PRESS CON FOR ACCUSED The National Bureau of Investigation on Friday grants Arnolfo Teves Jr. the platform of a news conference (1ST photo)—which an ordinary defendant, if confronted by the gravity of the charges against the expelled lawmaker, might otherwise be denied. Teves, who was arrested two days earlier in Timor-Leste after two years in hiding there, is facing 27 counts of murder, frustrated murder and attempted murder, including the 2023 assassination of his rival, then Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo. The attendance of his mother Zenaida (2nd photo) at the press conference served to highlight further that privilege accorded to Teves. But he maintained that “my conscience is clear,” while his lawyer insisted that Teves’ return to Manila constituted a kidnapping. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
SHOW BIZ COURTESY CALL
President Marcos on May 21 meets with the cast and crew of “The Last Resort,” including lead actors Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich, both famous for their appearances in the “Star Wars” series of movies. The upcoming rom-com, produced by Manuel V. Pangilinan (left) who joined this “meet and greet,” is about a career woman who finds new life and love while traveling to the Philippines. —PPA POOL
DRINK YOUR MILK—AND MORE
Quezon City led by its Mayor Joy Belmonte hosts a one-day trade fair organized by the National Dairy Authority on Friday at the City Hall grounds, featuring various milk-based products of farm cooperatives in southern and northern Luzon. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
LEAVE NO PAGE BEHIND
Less than three weeks after the May 12 elections, workers begin destroying reams of unused official ballots and other forms printed for the midterm polls. Photo taken on Friday at the National Printing Office in Quezon City, where the documents were also produced. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
