Photo Release

SENATORS SAY GOODBYE TO OUTGOING US ENVOY: Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III (5th from left), along with Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin M. Drilon (6th from right) and wife Mila Drilon, Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV (4th from right) and wife Timi Gomez-Aquino, and Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara (extreme right) and wife Elvira Echauz-Angara, are joined by outgoing United States Ambassador to the Philippines H.E.Philip Goldberg (6th from left), in a photo taken during the farewell dinner event for the envoy hosted by Drilon on Friday, October 14, 2016 at the Makati Shangri-La hotel, Makati City. The senators earlier expressed their appreciation for Goldberg's efforts to further enrich the ties between the Philippines and the United States as the US envoy to the country, since he assumed the post in December 2, 2013. Also in photo are (from left to right, extreme left) British Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad and Ms. Sharon del Mundo, along with Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Kazuhide Ishikawa and wife Ms. Yuko Ishikawa. Not in photo are Senator Leila de Lima and Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Amanda Gorely with spouse Mr. Stuart Hodge. (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal/ 14 October 2016)