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                    [ArticleID] => 1294264
                    [Title] => Funds for Congress oversight panels not in 2014 budget
                    [Summary] => 

Congressional oversight committees and the funds allotted to them are no longer listed in detail in the 2014 national budget.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img515/6302/houseqh.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1294265 [Title] => Reforms vowed in audit of Senate funds [Summary] =>

Senate President Franklin Drilon assured the public yesterday that reforms would be instituted in the use of Senate funds amid stricter rules implemented by the Commission on Audit (COA) following the controversy on the misuse of pork barrel funds.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img843/4835/gen8.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1293898 [Title] => COA warns senators on oversight fund use [Summary] =>

Amid the pork barrel controversy, the Commission on Audit (COA) has warned the Senate on the use of its oversight fund.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img823/3477/nat2new.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1266649 [Title] => Congress revives budget oversight [Summary] =>

Lawmakers may have lost their discretion over billions of pesos in lump sum public funds, but they will continue to have a big say in the utilization of people’s money.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img832/5936/gen9newa.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1118291 [Title] => Senate minority bloc hits rationalization of oversight bodies [Summary] =>

The Senate minority bloc said the rationalization and streamlining of oversight committees would not live up to the objective of instituting reforms and its ultimate result would be a P20-million annual increase in the operational budget of each senator’s office.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1099181 [Title] => Higit 80 Senate employees sinibak [Summary] =>

Mahigit sa 80 empleyado ng Senado ang nawalan ng trabaho dahi sa ipinatupad na rationalization ng mga oversight committees epektibo kamakalawa, Agosto 15.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097275 [AuthorName] => Malou Escudero [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1098171 [Title] => 100 employees affected by Senate rationalization plan [Summary] =>

About 100 Senate employees affected by the reorganization caused by the streamlining of about 39 oversight committees have appealed before Senate President Franklin Drilon to reconsider the move up to end of the year.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-16 17:06:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1060201 [Title] => 15 komite ng Senado lulusawin [Summary] =>

Para mas makatipid, nagdesisyon kahapon ang mga senador na bawasan ng 15 ang mga oversight committees kung saan mula sa 35 ay gagawin na lamang itong 20.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097275 [AuthorName] => Malou Escudero [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1008081 [Title] => Recto: Senate to cut down budget [Summary] =>

Apparently stung by criticisms over recent reports on the misuse of pork barrel and the re-alignment of their savings, the Senate will be recommending the streamlining of the 35 oversight congressional committees, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto revealed Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-24 17:11:22 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955661 [Title] => Mounting opposition vs Cayetano siblings, sources say [Summary] =>

Some senators are against two siblings getting top   posts in the Senate when the 16th Congress convenes on July 22.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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