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September 1, 2014

DRILON TAKES ON ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE: Senate President Franklin M. Drilon gets splashed with iced water by his staff as part of the popular ice bucket challenge, which aims to raise funds and promote awareness for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's Disease, at his office on Monday morning, September 1, 2014. As part of the challenge, Drilon said he is donating funds to the Neurosciences Department of the Philippine General Hospital, and pointed out that he used collected rainwater for the challenge, to promote water conservation as well. The Senate chief also invited Gawad Kalinga (GK) founder Tony Meloto, ABS-CBN Kapamilya Foundation Chairman Gina Lopez and Federation of Filipino- Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc.(FFCCCII) President Dr. Alfonso Siy to take on the challenge and donate as well, as he shared common advocacies with all of them: Meloto's Gawad Kalinga helps manage the 1,000 low-cost housing project in Iloilo whose funding was supported by Drilon; Lopez, as head of the Pasig River cleanup campaign, has exchanged ideas with Drilon, who is also working for the restoration of the Iloilo River; while Siy, as part of FFCCII, has previously partnered with Drilon in a nationwide classroom-building project which built 1,600 classrooms at a cost only half compared to regular government contract prices. (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo/ September 1, 2014)

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