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Miriam College Foundation vs CA, Briones, Gomez, et al

MIRIAM COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC., petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, JASPER BRIONES, JEROME GOMEZ, RELLY CARPIO, ELIZABETH VALDEZCO, JOSE MARI RAMOS, CAMILLE PORTUGAL, JOEL TAN and GERALD GARY RENACIDO, respondents.

G.R. No. 127930 | 2000-12-15

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

"Obscene," "vulgar," "indecent," "gross," "sexually explicit," "injurious to young readers," and devoid of all moral values."[1] This was how some members of the Miriam College community allegedly described the contents of the September-October 1994 issue (Vol. 41, No. 14) of Miriam College's school paper (Chi-Rho), and magazine (Ang Magasing Pampanitikan ng Chi-Rho). The articles in the Chi-Rho included:

xxx a story, clearly fiction, entitled 'Kaskas' written by one Gerald Garry Renacido xxx.

Kaskas, written in Tagalog, treats of the experience of a group of young, male, combo players who, one evening,...