“We will ensure a “Win-win Resolution” that will be acceptable to members of the House of Representative, Senate and to you (referring to the Bishops),” said House Speaker Prospero Nograles in a lunch meeting before 8 Catholic Bishops led by Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo, Representatives Risa Hontiveros (AKBAYAN), Edcel Lagman (Albay), Rufus Rodriguez (Cagayan de Oro), Rodolfo Albano III (Isabela), Liwayway Vinzons-Chato (Camarines Norte), Reylina Nicolas (Bulacan), Ma. Amelita Villarosa (Mindoro Occidental), Michael John Duavit (Rizal), Robert Raymund Estrella (ABONO), Alejandro Marañon (Negros Occidental), Conrado Estrella (Pangasinan), Jeffrey Ferrer (Negros Occidental), Andres Salvacion (Northern Leyte), Mat Defensor (Iloilo), DAR officials, representatives from civil society groups Christian Monsod and Gerry Bulatao, and representatives from farmer groups.

QUEZON CITY (Office of Sen. Zubiri/04 April) –“The release of Ms. Lacaba is a triumph for humanitarian workers all over the world and we thank all those who helped in her release”, says Zubiri, himself a member of the Red Cross Board of Governors.

COTABATO CITY (BPI ARMM/03 April) – The vibrant commemoration of International Women’s Month in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) culminated April 1 by giving distinct recognition to women leaders and individuals who manifest exemplary performance on advocating women’s interest and welfare in the region.

QUEZON CITY (Gabriela/03 April) — "History and recent experience should have taught us that the presence of US troops in the country has been exploiting our women," said Gabriela solon Luzviminda Ilagan, citing reports on US soldiers “being given prostituted women for leisure in Bicol.”

Senator Francis Pangilinan expressed his concern over reports that “American soldiers involved in the Balikatan joint military exercise with Filipino troops in Bicol were supplied with women nightly.”

PANACAN, DAVAO CITY (10^th ID/03 April) — The 10^th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army registered remarkable gains in its counterinsurgency efforts during the first quarter, marked by sustained military as well as civil military operations aimed at destroying enemy armed groups and neutralizing guerilla fronts in its area of responsibility.

DAVAO CITY (Bayan-SMR/03 April) — Bagong Alyansang Makabayan registers here today its support for the abolition of Department Order 2008-39 saying “the policy should be abolished at all costs on grounds that it is unjustifiable, abusive, and highly susceptible to corruption of no less than the Arroyo government.”