PROTECTING DOMESTIC HELPERS : Senate President Franklin M. Drilon and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada receive from Mila Tibubu, president of the Samahan ng mga Manggagawang Pantahanan sa Pilipinas (SUMAPI) and Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda president of the Visayan Forum Foundation Inc. the outputs of the National Domestic Workers Summit and the one million signatures supporting the passage of the Batas Kasambahay bill. Different groups are lobbying for the swift passage of the Batas Kasambahay, which aims for the improvement of the standards that will protect domestic workers labor rights. During the forum, the Senate President, Senators Luisa Ejercito Estrada, Jinggoy Estrada and Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. have thrown their support to the bill. (Senate Photo by Joseph Vidal, PRIB)