ELECTORAL REFORMS: Sen. Koko Pimentel, chair of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, was briefed by Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes (not in picture) on the preparations being done by the agency for the 2016 elections, during a joint congressional committee hearing Thursday, August 14. Also in photo are Senators Cynthia Villar (left) and Tito Sotto (center). (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo/14 August 2014)