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The Week in Photos
September 8, 2023
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City hall tour, a heavy burden on the people, robust cooperation, Marcos in Indonesia, and much more |
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Heavy Burden
A worker for a rice outlet carries a sack of rice for a customer in Tandang Sora, Quezon City, on Sept 1, the same day President Marcos imposed price ceilings on the staple—P41 for regular milled rice and P45 for well-milled rice. The prices at a rice store show they are all above the caps set by the President. —LYN RILLON |
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Get Your Travel Kicks Here
A martial arts performance—one with a touch of comedy—provides one of the opening highlights of Korea Travel Fiesta 2023, a two-day tourism fair promoting South Korean destinations held at Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City on Sept 2. Not exactly a hard pitch in a country with an ever-growing fandom for K-pop and K-dramas. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA |
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No Jet Skis
Onlookers on Sept 3, the last day of the 34th Philippine Travel Mart, are enticed with tour packages to the Kalayaan Islands, an area within the country's waters claimed by Beijing. The pricey offers include a wide range of recreational activities, but not jet skiing, which travel agents said is "not environmentally sustainable." —RICHARD A. REYES |
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Tour
Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez (left) takes National Museum of the Philippines Director General Jeremy Barns on a tour of the Victorias City Hall during the latter's visit on Aug 28. The City Hall will be turned into a sugar museum once a new city government center is built. —VICTORIAS CITY PIO |
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'Robust' Cooperation
Two members of the Phililppine Navy (inset) on board the frigate BRP Jose Rizal watch an exercise on Sept 4, or what the Armed Forces of the Philippines described as a "bilateral sail," with the US Navy's USS Ralph Johnson. —AFP WESTERN COMMAND |
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Whole-of-Society Intervention
National Nutrition Council (NNC) Board Chair and Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa with Science and Technology Secretary and NNC member Renato Solidum Jr. unveil the "Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2023 – 2028" during its national launching at Manila Hotel in Manila on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. —RICHARD A. REYES |
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Warm Welcome
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and first lady Liza Araneta- Marcos are welcomed by Indonesian President Joko Widodo and first lady Iriana Widodo to the Asean Summit in Jakarta on Sept 5. —AFP
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Proudly PH-made
Amid continuing challenges in the West Philippine Sea, the country has long been pressed to develop its own defense industry. Here's one modest effort: a 7-meter long Gunner chase boat presented on Sept 6 at Beacon 2023, a three-day conference being held at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ |
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Cheek to Cheek
A couple dances a tango called "La Cachila" at Nuevo Gricel milonga, or night club, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Aug. 31. The capital has an average of 30 milongas per night, seven days a week, according to the vice president of the Association of Milonga Organizers Ana Bocutti. —AFP |
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