DRILON HOLDS PRESSCON WITH US AMBASSADOR: Senate President Franklin M. Drilon and new U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg to the Philippines hold a joint press briefing at the Senate Conference Hall Thursday morning, wherein they talked about a heightened partnership between the US and the Philippines, the rotational presence of US troops involved in the rehabilitation of the Visayas region, and the China Air Defense Zone. (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal/5 December 2013)