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‘BONGGA KA ’DAY’. President Aquino is spotted enjoying the reunion concert of the 1970s Hotdog band at the Dusit Thani Hotel with an unidentified friend on Monday night. The President arrived at the hotel with former Sen. Mar Roxas, Secretary Ricky Carandang and several government officials. Palace officials refused to divulge the name of the girl. JIM GUIAO PUNZALAN

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SQUARE OFF. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago tells Sarangani Representative and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao to back off from the issue of the controversial Reproductive Health bill. AFP FILE PHOTOS

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‘JEWEL OF MINDORO’ Divers explore a coral-encrusted sea wall at Apo Reef which has been dubbed the jewel of Mindoro. It lies at the northern tip of the Coral Triangle, a 5.7-million square-kilometer region that spans the seas of six countries. It is so abundant in marine life that it has been hailed as “the center of Earth’s marine diversity.” CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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BACK IN TANDEM President Aquino (center) leads Palace officials during “Ehersisyo Pangkalusugan Para sa Lahat 2011” around Quezon Memorial Circle. At left is former Sen. Manuel Roxas II. RICHARD REYES

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AYE, AYE, SIR President Aquino stands on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson still in international waters on Saturday morning steaming toward Manila Bay. The warship is now famed as the carrier of Bin Laden’s body after he was killed at Abbottabad, Pakistan. From its deck, the leader of al-Qaida was lowered for burial at sea. JAY MORALES/MALACAÑANG PHOTO

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JEWELS OF THE AGES A colorful display of farm produce transforms the front of a house in Lucban, Quezon, into a work of art for the annual celebration of “Pahiyas” (jewels), the town’s tribute to San Isidro Labrador. The festival today, May 15, dates back to the 16th century as the farmers’ thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. Fruits, vegetables and leaf-shaped rice wafers (“kiping”) are displayed in abundance. DELFIN T. MALLARI JR./INQUIRER SOUTHERN LUZON