COURTESY CALL WITH BANGLADESHI ENVOY: Senate President Franklin M. Drilon presents a gift to John Gomes, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Philippines, during a courtesy call at the Senate on Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Drilon and Gomes discussed possible areas of bilateral cooperation between the Philippines and Bangladesh, specifically on disaster risk reduction and mitigation. The envoy also requested the Philippines’ support to the candidature of Bangladeshi Member of Parliament (MP) Saber Hossain Chowdhury for the position of President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in elections to be held in Geneva this October 2014. (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal, August 13, 2014)