DONATIONS Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino (center) receives from Carmelita Ang (third from right), founder and chairman of the Pilipino-Chinese Business Community and Alliance Inc., some 100 pieces of raincoats being donated by the latter to the agency’s traffic enforcers and rescue personnel on night duty and involved in quick disaster response.  Various socio-civic organizations have pledged to donate similar raingear as token of appreciation for Tolentino’s public-private partnership advocacy to make Metro Manila a better place to live in.  Also shown in photo are Supervising Consultant for Traffic Col. Eduardo Bayangos (second from right) and MMDA Assistant General Manager for Finance and Administration Edenison Fainsan (extreme right).

 VICTORY FOR SK NATIONAL FEDERATION Sangguniang Kabataan National Federation President and National Youth Commission (NYC) Commissioner Jane Censoria Cajes (left) appears before the Senate Committee on Local Government headed by Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (right) to air the group's strong opposition to the proposed abolition of the SK. Through Cajes' effort, the Senate shelved its plan to abolish SK and allowed the election to push this October.