Senator Loren Legarda (right) is joined by Bulacan Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado, and Philippine National Police (PNP) Region 3, Regional Director PC Supt. Aaron Aquino in the wreath-laying rites at the statue of the late
Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo (left) who served as the President of the First Philippine Republic (1899) during the 119th Independence Day celebration at the historic Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan. (PNA photos by Ben Briones)