in Pampanga. The bomb scare turns out to be false. PHOTO BY RICHARD REYES

DIVISORIA

Shoppers fill up the portion of CM Recto Avenue in Divisoria, Manila to look for bargain items with severals days remaining before Christmas. PHOTO BY RICHARD REYES