JPEPA FAILS ANEW: Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, chair of Foreign Relations committee, expresses her dissatisfaction over the presentation of the government panel pushing for the ratification of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) in a committee hearing Thursday. Santiago said she was considering not submitting a report to the Senate plenary. Photo also shows (from left) Senator Pia Cayetano, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Thomas Aquino, and Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon, Jr.