TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP: During the 20th anniversary celebration of the landmark vote of the Senate on the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Security between the Philippines and the United States of America, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said our country should continue exerting its independence after terminating the U.S. bases agreement in the country by reviewing the Visiting Forces Agreement and focusing on the modernization of the Armed Forces. (PRIB Photo by ALBERT CALVELO)