News in Pictures: August 9, 2024

REFUTED LINE BY LINE

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair George Erwin Garcia again faced the media to belie allegations from Sagip Rep. Rodante Marcoleta that he was keeping foreign bank accounts. At a press conference on Thursday at the Comelec office in Intramuros, Manila, Garcia also hinted that the poll body’s former automation technology supplier, Smartmatic, was behind the “demolition job” against him. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

NIÑO’S ANGUISH

Actor-businessman Niño Muhlach breaks down in tears at a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday regarding the sexual abuse complaint filed by his actor-son Sandro against GMA consultants Jojo Nones and Richard Cruz. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

VICTOR’S ROAR

An overhead electronic screen at Gateway shopping mall in Quezon City projects the image of Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo when he captured his first of two gold medals in the Paris Olympics. Photo taken on Tuesday. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

IRRIGATION TOOLS

President Marcos leads the turnover of heavy equipment to the regional offices of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in a program held at Global Construct City on North Luzon Expressway in Mexico, Pampanga, on Wednesday. With a total cost of P782 million, the new excavators, trailer trucks and dumpers were acquired under the NIA’s three-year refleeting program. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

ANTI-URBAN BLIGHT

Workers secure or remove dangling utility cables that may pose safety hazards in Intramuros, Manila, on Thursday, as part of the anti-urban blight initiative between the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and Meralco. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

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4-NATION NAVAL DRILLS

Scenes from the maritime cooperative activity conducted by the Philippines and three allies—the United States, Australia and Canada—in the West Philippine Sea on Aug. 7, amid continuing tensions in the region due to China’s aggressive behavior and sweeping claims over these waters despite being rejected by a historic arbitral ruling in 2016. —PHOTOS FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES