LENSPEAK:

THE YEAR IN PHOTOS

Thomasians hold a prayer vigil and candle-lighting ceremony at the Quadricentennial Park on Sept. 18, the day the news broke out on Atio's death.

Aegis Juris Fraternity members appear before a Senate inquiry into the fatal hazing case of Atio Castillo. (From left: John Paul Solano, Ralph Trangia, Arvin Balag, Aeron Salientes, Zimon Padro and Jose Miguel Salamat.)

Manila police search the Aegis Juris Fraternity library along Laon Laan Street, where the hazing initiation rites of Atio took place.

Carmina and Horacio Jr., Atio's parents, speak to reporters after the preliminary investigation at the Justice department on Oct. 24

UST Rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P., leads the Mass at the Santisimo Rosario Parish together with Vice Rector Fr. Richard Ang, O.P. and Secretary General Jesus Miranda Jr., O.P., on the 40th day since Atio's death.

UST Faculty of Civil Law Dean Nilo Divina faces the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs in a hearing on Atio's hazing death.

Horacio Jr. blesses the remains of his son Atio for with Holy Water for the last time during the Requiem Mass at the Santuario de San Antonio Parish in Makati.

Horacio Jr. and Carmina Castillo, parents of slain UST law freshman Horacio Castillo III, take an oath during the hearing on cases filed against members of the Aegis Juris Fraternity at the Department of Justice on Oct. 9, 2017.

Aegis Juris fratmen arrive at the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 20 for the continuation of the trial against them for violation of the Anti-Hazing Law.