COURTESY CALL: Parliamentarians from Lower house of the Bundestag, German national parliament, made a courtesy call to Sen. Loren Legarda in the Senate, to discuss possible assistance that their government in cooperation with various development service organizations can extend to the Philippines. Climate Change, sustainable development, poverty alleviation and peace maintenance in Mindanao topped their agenda.

From Left German Ambassador Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lorstch, Mr. Hellmut Königshaus of the Liberal Party, Sen. Loren Legarda, Mr. Jürgen Klimke of the Christian Democrat Union, Dr. Franz Seidenschwarz, and Deputy Head Mission Pit Heltmann.