COMMITTEE HEARING: Senator Ralph G. Recto, chair of the Senate Committee on Government Corporations & Public Enterprises, and Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel, chair of the Senate Committee on Games and Amusement, attend a hearing inquiring into the proliferation of legal and illegal forms of gambling and its social and economic impact on the people. Also discussed during the hearing was the status of the project of the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) called “Entertainment City Manila,” which aims to construct a Las Vegas-style casino and tourism complex near the Manila Bay. (PRIB Photo by Alex Nuevaespaña / June 7, 2012)