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BASILAN YOUTH LEADERS VISIT THE SENATE: Senate Secretary Oscar Yabes (center) and Deputy Secretary Edwin Bellen (right) welcome student leaders participating in the Basilan Youth Leader Program (BYLP) Monday, March 16, 2015. Backed by Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Mujiv Hataman and supported by the Ayala Foundation, Inc. and the Eisenhower Fellows Association of the Philippines, BYLP is a 28-day program aimed at empowering the next-generation leaders of the island of Basilan, who, according to Hataman, are considered to be vulnerable to influences brought by the strong presence of armed groups in the province. (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo/16 March 2015)