GRIM DELIVERY

Funeral parlor workers transport a coffin by motorcycle on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, to the landslide site in La Libertad, Negros Oriental, one of the areas hardest hit by the recent 6.9-magnitude earthquake. (AFP Photo)

AQUINO AT TESDA

President Aquino greets officials, employees, and scholars of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) during his visit to the TESDA main office in Taguig City for the launching of the TESDA ‘Specialista Technopreneurship’ Program (TSTP) Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (MALACAÑANG Photo)
 

MUNTINLUPA SHOOTOUT

A priest prays for the soul of a suspected holdup man who lies dead at the parking lot of the Alabang Town Center in Muntinlupa City after a shootout with guards of an armored van Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Bank security guard Elmer Tagul also lies dead in the background. (Photo by ALI VICOY)
 

O.F.W. ASSISTANCE

Former Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar (2nd from right), Director of the Villar Foundation, hands air fares, and financial and livelihood assistance to three distressed overseas Filipino workers from the Middle East in a mall in Mandaluyong City, Friday, February 10, 2012. (Photo by MARK BALMORES)

CLOSING CEREMONY

Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and United States Coast Guard stand at attention during the flag-raising ceremony to close the Advance Boarding Officers Course for PCG and US Coast Guard, at the PCG headquarters in South Harbor, Manila, Friday, February 10, 2012. (Photo by LINUS GUARDIAN ESCANDOR II)

 

Special Reports

Two Winners Share P74.75-M Bonanza

Surely, life would be more fun now for two new instant millionaires after snatching Super Lotto 6/49's P74.75 million jackpot Friday, raising to P263.72 million the total payout to 12 on-lottery winners so far this year.

 

Saudi Investing $1.2B

A Saudi Arabian agro-industrial firm is investing $1.2 billion to cultivate an initial 2,000 hectares of idle lands in Maguindanao for the production of banana and root crops that are highly in demand in their oil-rich nation.