News in Pictures: April 28, 2024
Cat and mouse among the poor
A man on Friday finishes his breakfast at an eatery on Timog Avenue, Quezon City, as its operators hurriedly take away their pots, pans, cooking utensils and other belongings during a sidewalk clearing operation by enforcers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. Timog and other roads were identified as alternate routes for motorists after the partial closure last Thursday of the Kamuning flyover which will undergo repairs. —LYN RILLON
Relief from the Heat
Villagers on Friday take a dip in the Pampanga River in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija province, amid the heat wave worsened by El Niño already stretching to almost a month, since weather bureau Pagasa began monitoring the heat index after the Holy Week break. Last week, the heat index in the province, as in other parts of the country including Metro Manila, ranged between the “extreme caution” level of 41 degrees Celsius to the “danger” level of 48 C.
-RICHARD A. REYES
Fire and outage
A lineman repairs a tangle of wires in Barangay Apolonio, Quezon City.
A power interruption hit this neighborhood of about 100 homes on Friday after an electric post caught fire. Repairmen traced the outage to the unstable power supply caused by high consumption amid the hot weather.
– LYN RILLON
Against the Drills
Estelita Dy (top photo), a 94-year-old survivor of wartime sex slavery during the Japanese Occupation, attends a forum on Friday led by activist groups to join their call against the ongoing “Balika-tan” exercises and the Philippine government’s policy of forging military alliances with Japan and other countries. The drills between Philippine and US troops are the most expansive yet, with the participation of the French Navy and of other nations acting as observers. Also on Friday, five days into the exercises, US and Filipino soldiers conduct field artillery training in Laur, Nueva Ecija. —PHOTOS BY LYN RILLON AND RICHARD A. REYES
