KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ Sen. Richard Gordon and former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Fernando Bayani ride the “Transformer” truck on the first day of their electoral campaign in Carmona, Cavite, on Tuesday. ARNOLD ALMACEN
Presidential candidates Noynoy Aquino, JC de los Reyes, Dick Gordon, Jamby Madrigal, Nicanor Perlas, Gibo Teodoro, Eddie Villanueva and Manny Villar join hands before the start of the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Presidential Debate. NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. PDI President and CEO Sandy Prieto-Romualdez opens the Philippine Daily Inquirer First Edition Presidential Debates. RAFFY LERMA
QUEZON SHOOTOUT. A policeman investigates Monday’s shootout at a Commission on Elections checkpoint in Quezon where eight alleged kidnappers were killed. The body of one of the suspects lies beside their bullet-riddled van. DELFIN MALLARI/Inquirer
Expected to participate in the Inquirer-sponsored debate on Monday are Benigno Aquino III, JC de los Reyes, Joseph Estrada, Richard Gordon and Maria Ana Consuelo Madrigal, Nicanor Perlas, Gilbert Teodoro, Eddie Villanueva and Manuel Villar.
HELP FOR DETAINEES Relatives of Reynaldo Makabenta, Ma.Teresa Quinawayan and 41 others arrested in a military raid in Morong, Rizal, appeal for help in a press conference. JOAN BONDOC
BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER It’s well worth reprinting the brown boobies of Tubbataha as photographed by Melvyn Calderon during a bird-watching trip in that bird sanctuary islet in Palawan.