DOTC BUDGET HEARING: The Senate Committee on Finance today approved the P5.5 billion allocation for the New Iloilo Airport and the Negros Occidental Airport during the committee hearing on the P17.6 billion proposed budget of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) for 2007. The two new airports in Region 6 will start operation next year. Photo shows Finance Committee Chairman Franklin M. Drilon, Senate President Pro Tempore Juan Flavier, Land Transportation Office Asec. Anneli Lontoc, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Chair Elena Bautista and DOTC Sec. Leandro Mendoza. (Senate Photo by Joseph Vidal, PRIB)