ESTABLISHING A BLOOD CENTER: Senator Teofisto “TG” Guingona, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, presides over a hearing on Senate Bill No. 2047, which seeks to establish the Philippine Blood Disease and Transfusion Center (Blood Center), which is envisioned to offer comprehensive care for patients with blood disorders, and to provide transfusion services to the Filipino people. (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo/22 January 2014)