A miracle amid devastation, something rotten in Zamboanga, protest for the accord, suspicious tanker in Samar waters, and much more
The Week in Photos | A miracle amid devastation, something rotten in Zamboanga, protest for the accord, suspicious tanker in Samar waters, and much more | | | | | | | Online No More | A raid on Jan 31 at the Bicutan Detention Center of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Taguig City led to the confiscation of cell phones, laptops and more than P500,000 in cash. Thirty-six BI personnel tasked to guard detained foreigners were relieved of their posts. —NCRPO-PIO | | | | | | Culture as Crowd Drawer | The Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay City has resumed in-person activities for its annual multiarts festival, Pasinaya, including this folk dance performance on Feb 4. —RICHARD A. REYES | | | | | | | | | Moment of Peace | The gun and helmet of a Ukrainian soldier rest on the ground near Bakhmut. Heavy fighting rages in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the situation as "getting tougher." —AFP | | | | | | | | Disaster Strikes | Syrian rescuers and civilians search for victims and survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake hit Syria's Idlib province, on the border with Turkey, on Feb 6. —AFP | | | | | | Support for Prof | Protesters gather near Camp Karingal in Quezon City to call out the arrest of professor Melania Flores, who was nabbed by policemen in her house inside the University of the Philippines Diliman campus on Feb 6. —LYN RILLON | | | | | | | | No Papers | A Philippine Coast Guard team on the BRP Cabra approaches a stalled tanker in the waters off Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, in this photo taken on Jan 27. —PCG | | | | | | | | | Something's Rotten | Some 70 tons of smuggled onions seized late last month and now deemed unsafe to eat are buried at a Department of Agriculture compound in San Ramon, Barangay Talisayan, Zamboanga City, on Feb 4. —JOSEPHINE PAREJA OFFICE | | | | | | Hope Amid Devastation | A newborn baby still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother was pulled alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria on Feb 7 and brought to a clinic in the city of Afrin. The baby is the only surviving member of her family. —AFP | | | | | | 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. | | | | |
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