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(From left) Capt. Toru Imai, commanding officer of the Akitsushima of the Japanese Coast Guard; Capt. Antonio Sontillanosa, commanding officer of the MRRV 9702, Philippine Coast Guard and Capt. Brian Krautler, commanding officer of the Stratton of the US Coast Guard, link arms to kick off the Philippines' joint maritime drills with Japan and the US in Bataan. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN

PH, Japan, US kick off maritime drills in Bataan

- June 1, 2023

PMaj. Rene Torzar Balmaceda is the first openly transgender member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the first to be assigned to the Women and Children Concern Section and CIDU (Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit) of the Quezon City Police District. In an interview in her office at Camp Karingal on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Balmaceda said members of the LGBTQIA+ community should hold themselves respectable and not tarnish their image for self gain at the expense of other people. June is known as Pride Month. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

First transgender PNP member speaks up

June 1, 2023

People cross the Parañaque River using a small wooden boat on Thursday, June 1, 2023. The lack of infrastructure like foot bridges have forced some people to take a riskier route to get to their destinations. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA

Wooden boats ferry residents across Parañaque River

June 1, 2023

A caravan against war and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States rolls out at the Quezon City Memorial Circle on Thursday, June 1, 2023. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

Anti-EDCA caravan rolls out in Quezon City

June 1, 2023

PlanetGold Philippines introduces a mercury free processing system for small-scale gold miners in a press conference at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City on Thursday, June 1, 2023. PlanetGOLD is a five-year project which seeks to reduce, if not eliminate, the use of mercury in the artisanal gold small-scale mining (ASGM) sector. PHOTO BY MIKE DE JUAN

New technology in reducing mercury in small-scale gold mining launched

June 1, 2023

Workers clean and segregate plastic bottles inside a junk shop in Manila on Thursday, June 1, 2023. World Environment Day on June 5 focuses on solutions to plastic pollution under the campaign #BeatPlasticPollution. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO

Plastic bottles cleaned, segregated in Manila

June 1, 2023

Parañaque opens its first recycling facility that turns plastic bottles into eco bricks. Aleli Arcilla, vice president and managing director of Mondelēz International, together with Mark Allen Besa of the Parañaque City Environment and Natural Resources, and Elvin Ivan Uy, executive director of Philippine Business for Social Progress, Inc., led in making the first eco bricks of the Parañaque Ecohub. The project seeks to provide jobs for residents and lessen plastic pollution in the city. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA

Parañaque opens first recycling facility

May 31, 2023

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. with Antonio Lagdameo Jr., special assistant to the President of the Philippines, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, Speaker Martin Romualdez, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Jose Arnulfo "Wick" Veloso, Chairman Rodolfo Del Rosario Jr., and Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto Rubiano attend the celebration of GSIS’ 86th anniversary on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Marcos also led the inspection of the GSIS Kadiwa para sa Manggagawa at the head office in Pasay City on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

Marcos leads celebration of GSIS anniversary

May 31, 2023

Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio, lead counsel of suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., answers questions from the media during the weekly "Kapihan sa Manila Bay" forum on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Topacio said his client, who is accused of masterminding the assassination of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo, may or may not choose to go back to the Philippines. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO

Teves may or may not choose to return to PH, says lawyer

May 31, 2023

Senate President Juan Miguel ‘Migz’ Zubiri thanks his colleagues after the marathon session on Senate Bill 2020 or the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill, which was passed early Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Nineteen senators voted in favor of the MIF that will be used by the government to invest in assets that can generate income and spur economic growth for the country. SENATE PHOTO

Zubiri thanks colleagues for passing MIF bill

May 31, 2023

Graduating students seeking employment line up during the Manila government’s Mega Job fair inside the Universidad de Manila on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO

Graduating students line up for possible employment

May 31, 2023

Activists protest during the National Fisherfolks Day in Mendiola, Manila, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO

Protest marks National Fisherfolks Day

May 31, 2023

Militants protest in front of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in Quezon City against the Senate approval of the Maharlika Investment Fund on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. PHOTO BY MIKE DE JUAN

Militants protest against Senate OK of Maharlika Fund

May 31, 2023

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting in Malacañang on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. PHOTO BY KJ ROSALES /PPA POOL

Marcos holds sectoral meeting in Malacañang

May 30, 2023

San Juan City Mayor Francisco Zamora attends the ceremony presenting 27 former Communist Terror Group (CTG) Front Organization Members and 17 active members at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

San Juan Mayor Zamora witnesses presentation of 27 ex-, 17 active communists

May 30, 2023

Sen. Cynthia Villar awards contestants of Month of the Ocean 2023 at the Las Piñas-Paranaque Wetland Park on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

Villar awards Month of the Ocean 2023 participants

May 30, 2023

Members of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) River Warrior group cleans up along Manila Bay on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO

Manila Bay undergoes cleanup

May 30, 2023

A group protests against Senate Bill 1869 or the Act of Creating the Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control in front of the Senate Building in Pasay City, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA

Protest raised against creation of center for disease and prevention control

May 30, 2023

Long head: Govt revitalizes salt industry

Short head: Salt for saleA vendor scoops sea salt in a container at a stall in Marikina Public Market on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Congress passed on third and final reading the Salt Industry Development Act which seeks to revitalize the salt industry, attain increased income for farmers and producers, achieve self-sufficiency and become a net exporter of the product. PHOTO BY MIKE DE JUAN

Govt revitalizes salt industry

May 30, 2023

Workers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) clean the Talayan creek along Araneta Avenue in Quezon City, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The MMDA has been clearing waterways in all of the 16 cities and municipalities of Metro Manila in preparation for the rainy season. PHOTO BY MIKE DE JUAN

MMDA cleans waterways ahead of rainy season

May 30, 2023

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