President Rodrigo Roa Duterte receives an applause from the legislators and officials during the ceremonial signing of bills at the Malacañang Palace on June 24, 2021. KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

Flags inside the Malacañang Palace grounds were lowered to half-mast to mourn the death of former President Benigno Aquino III, on June 24, 2021. TOTO LOZANO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Robert E. A. Borje meets with Human Rights Commission Chairman Dr. Awwad Bin Saleh Al Awwad to discuss scaled up cooperation in upholding migrant workers rights and combatting human trafficking, improving coordination and assistance mechanisms, and mutual support in bilateral and multilateral fora during a meeting in Riyadh, KSA on June 22, 2021. PAFA Borje is accompanied by Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Arriola, Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adnan Alonto, and Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Enrico Fos while Dr. Al Awwad is joined by HRC Vice Chairman Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Khayyal and HRC Vice Chair for International Cooperation and Vice Chair of Saudi Arabia’s National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking Ms. Sarah Al-Tamimi. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTOS

Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Robert E. A. Borje meets with Human Rights Commission Chairman Dr. Awwad Bin Saleh Al Awwad to discuss scaled up cooperation in upholding migrant workers rights and combatting human trafficking, improving coordination and assistance mechanisms, and mutual support in bilateral and multilateral fora during a meeting in Riyadh, KSA on June 22, 2021. PAFA Borje is accompanied by Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Arriola, Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adnan Alonto, and Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Enrico Fos while Dr. Al Awwad is joined by HRC Vice Chairman Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Khayyal and HRC Vice Chair for International Cooperation and Vice Chair of Saudi Arabia’s National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking Ms. Sarah Al-Tamimi. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTOS

HONOURING A TRUE FRIEND. By order and authority of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of the President Robert E.A. Borje confers the Order of Sikatuna on former Bahrain Labour Market Regulatory Authority Chief Executive Officer Ausamah Al-Absi for his tremendous contributions to strengthening Philippines- Bahrain bilateral relations, promoting the welfare of OFWs and advancing the rights of migrant workers in Bahrain and across the globe and the arrest, detention, prosecution and conviction of traffickers who victimized Filipino nationals. The Order of Sikatuna is the highest order of diplomatic merit conferred upon foreign nationals for exceptional and meritorious service to the Filipino nation. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTOS

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on June 21, 2021. SIMEON CELI/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members prior to his talk to the people at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on June 21, 2021. JOEY DALUMPINES/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte skims through a document while presiding over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on June 21, 2021. SIMEON CELI/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy to Saudi Arabia Robert E. A. Borje meets with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Dr. Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajraf to discuss strengthening cooperation between the Republic of the Philippines and GCC and its member countries and the realization of President Duterte's promise of Kalinga at Malasakit for Overseas Filipino Workers across the globe. Accompanying PAFA Borje, during a courtesy call on the GCC Secretary General at the GCC Secretariat Office in Riyadh, KSA on June 21, 2021, were Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Arriola, Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adnan Alonto, and Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Enrico Fos. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTOS