SECRETARIAT GUEST: Senate Secretary Oscar G. Yabes (right) hands Commissioner on Information and Communications Technology Damian Domingo Mapa (center) a certificate of appreciation for gracing the flag raising ceremony at the Philippine Senate Monday (April 24, 2006). Mapa discussed the relevance of ICT in todays modern world and the need for a department to regulate access and operations in the country. With them (from left) are Bureau Director Conrado E. Dagdag, Operations Service Chief Ma. Ines C. Barrios and Systems Service Chief Mario Antonio R. Sulit of EDP-MIS, host of the ceremony. (SENATE PHOTO BY ALBERT CALVELO, PRIB)