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Public investigations often leave two separate trails: the political narrative that circulates widely and the documented findings that remain in the official record.

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Power can be abused and too much power can even be dangerous.

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The situation is ripe for regime change.

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A senior United States Embassy official met with the Independent Commission on Infrastructure Friday, October 17, to ask about its mandate and functions, particularly in uncovering corruption in anomalous flood control and other infrastructure projects.

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This paper has made its position known regarding the controversial food provisions given policemen who are providing security for the APEC meetings in Cebu.

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If we are indeed the sovereign Filipino people, and the politicians in public office are our servants, then we have the right to require them to render a report to us on what they have accomplished, if any, with the billions of taxes we have paid to finance government operations.

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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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What is so secret about the results of the special board of marine inquiry investigation that looked into the collision of two ships in Cebu of 2Go Travel and Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp. that it is not being made available to the public?

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Public investigations often leave two separate trails: the political narrative that circulates widely and the documented findings that remain in the official record.

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Power can be abused and too much power can even be dangerous.

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The situation is ripe for regime change.

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A senior United States Embassy official met with the Independent Commission on Infrastructure Friday, October 17, to ask about its mandate and functions, particularly in uncovering corruption in anomalous flood control and other infrastructure projects.

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This paper has made its position known regarding the controversial food provisions given policemen who are providing security for the APEC meetings in Cebu.

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If we are indeed the sovereign Filipino people, and the politicians in public office are our servants, then we have the right to require them to render a report to us on what they have accomplished, if any, with the billions of taxes we have paid to finance government operations.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136164 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1148714 [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => 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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What is so secret about the results of the special board of marine inquiry investigation that looked into the collision of two ships in Cebu of 2Go Travel and Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp. that it is not being made available to the public?

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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