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For a while, Sen. Antonio Trillanes’ explanation for the army of consultants he hired at public expense fascinated me.

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HEARINGS. We received this SMS from an anonymous reader who asked: "After all is said and done in the Congress hearings on the Mamasapano slaying of our 44 SAF commandos, what? How many heads will roll? Whose heads?"

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The Senate, like its counterpart the House of Representatives, has the mandate and the power to conduct hearings and investigations, and to invite anyone to these hearings and investigations. The underlying reason for these hearings and investigations, and for inviting anyone thereto, is so it can be aided in the pursuit of its primary duty and obligation, which is legislation.

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State prosecutors on Wednesday reiterated their objection to the request of detained Senator Jinggoy Estrada to hold committee hearings inside the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame.
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Over the past several weeks, a Senate committee has been conducting hearings into allegations a Makati City government building costing more than P2 billion has been grossly overpriced.

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Requiring people to eat less rice simply because the government cannot provide ample supply of the staple is ridiculous, if not downright stupid.

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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) may come out with a decision within this month on the accreditation of three party-list groups that had been documented to have unlawful campaign posters.

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I am writing in connection with your article, entitled “Senate hearings should bring out the truth” which appeared in the As I Wreck This Chair column of The Philippine STAR last Nov. 27, 2012.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1233049 [AuthorName] => Cindee Michelle Yu, student [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 791926 [Title] => Caloocan judicial complex gets bomb threat [Summary] =>

The Caloocan City judicial complex received a bomb threat Thursday morning, forcing its officials to cancel hearings.

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                    [ColumnID] => 136164
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For a while, Sen. Antonio Trillanes’ explanation for the army of consultants he hired at public expense fascinated me.

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HEARINGS. We received this SMS from an anonymous reader who asked: "After all is said and done in the Congress hearings on the Mamasapano slaying of our 44 SAF commandos, what? How many heads will roll? Whose heads?"

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135969 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1386874 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Lost dignity in Senate proceedings [Summary] =>

The Senate, like its counterpart the House of Representatives, has the mandate and the power to conduct hearings and investigations, and to invite anyone to these hearings and investigations. The underlying reason for these hearings and investigations, and for inviting anyone thereto, is so it can be aided in the pursuit of its primary duty and obligation, which is legislation.

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State prosecutors on Wednesday reiterated their objection to the request of detained Senator Jinggoy Estrada to hold committee hearings inside the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame.
[DatePublished] => 2014-10-15 15:11:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140612/jingoy-estrada-GEN1.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1372241 [Title] => EDITORIAL – If the score is even, Binay is still ahead [Summary] =>

Over the past several weeks, a Senate committee has been conducting hearings into allegations a Makati City government building costing more than P2 billion has been grossly overpriced.

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Requiring people to eat less rice simply because the government cannot provide ample supply of the staple is ridiculous, if not downright stupid.

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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) may come out with a decision within this month on the accreditation of three party-list groups that had been documented to have unlawful campaign posters.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 891089 [Title] => Senate hearings should bare truth [Summary] =>

I am writing in connection with your article, entitled “Senate hearings should bring out the truth” which appeared in the As I Wreck This Chair column of The Philippine STAR last Nov. 27, 2012.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1233049 [AuthorName] => Cindee Michelle Yu, student [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 791926 [Title] => Caloocan judicial complex gets bomb threat [Summary] =>

The Caloocan City judicial complex received a bomb threat Thursday morning, forcing its officials to cancel hearings.

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