The Senate is likely to pass the $132 million budget bill with amendments, and may also take up the Saipan casino bill, when it holds a session on Tinian on Friday afternoon, senators said yesterday.

The Senate has decided to suspend its probe on the bloody hostage tragedy until the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have completed their joint investigation.

It could be weeks before the official winners of Senate seats following the August 21 federal election are known, the Australian Electoral Commission says.

MANILA, Philippines - The Senate Committee on Finance said government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) violated several laws in their allocation of excessive bonuses to their officials.

The California Senate has rejected a bill that would have made it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public, but lawmakers will give the vote one more try. Monday's 20-16 vote fell one short of the majority needed, but the Senate will reconsider the measure Tuesday.