00:00Senator Ping Laxon is once again the chairman of the powerful Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
00:05His colleagues re-elected him to the post during the Senate's plenary session on Tuesday, November
00:0911. Laxon resigned the chairmanship in October as the panel was investigating corruption in
00:14flood control projects. His colleagues raised concerns after some of them were tagged by
00:19witnesses in alleged corruption. Senate President Tito Soto says the public and even some senators
00:25have since been calling for Laxon's return to the panel. With him back at the helm,
00:29the committee is expected to resume its hearings on flood control corruption on Friday, November 14.
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