113TH SIEGE OF BALER COMMEMORATED IN AURORA: As part of the 10th Philippine-Spanish Day celebrations, dignitaries and officials from both countries joined a wreath-laying ceremony at the Baler Church in Aurora to commemorate the 113th anniversary of the historic Siege of Baler. (L-R) First Row: Aurora Governor Bellaflor Angara-Castillo; Hon. Francisco Perez de los Cobos, Justice of the Spanish Constitutional Court; former Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban; and Col. Vic C. Castro, Commander of the 702nd Brigade of the Philippine Army. Second Row: Ambassador Jorge Domecq of Spain; Hon. Jesus Gracia Aldaz of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; and Senator Edgardo J. Angara. Third Row: Executive Director Ludovico Badoy of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and Dr. Serena Diokno, Chairperson of the NHCP.