News: Maharlika fund signed into law, two activists missing, dangerous heat in America, cheers and tears from war on drugs survivors, and much more

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Maharlika fund signed into law, two activists missing, dangerous heat in America, cheers and tears from war on drugs survivors, and much more

The Week in Photos

July 21, 2023

Maharlika fund signed into law, two activists missing, dangerous heat in America, cheers and tears from war on drugs survivors, and much more

For His File

A policeman makes no secret of his task to take photos of the people who joined the July 14 demonstration for the missing activists Dexter Capuyan and Bazoo de Jesus outside the Court of Appeals in Manila. The two Cordillera activists were allegedly abducted by state agents and remained missing on Friday. —RICHARD A. REYES

Not Going Anywhere

Workers start dismantling the statue of Lapulapu at Rizal Park for restoration on July 15. The National Museum has given assurance that it would be reinstalled at the same site. The statue depicts the Visayan island chieftain who was the first to fight and defeat Spanish colonial forces in what would eventually become the Filipino nation. —RICHARD A. REYES

French Package

This illustration provided by Naval Group shows a Scorpene-class submarine, which the French defense company has offered to the Philippine Navy in a package that includes training, technology transfer, and a maintenance facility. Naval Group opened its Philippine office in Makati City on July 12. —NAVAL GROUP

Soothing Presence

A volunteer passes out water to a homeless person in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 14. The weather service warned tens of millions of Americans in the US West of an "extremely hot and dangerous weekend" as brutal conditions threatened to break records due to a relentless heat dome that has baked parts of the country. —AFP

New Playground

A group of children finds a new spot to spend their Sunday afternoon in this reclaimed area in a section of Manila Bay in Bacoor City, Cavite. This particular reclamation project was granted an environmental compliance certificate by the environment department in 2020. —RICHARD A. REYES

Life-saving Operation

Emergency responders in Botolan town, Zambales province, brave the strong river current to rescue a group of teachers serving a remote Aeta community who were trapped in the rising water amid heavy downpour due to the southwest monsoon, or "habagat," in this photo taken on July 16. —BOTOLAN MUNICIPAL RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT OFFICE

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Sovereign Wealth Fund

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs the Maharlika Investment Fund into law on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, establishing the nation's first sovereign wealth fund. Marcos enacted Republic Act No. 11954 during a short ceremony in Malacañang, seven months after he first publicly expressed support for the sovereign wealth fund. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ

Cheers and Tears

Families of the victims of the government's war on drugs gather in Quezon City on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, to listen to the decision of the International Criminal Court via video streaming. They broke into applause and tears when the tribunal rejected the Philippines' appeal. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

On Track

President Marcos leads the inauguration on July 19 of the new trains for Line 1 of the Light Rail Transit in a program held at the LRT 1 depot Baclaran, Pasay City. The new trains were manufactured by Mitsubishi Corp. and Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrorcarriles of Spain. Joining Mr. Marcos are Sakamoto Takema, chief representative of Japan International Cooperation
Agency; Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista; Japanese Ambassador Kazuhiko Koshikawa; and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. chair and president Manuel V. Pangilinan. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

Pushback

Activist Carol Araullo (center) files a P2-million civil complaint at the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office on July 19, accompanied by (from left) journalist Vergel Santos, former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, her husband Mike, daughter Sandra, son Atom, and her lawyer Kristina Conti. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

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