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            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1675814
                    [Title] => Nancy Binay wants Senate inquiry on defective MRT coaches
                    [Summary] => Sen. Nancy Binay has filed a resolution for the Senate to investigate reports of defective Metro Rail Transit 3 coaches that were bought from a Chinese firm.
                    [DatePublished] => 2017-03-01 11:34:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804870
                    [AuthorName] => Kristian Javier
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/mrt-3-edsa_2017-03-01_16-23-04577_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1494689
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Cheapening of congressional investigations
                    [Summary] => 

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

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-31 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416594 [Title] => Too many investigations, too little legislation [Summary] =>

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] => ) [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.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-freeman/opinion/20141101/freemantoon.gif ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1358891 [Title] => EDITORIAL - What's the big secret? [Summary] =>

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] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1348135 [Title] => SEC warns vs alleged brokers in ongoing corporate probes [Summary] =>

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advised the public not to engage in discussions with shady entities claiming to facilitate negotiations in ongoing corporate investigations.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1538806 [AuthorName] => Neil Jerome C. Morales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1282915 [Title] => Background check company hit by gov't complaint [Summary] =>

The company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up when the government suspected what was going on.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-25 02:16:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1651735 [AuthorName] => Pete Yost [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/30/x9a2.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 717276 [Title] => 'Unsolicited advice' [Summary] =>

For all it’s worth, there was validity in the concerns raised by former President Fidel V. Ramos on the many investigations going on all over the place on suspected shenanigans by the past administration.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 474648 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Why investigate what is already known? [Summary] =>

Congress is set to embark on yet another investigation.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 461357 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Politics and investigations [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives is reportedly set to investigate the purchase of allegedly substandard school furniture but no one appears to be clapping. Is it because people have lost faith in investigations regardless of who conducts them?

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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