INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE. Ambassador Hilario G. Davide, Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations, with Consul General Cecilia Rebong and Msgr. Oscar Aquino, Grand Marshall of the 2008 Philippine Independence Day Parade, sing the Philippine national anthem in ceremonies that ushered this year's national day parade down Madison Avenue in Manhattan on 1 June 2008. Photo by Elmer G. Cato