POSTHUMOUS AWARD. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. receives the Upsilonian Noble and Outstanding (UNO) award posthumously honoring his father and namesake, the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. (Upsilon Sigma Phi batch 1937) from officers of the Upsilon Sigma Phi Alumni Association (USPAA) at the Goldenberg Mansion in San Miguel, Manila on Feb 8, 2025. The award cited the late President Marcos Sr.'s contribution to nation building and his legacy that continues to shape the discourse on leadership and governance in the Philippines today. Accompanying the Chief Executive during the event were his mother, former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos, his sister Irene Marcos Araneta, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (who is also an UNO awardee) and Andrew Romualdez. | via @fmcervs (📷 Office of Speaker Romualdez)

Tourists visit the Magellan's Cross in Cebu City, beside the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu, on Monday (Feb. 10, 2025). The cross is believed to be planted by Portuguese and Spanish explorers, led by Ferdinand Magellan, upon their arrival in Cebu on March 15, 1521. | Hilda Austria

Members of the EcoWaste Coalition gather outside the Commission on Elections in Intramuros, Manila on Monday (Feb. 10, 2025) to promote sustainable electoral practices. Candidates are urged to reduce waste and plastic pollution during the campaign period. | PNA photos by Yancy Lim

LOOK: Senate President "Chiz" Escudero on Monday (Feb. 10, 2025) affirms that the 215 signatures by members of the House of Representatives backing the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte appear to be wet signatures, following a visual inspection. To ensure accuracy, he said the Senate is procuring an app for further verification, with results expected within the week. Escudero previously emphasized that electronic signatures are invalid in impeachment complaints and that the process must adhere to constitutional rules. | @WilBacelonia

Davao de Oro provincial officials, led by Governor Dorothy Gonzaga, receive the "Kampeon ng Kalusugan sa mga Komunidad” award from the Department of Health in a ceremony at Nabunturan town on Monday (Feb. 10, 2025). The province is one of three winners of the award for best community health practices, the others being Pasay and Pangasinan. | via Che Palicte

WATCH: Marawi Compensation Board chairperson Maisara Dandamun-Latiph on Monday (Feb. 10, 2025) says the body targets to process up to 3,000 compensation claims this year. Under Republic Act 11696, the MCB is tasked with facilitating the tax-free payment of reparations to “qualified claimants” who lost residential and commercial properties in the 2017 Marawi siege. Dandamun-Latiph: This year, nagta-target tayo ng 2,000 to 3,000 claimants. Kung tutuusin, doble na ang tina-target namin this 2025. Under RA 11696, may sunset clause tayo na hanggang 2028, siguro na-foresee na ng mambabatas na hindi madaling mag-prove ng ownership lalo na kung ang ginawa ay quasi-judicial body na magwe-weigh ng evidences. As of 2028, dapat tapos na namin lahat. If we're targeting 3,000 a year, we'll be able to finish at that time. | Video courtesy of PTV

Groundbreaking for the Mati Airport Development Project in Davao Oriental on Monday (Feb. 10, 2025). The airport is expected to operate by 2026. | via @ChePalicte 🎥 Robinson Niñal Jr.

Village officials in Matanog, Maguindanao del Norte, surrendered 11 unlicensed firearms to authorities on Sunday afternoon, supporting the Army’s 6th Infantry Division Small Arms and Light Weapons Management Program.

LOOK: @COMELEC Chairperson George Erwin Garcia administers the oath of new poll body Commissioner Maria Norina Tangaro-Casingal on Monday (Feb. 10, 2025). Garcia, in a press briefing, announced that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., has appointed Tangaro-Casingal as Comelec Commissioner, replacing Socorro Inting who retired on Feb. 2. Prior to her appointment, Tangaro-Casingal is the chief of the poll body's law department. | via Michael Rogas, Radyo Pilipinas 1

Senator Loren Legarda reaffirmed on Monday her opposition to proposed mining activities in Antique, as the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Western Visayas considers classifying the upland towns of Patnongon, San Remigio, Valderrama, and Sibalom as mineral reservations.

