LDP NATIONAL PARTY CONGRESS: Sen. Edgardo J. Angara, president of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), poses with Senate President Franklin Drilon and former Sen. Loren Legarda during the LDP National Party Congress at the Manila Hotel. During the convention, Drilon endorsed the passage into law of Senate Bill 1051 or the Political Party Development Act, authored by Angara, to strengthen the political party system in the country. Legarda updated the crowd on the status of the electoral protest she filed with the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. The LDP Congress was held to adopt a reformist agenda as part of efforts to bring about changes in the political and economic structures of the Philippines. (Photo by Joseph Vidal, PRIB)