New banknotes

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno (right, front row) presents a set of new generation currency banknotes to President Duterte bearing their respective signatures in a ceremony held in Malacanang Thursday. With them are (from left, front row) Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. Seated are Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade (left) and Asian Development Bank vice president Ahmed Sayeed. At the back row (from left) are Monetary Board member Peter Favila, MB member Felipe Medalla, Senior Assistant Governor Dahlia Luna, MB member Bruce J. Tolentino, MB member Juan de Zuñiga Jr. and MB member Antonio Abacan, Jr.