SAMPIRO DE MAKATI GRAND PARADE

Resident's of Makati City perform in the Sampiro de Makati Grand Parade in celebration of  the city's 342nd anniversary held at the Makati City quadrangle parking lot yesterday. (Ali Vicoy)

MEMORIAL DAY

Relatives visits their departed loved ones at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City yesterday. Americans will observe Memorial Day on the last MOnday of the month to honor men and women who have died in military service for the United States. (Ali Vicoy)

PRESIDENTIAL PRAY-OVER

Pastors and security escorts help a kneeling President Benigno S. Aquino III stand up again after a pray-over during the 2012 Global Day of Prayer in San Juan on Saturday. (KJ Rosales)

NEW HOPE FOR THREATENED SHARK

Marine biologist Ma. Leanna Manubag (left), and marine aquarist Jerlie Pangantihon release a white spotted bamboo shark, classified as a Near Threatened species, in the waters of Calatagan, Batangas on Saturday. The shark release is part of Manila Ocean Park’s ‘Back to the Wild’ campaign. (Jacqueline Hernandez)

UNEXPECTED RECONCILIATION

Fransesca Basa, a member of the Basa family, approaches Chief Justice Renato Corona, and some members of his family, as an apparent gesture of reconciliation during the continuation of the impeachment trial at the Session Hall of Senate afternoon of Friday

 

Special Reports

Recto Bank: Petroleum Discovery’s Gateway?

To the energy secretary, if the estimated huge reserves at the Recto Bank will be realized – it can redeem the country on its long-term quest for new gas finds.

 

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.