BACK AT IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

Supported by an aide, Chief Justice Renato Corona (third from right) and his wife Cristina (second from right) arrive at the Senate building for his impeachment trial, returning to the witness stand after his sudden exit last Tuesday after suffering from hypoglycemia. (Ali Vicoy)

AQUINO AT AKBAYAN CONGRESS

President Benigno S. Aquino III (center) joins Akbayan spokesperson and former Akbayan Party List Rep. Risa Hontiveros Baraquel (left) and Presidential Political Adviser Ronald Llamas (right) as he attend the Akbayan Citizen’s Action Party’s Fifth Regular Congress at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on Friday, May 25, 2012. (Malacañang photo)

 

 

LONGEST MURAL

Volunteers help paint a “Wall of Nature” mural on a wall at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center in Quezon City as part of the celebration of Ocean Month and the International Day of Biodiversity.  The “Wall of Nature” is expected to be the longest mural in the country upon its completion. (KJ Rosales)

JESSICA-JENNIFER DUET

Fans in Samal, Bataan root for Fil-Mexican Jessica Sanchez as she performs“And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” together with Jennifer Holiday, the singer who originally sung that song during a special screening of the 11th Season Finale of the American Idol in Los Angeles, California.Reuters — Fans in Samal, Bataan root for Filipino-American-Mexican Jessica Sanchez as she performs during the finale of American Idol Season 11. (Ali Vicoy)

LOCAL SUPPORT

Fans in Samal, Bataan root for Filipino-American-Mexican Jessica Sanchez as she performs during the finale of American Idol Season 11. (Ali Vicoy)

 

Special Reports

Petroleum Reserves: The ‘Disputed’ Treasure?

The conflict over territorial claims dominate the news cycle about the South China Sea (SCS), but the real story behind the issue could have been the vast ‘treasures’ underneath – oil and gas.

 

Leave Shoal, PH Tells China

The Philippines has demanded anew that Chinese vessels immediately pull out from Panatag (Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough) Shoal and the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). It also asked China to refrain from taking further actions that exacerbate the situation in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).