SENATE HONORS FILIPINO PEACEKEEPERS: Senate President Franklin M. Drilon hands a copy of Senate Resolution No. 876 to Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. lauding the "extraordinary valor" shown by Filipino peacekeepers stationed at the Golan Heights on Monday afternoon, September 8, 2014. The resolution praised the Filipino soldiers who were part of the United Nations Disengagement Force for exhibiting "extraordinary valor above and beyond their call of duty" during a standoff with Syrian Islamist rebels at the Golan Heights between Syria and Israel. Also in picture are Senators Sonny Angara, Tito Sotto III, Bam Aquino, Bongbong Marcos, Lito Lapid, JV Ejercito and Senate Majority leader Alan Peter Cayetano, along with members of the Filipino peacekeeping contingent. (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo/ September 8, 2014)