BECAUSE of bleaching caused by rising ocean temperatures, this technicolor coral reef off Lanao del Norte may soon turn into a brown lump and then into a white colony. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KAUSWAGAN AGRICULTURE OFFICE
ROBREDO: Out of the loop EDWIN BACASMAS
GOODWILL Crew members of the visiting US nuclear-powered supercarrier USS George Washington teach children to march snappily during a visit to Ermita, Manila. The ship’s 5,000 crew members are on a holiday after their mission at sea. ANDREW TADALAN
CELEBRATORY Street children pick up balloons used by schools in bidding their Bar examinees good luck on the first Sunday of the Bar exams. INQUIRER.net/Tetch Torres
HELLO JOE USS George Washington, an American nuclear-powered supercarrier, drops anchor off Manila Bay at daybreak Saturday. ARNOLD ALMACEN
MANILA Vice Mayor Isko Moreno says he monitored the deterioration of the hostage crisis on a TV set in a hotel bar. JESS YUSON
PLEASE EXPLAIN. Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo (left) and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima (center) question Interior Undersecretary Rico E. Puno (back to camera) at the formal investigation of the Luneta bus siege. EDWIN BACASMAS
JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima is in the thick of the marathon hearings that will be concluded tomorrow. ANDREW TADALAN
MOBILE HOME A mother totes a toddler on one arm as she maneuvers a pushcart carrying odds and ends and two other children on a busy street in Ermita, Manila. The pushcart also serves as the family home. ROMY HOMILLADA