LOOK: The @DA_PCAF “blacklist” for alleged involvement in illegal trade acts or other unlawful agricultural practices. Four of them have already been charged, DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. says. |Darryl Esguerra; 📸DA

Pope Francis was forced to cut short his homily on Sunday, citing difficulty breathing, as he continues to battle a lingering case of bronchitis.

JUST IN: @DA_PCAF Sec. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., in a Palace briefing on Monday (Feb. 10, 2025), says more than 50 LGUs have signified intent to purchase and sell PHP35/kg. rice stock from the NFA, following the declaration of a food security emergency for rice. The @DA_PCAF chief expressed hope to start releasing NFA rice stocks next week once proper documentation between the NFA, LGUs, and Food Terminal Incorporated is secured. | @StephSevillano

HAPPENING NOW: @laborgovph Sec. Bienvenido Laguesma, @DA_PCAF Sec. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., and NEDA Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon hold a Palace press briefing on Monday (Feb. 10, 2025). Usec. Edillon says PBBM wants to sustain the employment gains by providing skills training to workers, taking advantage of ongoing tariff policy of the US, and enhancing reintegration programs for #OFWs. Sec. Laguesma says gov’t crafting Trabaho Para sa Bayan Plan to further improve employment rate. The country’s unemployment rate went down to 3.1% in Dec 2024, bringing the full-year data to 3.8%, the lowest since 2005. Laguesma, citing data from DTI, says 200,000 jobs were created in the 201 investments secured by PBBM in his foreign trips. Sec. Tiu Laurel says over 50 LGUs have already signified intent to purchase and sell P35/kg. rice stock from NFA in line with the declaration of a food security emergency for rice. | @drrylesguerra

WATCH: @DA_PCAF Sec. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., in a Palace briefing Monday (Feb. 10, 2025), says he is now looking into reports of alleged profiteering amid a surge in pork prices. He adds a maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for pork would be implemented once it is confirmed that there is profiteering involved behind high prices of pork. Tiu Laurel: Ang farmgate ngayon is P240-P250 bakit may presyo na P380-P420. Hinahanap ko saan napunta ang P100 na gap na nakikita ko. We're currently studying that and digging deep sa buong value chain ng pork para makita natin kung may profiteering o wala. If we have identified na may profiteering 'yan, then definitely we'll be doing an MSRP also for pork.

A total of 180 foreign fugitives who are wanted for various crimes in their homelands were arrested by Bureau of Immigration operatives last year.

WATCH: @laborgovph Sec. Bienvenido Laguesma, in a Palace briefing Monday (Feb. 10, 2025), says the Marcos administration is sparing no effort in ensuring that Filipinos get decent and sustainable jobs, regardless of the current political developments. The Philippine Statistics Authority earlier reported that the country's unemployment rate further went down to 3.1 percent in December last year, bringing the full-year 2024 data to 3.8 percent, the lowest recorded since 2005. Laguesma: The present administration is not banking or relying solely on political exercises. Pwedeng masabi ng karagdagang hanapbuhay dyan "bonus" pero tuloy-tuloy ang implementasyon ng mga programa, mga plano at mga proyekto ng pamahalaan bahagi ang DOLE na ma-sustain natin ang level ng employment at mapababa ang underemployment at unemployment rate irrespective kung may political exercise o wala. 'Yun ang direksyon. We are not banking solely na dahil political exercises dadami ang trabaho dahil alam natin na pansamantala lang 'yon. Ang gustong makita ng kasalukuyang administrasyon, pangmatagalan na trabaho, sustainable at ang mga pakinabang ay masasabi natin na remunerative kung hindi 'man kahalintulad ng mga ipinagkakaloob sa ating mga kababayan sa ibang bansa, at least ang bibigay din ng option sa kanila dito na manatili sa kanilang pamilya.

Two female would-be overseas Filipino workers were barred from boarding their separate flights after presenting dubious travel documents, the Bureau of Immigration reported Monday.