Undersecretary Angelo Tapales, executive director of the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) delivers his opening statement during CWC annual conference "Talakayang Makabata" on the 30th National Children's Month (NCM) with the theme "Kalusugan, Kaisipan, at Kapakanan ng Bawat Bata Ating Tutukan" at a hotel in Quezon City.
Other speakers were Social Welfare officer Joseph R. Salvarria, National Youth Commission chairperson Ronald Gian Carlo L. Cardema, DepEd director Atty. Michael Wesley T. Poa, CALABARZON Child Representatives Jean Claude Magdaong, National Center for Mental Health medical center chief Dr. Noel Reyes, Museo Pamabata Foundation, Inc. executive director Micah Sofia A. Pinto.