Last Updated: 11 DECEMBER 2006

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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presides over the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) meeting Monday (December 11) in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. The President, who is also defense chief in a concurrent capacity, received a briefing on the ongoing preparations for the Malacanang to Bicol mercy mission which will leave Tuesday morning (December 12) for the Bicol Region to distribute relief goods to victims of Typhoon "Reming". In photo are (from left) Defense Undersecretary Ernesto Carolina, Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ignacio R. Bunye, NDCC Administrator Glenn Rabonza, and Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita. Also in photo are (seated from left) Press Undersecretary Isabel Canlas de Leon, and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. (extreme right) and other officials. (Dado Aguilar -- OPS-NIB Photo)