The Week in Photos: September 2, 2022

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No images? Click here   The Week in Photos Rising energy costs abroad, Leila’s 63rd, prized salt beds, protesting controversial road rules, and much more SUBSCRIBE       Rebound US Ambassador Mary Kay Carlson, here with President Marcos, Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, urges MSMEs to take advantage of the digital economy. More Marianne Bermudez   Nearing Fuel Poverty An energy customer examines the smart meter in her flat on the south London estate where she lives, on August 25. Increasingly cash-strapped Britons learn on August 26 how much their electricity and gas bills will rise in October. More AFP / Susannah Ireland   That’s Much Better The distribution of the DSWD educational cash assistance sees a big improvement from last week’s chaotic launch, where big crowds formed and tempers flared in the streets. More Niño Jesus Orbeta   Sixth Time to Spend Birthday in Detention Only her brother kept former Sen. Leila de Lima company on her 63rd birthday on August 27 at Camp Crame, after her other visitors, including former and current officials and lawmakers, were denied entry to the camp. More AFP / Maria Salvador Tan   A Holiday for Our Time A worker cleans the site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Libingan ng mga Bayani on August 28, ahead of National Heroes Day on August 29. More Richard A. Reyes   One Too Few This Sama-Bajau native in Lucena City is among the latest to be inoculated on August 17 and one of just over 120 of the 1,000 members of the indigenous peoples group who agreed to be vaccinated against COVID-19. More Department of Health Calabarzon   LEARN MORE   Prized Seasoning Mary Love Milan checks the mounds of salt harvested from their family’s salt beds in Noveleta town, Cavite province. The government has promised to extend technical assistance to local salt farmers. More Grig C. Montegrande   Team IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi (center) poses with the team set to inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The nuclear plant has been the target of strikes in recent weeks. More AFP   Cloudy Welcome Some 200 US Coast Guard members aboard USCG Cutter Midgett, which docked at the Port of Manila on August 30, will hold search-and-rescue exercises with the Philippine Coast Guard in local waters beginning September 3. Richard A. Reyes   Finished Yet Idled The San Jose Panlumacan Bridge (right) in Barangay San Jose in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, remains unused despite its completion in April 2016 because two houses are still standing in its path. More Tonette Orejas   Eyes Still on the Road Traffic monitors of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority keep watch on August 31, a day after the Supreme Court temporarily stopped the controversial no-contact apprehension policy (NCAP). More Niño Jesus Orbeta   Celebration Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr swim in the pool of the Government Headquarters in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Monday after storming the institution. More AFP / Ahmad al-Rubaye   Hi Edward, We want to hear what you think of this newsletter. Submit your feedback to our suggestion box.             Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  Copyright © 2022 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe