ALLIES. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo listens while Speaker Jose de Venecia adjusts his necktie during the presentation of the Philippines' Midterm Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals and Global Report 2007 at the Manila Hotel. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/LYN RILLON
DISCUSSION. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and National Economic and Development Authority Acting Director General Augusto Santos speak briefly during the presentation of the Philippines' Midterm Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals and Global Report 2007 at the Manila Hotel. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/LYN RILLON
ARLEGUI. The facade of the Arlegui building. Malacañang has said it will abide by a Supreme Court ruling ordering the Office of the President to hand back the property to a 90-year-old widow. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/LYN RILLON
ROSALES VS YANO. Former Akbayan partylist Representative Loretta Anne Rosales and Army Chief Alexander Yano debate over the unresolved case involving the disappearance of two students from the University of the Philippines. INQUIRER.net/JOEL GUINTO
HEARING. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV after attending a hearing at the Makati Regional Trial Court, where he is facing coup d'etat charges. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/REM ZAMORA
IMPROMPTU SHOW. Two dolphins -- one with a bite wound from a cookie cutter shark -- fly out of the open water 10 kilometers off the Puerto Princesa Bay as they seem to make an impromptu show for tourists and guests who came to watch the launching of the city's Dolphin and Whale Watching project of Mayor Edward Hagedorn. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ERNIE U. SARMIENTO
FIL-AM FIGHTER. Undefeated Filipino-American mixed martial arts fighter Brandon Vera takes on former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight kingpin Tim Sylvia at UFC 77: Hostile Territory. Video provided by Solar Sports, a partner of INQUIRER.net.
NIGHT BAZAAR. Sights and sounds of the Suan Lum Night Bazaar. Video taken by INQUIRER.net multimedia editor Joey Alarilla in Bangkok, Thailand.
ACTION-PACKED OCTOBER. Check out what Solar Sports has in store this October. Video provided by Solar Sports, a partner of INQUIRER.net.
THE NEWSMAKER VIDCAST. Should fraternities be banned? University of the Philippines-Diliman sociology professor and Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Michael Tan shares his views with INQUIRER.net executive editor Leo Magno in The Newsmaker Vidcast. Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Erwin Oliva at UP Diliman in Quezon City, Philippines. Vidcast produced by INQUIRER.net multimedia editor Joey Alarilla.
MANILA, Philippines -- A key ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has tagged Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno as the mastermind of the "weak" impeachment complaint filed by lawyer Roel Pulido.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—“E ta na tataya (Let’s stop betting).” Text messages with this call started circulating in Pampanga this week as the Pampanga Against Gambling Council (PAGC) launched a campaign to stop the illegal numbers game jueteng in Pampanga.