BREAKING WORLD RECORD. Filipinos lit their way into a new world record for the most number of sky lanterns flown simultaneously, in Miag-ao, Iloilo, last night. RAYMART ESCOPEL/PN

Nagasuksok sang duag orange nga t-shirt kag itom nga short ining nasapwan nga bangkay sang lalaki sa suba sa bahin sang Muelle Loney City Proper kahapon sang aga. (Laragway ni Ricardo Octavio Jr.)

BUSINESS SKILLS. Members of a local television crew participate in an activity of the Department of Agriculture that aims to develop the media’s entrepreneurial skills, specifically on creating cassava delicacies. GUIJO DUEÑAS/PN

BRIGADA ESKWELA. A couple of lady personnel of the Bacolod City District Jail–Female Dormitory sweep up premises of the Handumanan Elementary School I in Brgy. Handumanan, Bacolod City, as part of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology’s cleanliness drive for the opening of classes next month. PHOTO BY JOY DELA CRUZ

WORKERS carefully place roof tiles on the old Iloilo Provincial Capitol as part of Phase I of the building’s restoration, in this January 2013 photo. The provincial government says the project is nearing its Phase II. GUIJO DUEÑAS/PN

GARBAGE BOY. For this young scavenger at Iloilo City’s dumpsite in Brgy. Calajunan, Mandurriao district, the basket full of garbage on his back is money. He would sell these recyclable plastic materials he had gathered. The continued operation of the open dumpsite, however, violates the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. Under the law, all local government units should have converted their open dumpsites into sanitary landfills effective February of 2001 yet. GUIJO DUEÑAS/PN

PHOTO BY JO HARESH TANODRA PROTEST. Supporters of defeated Maasin, Iloilo mayoralty candidate Elven Marlon Malaga protest at the Maasin Freedom Park Plaza. Reelectionist Mayor Mariano Malones won the race by only five votes. Malaga plans to file an election protest for a manual recount of the votes.