The Week in Photos: December 23, 2022

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Open in your browser The Week in Photos Saber-rattling in the West Philippine Sea, the battle of Katipunan, MMFF is back, a historic voyage, and much more SUBSCRIBE Loakan Reopened A PAL flight that landed in Baguio City on Dec 16 is given a water salute upon touchdown for marking the reopening of Loakan Airport to commercial aircraft. —NOLI GABILO Night Light A fisherman and his wife use a solar lamp as they sort out their catch one early morning on the shore of Halian in Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte. —ERWIN M. MASCARIÑAS Spirit of the Season Manila's poor, many of them homeless, line up at Liwasang Bonifacio on Dec 18, a week before Christmas Day, to avail themselves of food packs being distributed courtesy of a private clinic. —RICHARD A. REYES Shadowed AFP personnel onboard this contracted fishing vessel were at the Ayungin Shoal on Dec 17 when "challenged" by the Chinese coast guard. —AFP WESTERN COMMAND   'Battle of Katipunan' Victors Ateneo de Manila University beats University of the Philippines, 75-68, to reclaim the UAAP crown in Season 85 of the men's basketball championship. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ Road to Freedom More than 300 inmates from different prisons and penal farms of the Bureau of Corrections will spend Christmas with their families following their release after a program at New Bilibid Prison on Dec 19. —RICHARD A. REYES Historic Voyage The Bangsamoro government reenacts on Dec 19 the arrival of Arab missionary Shariff Kabunsuan to spread Islam in mainland Mindanao 500 years ago, kicking off a weeklong celebration in the southern autonomous region. —BARMM Closer Look At least three foundations of the P680-million Ungka flyover have sunk just three months after it was opened. The DPWH will conduct a soil reinvestigation to determine the cause. —AJ PALCULLO Rolling The float of one of the eight entries to this year's MMFF makes its way through Quezon City on Dec 21. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE Time Capsule President Marcos and Palayan City Mayor Nicole Cuevas seal the time capsule for a housing project along with Speaker Martin Romualdez (left). —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ a small favor Hi Edward, We'd like to know what you think of this newsletter. Send us your feedback by leaving a message in our suggestion box. say hi Copyright © 2022 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe