Philstar.com February 1, 2022 | 11:09am MANILA, Philippines — The Senate wants the state to recognize August 30 of every year as National Press Freedom Day in honor of Filipino journalist Marcelo H. del Pilar, after majority of its members passed the bill on its third and final reading on Monday. “Senate Bill (SB) No. 670 was approved with 19 affirmative votes, no negative vote and no abstention,” the Senate’s information office said in a statement. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Francis Tolentino, was introduced to honor Del Pilar, who was born on Aug. 30, 1965. Del Pilar, who used the pen na…