NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY HEARING: Sen. Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV, Chair of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, presides over a hearing on Senate Bill No. 1830, which seeks to provide an increase in the standing force of the Armed Forces of the Philippines through the recruitment and special enlistment of provisional enlisted personnel. (PRIB Photo by Romeo Bugante/27 January 2014)