SPREADING THE LOVE - Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) personnel offer lady passengers flowers at the LRT Central Station In Manila on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, ahead of Valentine's Day. (Arnold Quizol)
ALL TOGETHER NOW - Tourists take the time to exercise while on the spider web-style viewing platform at the Masungi Geo-Reserve in Baras, Rizal, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Masungi is a conservation area and rustic rock garden tucked in the rainforests of Rizal. Senator Nancy binay has asked the Senate to conduct a probe into the reported plan of the Bureau of Corrections to build a facility at the geo-reserve. (Arnold Quizol)
ASH WEDNESDAY - Teachers and students at the Baclaran Elementary School in Parañaque City receive ash on their forehead in the shape of a cross on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, which also marks the start of the Lenten season. (Arnold Quizol)
JICA PRESIDENT VISITS BRP MELCHORA AQUINO - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Tanaka Akihiko (fifth from right) visits the BRP Melchora Aquino MRRV 9702 in Pier 13, Manila on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Artemio Abu (fourth from right) welcomed Akihiko onboard the vessel which was acquired with a loan from the Japanese Official Development Assistance, through JICA. (Arnold Quizol)
GROUP STAGE RIVALS - The Philippines, which is co-hosting the 2023 FIBA World Cup with Japan and Indonesia, is bracketed with Angola, Dominican Republic, and Italy in the group stage of the basketball spectacle this August. Leading the official draw ceremony at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Saturday, April 29, 2023, are FIBA ambassadors Luis Scola, Dirk Nowitzki, Catriona Gray, LA Tenorio, Takehiko Orimo, and Raffi Ahmad. (Arnold Quizol)
LABOR DAY MARCH - More than 10,000 workers representing trade unions, labor federations, and workers' organizations march from España to Mendiola in Manila under the banner of the All Philippine Trade Unions (APTU) on Labor Day, May 1, 2023. The workers demanded wage hikes; new, permanent, and decent jobs; end to contractual employment and precarious work arrangements: and full respect for labor rights. (Arnold Quizol) / ANOTHER NAIA DEBACLE - Long lines of disgruntled passengers form outside the office of an airline company at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, seeking to rebook or refund their tickets after flights are canceled or delayed due to a power outage that hit the terminal on May 1, 2023. (Arnold Quizol)
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY - A worker segregates plastic in a junkshop on Mel Lopez Boulevard in Tondo, Manila on Thursday, June 1, 2023. World Environment Day on June 5 seeks solutions to plastic pollution under the #BeatPlasticPollution campaign. (Arnold Quizol)
MPD@122 - Philippine National Police (PNP) Manila Police District (MPD) Director Brig. Gen. Andre Dizon (left), and Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna (third from left) salute the colors during the pass in review to mark the celebration of the 122nd founding of the MPD at the MPD Headquarters on United Nations Avenue in Manila on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (Arnold Ouizol)
ICONIC - The '#SaveSanSebastian' campaign is advocating to rehabilitate and save the 132-year-old Basilica Minor of San Sebastian, the only all-steel church in the country and in Asia. Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua has appealed to the government and the private sector to help in repairing the church. (Arnold Quizol)
