SENATE PAYS TRIBUTE TO ROBREDO: The Senate on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution expressing the deep sympathy of the Senate on the demise of Department of Local and Interior Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse M. Robredo, who passed away on August 18, 2012. Senator Franklin Drilon, who led the Senate in sponsoring Senate Resolution No. 120, said that the nation and the people had lost a dedicated public servant who had raised the bar of public service, and a role model whose integrity and ethics in public service should be emulated by all. (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal/August 22, 2012)