Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel thanks the Senate employees for their hard work and service to the institution, during the morning flag rites on Monday, November 07, 2016. Pimentel said that the Senate’s workers efforts are the reason for the Senate’s majority public approval and public trust ratings as recorded in the September 2016 Ulat ng Bayan Pulse Asia survey. “That is not because of me, or the senators. That is a collective effort of everybody. We senators could not do our mandate without the whole organization of the Senate,” he said. (PRIB photo by Albert Calvelo)