INTERNATIONAL LIBERAL LEADERS GATHER IN MANILA: Former President Corazon Aquino (third from left) is welcomed by leaders before the formal opening of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Liberal International (LI) meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center Thursday morning (June 22). Over 100 leaders from democratic states are attending the conference, which aims to draw Liberal responses on issues of migration, population and globalization of labor. The meeting will run until June 24 in Manila, Cavite and Tagaytay. Also in the picture are (from left) Rep. Nereus Acosta, Liberal Party Secretary-General; Sen. Francis Pangilinan, LP Chairman; former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy; Senate President and LP President Franklin Drilon; Hon. Wolfgang Gerhardt, LI Vice President; and Hon. Graham Watson, ALDE Leader. (Senate Photo by Joseph Vidal, PRIB)