FILIPINO PEACEKEEPERS LAUDED: Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid (center) chats with officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) led by Chief of Staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. before the start of session Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Lapid, along with Senators Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV, Teofisto “TG” Guingona III and Antonio “Sonny Trillanes IV, introduced a resolution commending the Filipino peacekeepers stationed at the Golan Heights for exhibiting extraordinary valor during a tense standoff against Syrian rebels. (PRIB Photo by Alex Nueva España/09 September 2014)