FULL FORCE IN THE SENATE: Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza (left) and Trade Secretary Peter Favila, take their oath at the opening of the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing, chaired by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, on the allegedly anomalous $329-million contract between the government and the ZTE Corp. of China. Mendoza and Favila were joined by other cabinet officials who trooped to the Senate to witness the investigation. During the hearing, Mendoza admitted that no public bidding occurred for the national broadband network project saying it involved foreign funding. Present during the meeting include Senate President Manny Villar and Senators Benigno Aquino III, Joker Arroyo, Rodolfo Biazon, Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Juan Ponce Enrile, Francis Escudero, Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, Richard Gordon, Gregorio Honasan, Panfilo Lacson, Loren Legarda, Ana Consuelo Madrigal, Francis Pangilinan, Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Manuel Roxas II, and Miguel Zubiri.