FIRST GLOBAL PARLIAMENTARY meeting on HIV/AIDS: SENATE PRESIDENT MANNY VILLAR urges over 200 parliamentarians attending the First Global Parliamentary meeting on HIV/AIDS at Manila Hotel to act swiftly in the fight against the infectious disease which alarmingly spreads throughout the world. He said about 33.2 million people are now living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. Listening to the Senate President at the presidential table are (from left) Roberto Ruiz, board member of the Positive Action Foundation Philippines, Inc.; Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, and Anders B. Johnsson, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Secretary General.