Yummie Dingding

Yummie Dingding is the Chief Photographer of the Daily Tribune, specializing in presidential coverage, national politics, and documentary photojournalism. She currently serves as secretary to the president of the Presidential Photojournalists’ Association (PPA), having previously served as the association’s president from 2024 to 2025. In 2017, she was a fellow of the KAS Media Asia Programme - Asian Center for Journalism at Ateneo de Manila University under its Diploma in Visual Journalism program. She received an Honorable Mention at the 2021 International Photography Awards for her photo story documenting COVID-19 vaccination efforts during the pandemic lockdown.

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Parents fetch their children from school as continuous rain drenches the city on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. PHOTO BY YUMMIE DINGDING

Parents brave rains to fetch children from school

Parents fetch their children from school as continuous rain drenches the city on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. PHOTO BY YUMMIE DINGDING

29 July 20261 MIN READ

MEET Daily Tribune’s Fab Five — Aram Lascano, Yummie Dingding, Joey Sanchez Mendoza, Analy Labor and Toto Lozano — the photojournalists behind the lens, tirelessly capturing the nation’s biggest stories, defining moments, and history as it unfolds.

What the lens doesn’t say

Discover the dedication behind Daily Tribune’s photojournalists, whose images capture history through sacrifice, ethics, and unwavering commitment to truth.

30 June 20266 MIN READ

TOWER Awards honor outstanding Filipino workers

TOWER Awards honor outstanding Filipino workers

Discover how the 2026 TOWER (The Outstanding Workers of the Republic) Awards honored exemplary Filipino workers driving national development, with PEZA and the…

28 May 20262 MIN READ

When pictures paint a thousand (fake) words

When pictures paint a thousand (fake) words

People zoom into pixels like FBI agents in a crime thriller, convinced every shadow is proof of a grand conspiracy.

27 April 20263 MIN READ

Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Vice Chairman of the Makati Business Club (MBC) and Chairman of the Philippines–Singapore Business Council, welcomed participants to the High-Level Forum on Carbon Credits on October 2, 2025, at the Ayala Museum in Makati City.

The forum, hosted by the MBC, brought together policymakers, industry leaders, and experts to examine the current state of carbon markets and the growing Philippines–Singapore partnership under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

A key backdrop to the discussion was the August 2024 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on carbon credits cooperation, witnessed by Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
This MOU marked both countries’ commitment to developing a credible, high-integrity carbon market in the region.
Following the MOU, the Philippines and Singapore began negotiating an Implementation Agreement to enable the generation and transfer of carbon credits from mitigation projects in the Philippines.

Panel Discussion 1: Building the Philippine Carbon Market and the Role of the Philippines–Singapore Implementation Agreement featured Congressman Jose Manuel Alba, DENR Undersecretary Analiza Rebuelta-Teh, DOE Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella, Singapore MTI Director Fam Wee Wei, and ADB Senior Market Development Advisory Specialist Ruchika Saluja.
This panel explored the legislative, regulatory, and regional frameworks needed to strengthen the Philippine carbon market while aligning with international standards.

Panel Discussion 2: Navigating the Philippine Landscape of the Carbon Market highlighted private sector and NGO perspectives.
Speakers included MBC Trustee Lito Tayag, ACEN President and CEO Eric Francia, Arkadiah CEO Reuben Lai, GenZero Investment Director Antoinette Li, and WWF Global Lead for Carbon Finance and Markets Taskforce Rueban Manokara.
This session emphasized the role of businesses, investors, and civil society in shaping market integrity, financing low-carbon transitions, and creating sustainable opportunities.

PHOTOS BY YUMMIE DINGDING

Philippines, Singapore push carbon market cooperation at Makati forum

2 October 20253 MIN READ

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. kisses the crown of a child from a Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) family during the Kumustahan Ng Pamilyang Matatag event at Kalayaan Hall, Malacañang Palace on Sept. 26, 2025.

Marcos announced the reallocation of nearly ₱36 billion from DPWH flood control funds to the Department of Social Welfare and Development to support programs like Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) and the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). The event also honored 18 exemplary 4Ps families in celebration of National Family Week.

P36B flood control funds reallocated to expand DSWD aid, 4Ps, and livelihood programs

26 September 20253 MIN READ

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with His Excellency Huang Xilian, outgoing Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, during a farewell call at the Study Room in Malacañan Palace on Thursday, 25 September 2025.

Marcos Jr. bids farewell to Chinese envoy Huang Xilian

25 September 20253 MIN READ

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez launch the personalized white student Beep cards at the LRT-2 Legarda station on Saturday, 20 September 2025.
The cards provide students a 50 percent fare discount on LRT and MRT lines as part of the government’s push to ease commuting costs and improve access to public transport.

Marcos leads launch of student beep cards for LRT, MRT

20 September 20253 MIN READ

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. lead the turn over of the Rice Processing System II from PhilMech in Guagua, Pampanga on 19 September 2025. The Rice Processing System II valued at over P61.7 million includes a modern rice mill and two high-capacity recirculating dryers. These facilities aim to reduce farmers’ production costs by Php 2–3 per kilogram and cut postharvest losses by 3–5%, directly benefiting Pampanga’s 36,060 rice farmers managing nearly 60,000 hectares. Beyond cost savings, the project is expected to improve yields, promote the adoption of mechanization technologies, enhance timeliness of operations, and generate additional income opportunities.

Marcos leads Rice Processing System II facility inaugurated in Pampanga

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. lead the turn over of the Rice Processing System II from PhilMech in Guagua, Pampanga on September 19, 2025.

19 September 20251 MIN READ

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the Marcos Day rites in Batac, Ilocos Norte, marking the 108th birth anniversary of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. The First Family attended a mass, after which the president offered a wreath at the Marcos monument.
As part of the celebration, Marcos also distributed 575 wheelchairs across the province, joined 51 birthday celebrators serenaded with the traditional Ilocano Padapadakam song, and with the First Family, sampled dishes from the Natnateng cook-off.

108th Marcos Day celebrations

11 September 20253 MIN READ