UNITE AND DEFEND: “My dear fellow workers, in the face of all these controversies and challenges, let us all be united in order to preserve the Senate as a bastion of our democratic life”, Senate President Franklin M. Drilon said as he exhorted Senate officials and employees during the flag raising ceremony Monday morning, to unite and defend the institution in the face of the heavy criticisms concerning the pork barrel scam. (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal/21 October 2013)