(From top) Majority Leader Martin Romualdez addresses his colleagues as the House of Representatives formally opens the Second Regular Session of the 18th Congress. Romualdez later stands with fellow solons at the Main Session Hall, which was arranged to accommodate only 50 lawmakers as a precaution against the coronavirus ahead of the President's State of the Nation Address. At the UP campus in Diliman, Quezon City, various protesters—students, militants and medical frontliners—expressed their sentiments, and performer Mae Paner dressed up as Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque swimming with the dolphins. Finally, Senate President Vicente Sotto III prepares his seat as staff make finishing touches to the chamber ahead of their own opening of the Second Regular Session.