DRILON RECEIVES UK ENVOY: Senate President Franklin Drilon extends a warm welcome to British Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad during the envoy's courtesy call at the Senate on Monday, January 20. The Senate leader thanked the British government for their "prompt and generous assistance" to the Philippines following super-typhoon Yolanda, noting that the United Kingdom had been the biggest contributor of foreign disaster-assistance aid among the European nations. (PRIB photo by Cesar Tomambo)