President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (left) together with Chairperson Rosie Lovely T. Romulo, Assistant Secretary Nora C. Salazar both of the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), and other guests step down from the stairs as they tour the newly constructed two-storey building of the Council during her visit last February 18, 2010. The Council has been transferred to the Office of the President by virtue of Executive Order No. 709 dated February 26, 2008. It is vested with powers and functions as a policy-making, coordinating and monitoring agency of the government on disability-related matters and propose legislations concerning the rights of persons with disabilities in the country. [...]