Photo Release

BALIKBAYAN BOXES: Sen. Sonny Angara, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means (3rd from left), together with Sen. Grace Poe (left), Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto (2nd from left), Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano (4th from left) and Sen. Cynthia Villar (right) on Thursday ask officials of the Bureau of Customs during a public inquiry about its new policy of opening balikbayan boxes on the suspicion that these are used to smuggle drugs and firearms. President Benigno Aquino III ordered the BOC to halt the opening of the balikbayan boxes upon arrival in the Philippines amidst strong protests from the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo/03 September 2015)