DOTC BUDGET HEARING: Senate President and Liberal Party head Franklin Drilon grills officials of the Department of Transportation of Communications (DOTC) led by Secretary Leandro Mendoza (center) during the hearing of the agencys budget at the Senate sitting as a Committee of the Whole. Mendoza told senators the planned opening of the controversial mothballed modern airport terminal III and the P2 billion yearly subsidy by the government to sustain the operation of the Metro Rail Transit. Flanking Mendoza are Undersecretary Ricardo Alfonso (left) and Alfonso Cusi, general manager of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. (Photo by Albert Calvelo, Senate PRIB)