The Senate will scrutinize where the P1.425-billion allotment for intelligence funds under the proposed 2011 national budget will actually go, Sen. Franklin Drilon said Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines - The Senate said the government needs to start evaluating the performance of government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) to speed up their reorganization, including the possible abolition of some of these offices.

The Senate has begun two days of debate on the 2011 budget bill by putting the surge in public debt at the top of the agenda.

The full senate approved Mark Recktenwald this afternoon as Hawaii’s new Supreme Court chief justice.

The Senate will resume next week its investigation on the August 23 hostage tragedy in Manila, this time focusing on the media's coverage of the incident.