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SENATE RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING FILIPINAS: Senate President Franklin M. Drilon, along with Senators Grace Poe (extreme left), Pia Cayetano (4th from left), and Nancy Binay (extreme right), join some of the outstanding women who were recognized in a Senate resolution passed on Monday’s plenary session, March 16, 2015. Among those acknowledged by Senate Bill No. 1237 in picture were (from left to right) mountaineer Noelle Wenceslao, bowling world champion Olivia Bong Coo, social entrepreneurs Anne and Camille Meloto, TV personality and UNICEF Special Advocate for Children Daphne Oseña-Paez, prima ballerina Liza Macuja-Elizalde and top opera performer Rachelle Gerodias. The resolution was introduced by Senator Pia Cayetano and seeks "to honor the economic, political and social achievements of Filipina women while calling for greater gender equality in the society.” (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo/ March 16, 2015)