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President Benigno S. Aquino III confers the Order of Lakandula with a rank of Grand Cross (Bayani) on DFA Secretary Jose Rene Almendras during the conferment of Presidential awards to various heads of departments and agencies at the Rizal Hall of the Malacañan Palace on Thursday (June 23). (Photo by Joseph Vidal / Malacañang Photo Bureau)